Chapter 6 Vocab

Question 0

All of the people entitled to vote in an election

Answer 0

Electorate

Question 1

The right to vote

Answer 1

Suffrage

Question 2

A person living in a state for a short time

Answer 2

Transient

Question 3

Process of identifying oneself to election officials so one can vote

Answer 3

Registration

Question 4

Removal from the poll books of names of voters who are no longer eligible

Answer 4

Purge

Question 5

List of all registered voters in each precint

Answer 5

Poll books

Question 6

Ability to read or write

Answer 6

Literacy

Question 7

Tax one must pay to qualify for voting

Answer 7

Poll tax

Question 8

Drawing of bew boundarys for a district so a political party can gain power

Answer 8

Gerrymandering

Question 9

Court order to do or stop doing something

Answer 9

Injunction

Question 10

Congressional election held in the even numbered years between presidentiak elections

Answer 10

Off-year election

Question 11

Process by which a person developes attitudes and opinions about politics

Answer 11

Political socialization

Question 12

Meaurable differences between the partisan choices of men qnd women

Answer 12

Gender gap

Question 13

Act of voting for only the candidates of the political party with which one identifies

Answer 13

Straight-ticket voting

Question 14

Act of voting dor candidates of more than one party in the same election

Answer 14

Split-ticket voting

Question 15

Voter not aligned with a political party

Answer 15

Independant