Text Expanders – Election 2008

With Election 2008 approaching fast, you may find yourself doing more and more files related to all things political. Here's a list to help you get started, and as always, please check out Tara's intro post if you're new to text expanders.

Shortcut	Output
ba	Bush administration
cand	candidate
cands	candidates
cla	Clinton administration
con	Congress
cons	conservative
dem/	Democrat
dem/c	Democratic candidate
dem/i	Democratic
dem/p	Democratic Party
dem/s	Democrats
el	election
fl	far left
fl/	far-left
fr	far right
fr/	far-right
hor	House of Representatives
inde	independent
lib	liberal
lw	leftwing
mod	moderate
pol	politics
pola	political
pres	president
presl	presidential
pus	president of the United States
pusa	president of the United States of America
rep/	Republican
rep/c	Republican candidate
rep/p	Republican Party
rep/s	Republicans
rw	rightwing
sen	Senate
senr	senator
vp/	vice president
vt	vote
vtd	voted
vtg	voting
vtr	voter

I have two ways of doing names, and I haven't yet standardized to one or the other because I can't make up my mind on which I prefer, so I'm including both shortcuts for you. I can tell you that I've found it easier to use the same shortcut for last name only and first and last name, using a forward slash at the end, rather than trying to keep separate ones straight (such as mc for McCain and jm for John McCain). Either way, the output list gives you a place to start, and you can choose which shortcuts work best for you.

Shortcut	Shortcut	Output
baob	bao	Obama
baob/	bao/	Barack Obama
bicl	bc/	Bill Clinton
cimc/	cm/	Cindy McCain
jomc	jm	McCain
jomc/	jm/	John McCain
hicl	hc	Clinton
hicl/	hc/	Hillary Clinton
miob/	mio/	Michelle Obama