Some vocabulary from USA 2004 Elections.

[Muhammad Ali]

Correspondents say it is statistically possible for Mr Kerry to win Ohio and with it the presidency, but it is undoubtedly a long shot.

Q1: What does long shot means?

"John Kerry could certainly help heal the divide himself by being a gracious loser rather than a sore loser," said columnist and FOX News contributor Michelle Malkin

Q2: Sore loser?

Anger over the lost votes of 2000 is still simmering in this mainly black town of south Florida, where voters turned out massively, many vowing they would not be disenfranchized again.

Q3: disenfranchized?

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[Casiopea]

Correspondents say it is statistically possible for Mr Kerry to win Ohio and with it the presidency, but it is undoubtedly a long shot.

Q1: What does long shot means?

In golf, a long shot refers to a hole/green that's fairly far off in the distance, and so it's a difficult maneuver to make.

"John Kerry could certainly help heal the divide himself by being a gracious loser rather than a sore loser," said columnist and FOX News contributor Michelle Malkin

Q2: Sore loser?

A bad loser

Anger over the lost votes of 2000 is still simmering in this mainly black town of south Florida, where voters turned out massively, many vowing they would not be disenfranchized again.

Q3: disenfranchized?

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They would not be deprived of the right to vote again.