Elections-voting-Voter Behavior Flashcards
What Effect does the level of education have on weather or not a person vote?
People with more education tend to vote more than people with a lesser education
What are three specific things that assist voters in choosing candidates?
Party affiliation, issues, and candidates characteristics
At the writing of the Constitution what where the qualifications to vote?
The qualifications were only white men that owned property
What percent of the population was eligible to vote at the time the Constitution was written?
6%
10%-16%
What amendment change the way .Senators were elected?
17th amendment
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th amendment
What a my name gave universals suffrage to all US Mel citizens?
The 15th amendment
What amendment band polo taxes which previously were effect is in keeping African-Americans from voting in many places in the south?
The 24th amendment
What amendment lower the national Voting age to 18? What was going on at this time that caused this movement to gain momentum throughout the US?
The 26th amendment and they believe that if you were old enough to be sent to war than your old enough to vote
What are the four basic requirements to be able to go it all most all of the states in the. US?
One must be 18 years of age to must be a US citizen three must be a resident of the state you wish to voted and four not a felon
What legislation happened in 1993 which made it easier to register to vote?
National voter registration act
About what percent of registered voters vote in the presidential election year?
About 60%
What is the biggest reason according to the US Census that people give for not voting? How could people with that reason solve their problem?
The biggest reason for people not voting is too busy or conflict in schedules this could be solved by an absentee voting ballot
What is the Federal election commission and how did it start?
The fEC or federal election commission is a commission to administer and enforce the federal election campaign act(feca) it was created to encourage nonpartisan decisions
Why is voter apathy so dangerous?
Americans are showing signs of not caring, or being to busy to vote. We are losing voters by the minute.
