Chapter 6 govt
What are the sociological factors that affect voting behavior?
Income, Occupation, Education, Gender, Age, Religious background, geography, family
A term used to describe people who have no party affiliation
Independent
A court order that forces or limits the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official
Injunction
Discuss the 3 universal qualifications to vote?
Must be a citizen, reside in the US, and be at least 18 years of age.
What does the 15th Amendment state?
The right to vote cannot be denied to any citizen of the United State because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Why do states require voter registration?
Voter registration is intended to ensure that everyone entitled to vote can do so, to prevent ineligible persons from voting, and to guard against multiple voting by the same individual.
A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting
A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting Registration
What are the 5 restrictions on how States set Voter Qualifications?
Any person who a state allows to vote must also be allowed to vote for representatives and senators in Congress No State can deprive any person of the right to vote on account of race, or color No State can deprive any person the right to vote on account of sex No State can require payment of any tax as a condition for taking part in the nomination or election of any federal officeholder. No State can deprive any person who is at least 18 years of age of the right to vote because of age.
What are the 4 provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Directed the attorney general to challenge the constitutionality of the remaining State poll tax laws in the federal courts, suspended the use of any literacy test or similar device in any State or county where less than half of the electorate had been registered or had voted in the 1964 presidential election authorized the attorney general to appoint voting examiners to serve in any of those States or counties, gave federal officers the power to register voters and otherwise oversee the conduct of elections in those areas
All of the people entitled to vote in a given election
Electorate
The right to vote
Franchise
Measurable differences between the partisan choices of men and women today
Gender gap
The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group
Gerrymandering
A person's ability to read or write
Literacy
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 state?
It set up the United States Civil Rights Commission.
What are some of the other qualifications that have been used to deny people the right to vote?
Literacy, tax payment, and registration
Congressional election that occurs between presidential election years
Off-year election
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Outlawed discrimination in job related matters
What are the psychological factors that affect voting behavior?
Party identification, candidates, and issues.
The process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions
Political socialization
A special tax, demanded by States, as a condition of voting
Poll tax
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1960 do?
Provided the appointment of federal voting referees
What are the 5 distinct stages in the growth of the American electorate?
Religious qualifications disappeared, as well as property ownership and tax payment qualifications. The fifteen amendment The 19th amendment Getting African Americans a full time role in voting.
What are the reasons people don't vote?
Some people cannot vote, do not think their vote makes a difference, some people don't trust political institutions and processes, some lack feeling of influence of effectiveness in politics, inconvenience, long ballots, long lines
The practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election
Straight-Ticket voting
The right to vote
Suffrage
