Civics Chapter 10 Quizlet

Precinct

Voting district

In the early days of our nation, what was the only group of people eligible to vote?

White males who owned property, then just white males.

Exit poll

randomly picked sample of voters are asked how they voted after they come out of the polling places. These results from that sample group lead to specialists often predicting who will win the precinct long before the votes have been officially counted.

Why is the secret ballot important?

To protect our rights to make our electoral choices unhindered and without fear.

Propoganda

Attempt to promote particular person or idea through use of ways of persuasion and and influence techniques.

Endorsement

Famous person says they are with ____________ to rally votes through popularity of famous person

National voter Registration Act

Forces states to be allow people to register to vote when they renew their driver's license.

PAC's

Groups/Organizations made up by interest groups to raise money to support the desired candidate.

Incumbents

Politicians that have already been elected to office

What kind of ballots are there?

There are hole punch ballots and computer scanning ballots. The computer ones are much more accurate then the hole punch ones. This was founded when many states were upgrading to computer scanned ballots and there were many malfunctions with the hole punch ballots Absentee ballots allow those who are sick or know they will not be there to fill out a ballot before election day

How the voting goes

You need to get your signature checked and make sure that you are eligible and then they sign your paper and give it back to you. You hand the application form to the election judge and then you vote under protection of safety and privacy from the judge.

"Butterfly Ballot"

A ballot in 2000 where Floridians were confused that the rival candidates were placed side to side and not vertically. This ballot proved that many machines were more reliable and that you should always read the ballot carefully.

Returns

After all the votes have been counted, they take the ballots and results to the election board (this is called returns)

Electorate

All people who are eligible to vote

Why was there some reluctance to reform to support Campaign financing? What groups were most in favor of this reform?

Because there was a lot of money being thrown into the campaigns and for there to be more money allowed to be thrown in, that means more stuff will be able to be done. This favors bigger and better candidates who will reel in more money over lesser candidates and third party candidates.

Canvassing

Candidates hire people to go through neighborhoods, door-to-door, to rally votes and give people information on their candidate.

Apathy

Lack of interest for voting among certain candidates can lead to not voting

Polling place

Location voting is carried out

What are three reasons that some citizens do not exercise their right to vote?

Some voters don't because they don't meet voting requirements or not registered Some voters don't because they think their votes doesn't matter Some voters don't because of their lack of interest.

What is the purpose of a political Campaign?

The purpose of a political Campaign is to get your ideas out there and to rally votes for the candidate.