BBC News Review: Trump vs Clinton - US election day

source: BBC Learning English    2016年11月8日
Clinton or Trump? Americans are voting for their next president. Join Neil and Catherine to discover the language from the headlines you can use in everyday life.
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The story
The 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States has ended.
Speaking at his final rally in Michigan, Donald Trump said he was offering a once-in-a-lifetime political change and would restore honesty to the US government.
In her final rally, Hillary Clinton, who's leading in the opinion polls by a few percentage points, said America needed to build bridges not walls – a reference to Mr Trump's plan for a wall along the border with Mexico.

Key words and phrases
polls: the mechanism of voting
ballot: system of secret voting
pitch: something you say to persuade people to support you or do something