Politics and governance (B2 Vocabulary)

In formal writing about government, each branch has a set name you shouldn't paraphrase. The legislative branch makes laws, the executive branch enforces them, and the judicial branch interprets them. Say "legislative branch," not "law-making branch." These are the standard terms in US government and in writing that compares countries; British reporting more often says Parliament, the Government and the judiciary.

The three branches of government

Political processes in fixed phrases

A lot of political vocabulary lives in set collocations. Voter turnout is the term for the share of people who actually vote, voter participation is a real term too, but it is broader and doesn't name that figure. A grassroots movement (not "basic movement") is driven by ordinary citizens. Gross misconduct (not "big misconduct") is the term from employment rules for wrongdoing serious enough to justify dismissal.