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1
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Suffrage

A

The right to vote

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Franchise

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Right to vote

often used when voting rights are being taken away

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Electorate

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All of the people entitled to vote in a given election

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Who originally had the right to vote?

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White, male, property owners, christains

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Constitution limiting power that the States have to set voter qualifications

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  1. If a state allows a person to vote for State congress, they have to be able to vote for federal congress
  2. No state can deprive the right to vote based on race, color, or previous servitude
  3. No taxes as requirement to vote
  4. Cannot be denied based on sex
  5. If you are at least 18 you can vote (national age)
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3 Universal Voting Requirements

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  1. Citizenship
  2. Residence (# of years determined by states)
  3. Age
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26th Amendment

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Sets voting age at 18

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8
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North Dakota

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Only state that you do not have to register to vote

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9
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Registration

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Procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting

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24th Amendment

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Abolished the poll tax

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15th Amendment

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Declares that the right to vote cannot be denied to any citizen of the United States because of race, color, or previous servitude

Race

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Abolished the use of voter registration or literacy requirement to discriminate against any voter

literacy tests

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13
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Injunctions

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Court orders that either force or restrain specific acts

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14
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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Led to the abolishment of the POLL Tax

Outlawed literacy tests

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People who are denied the right to vote

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People in mental institution

Those convicted of serious crimes

Some states do not allow those who have been dishonorably discharged from the military

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Cannot Voters

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Resident Aliens

Mental illness

Unexpected travel or illness

Convicts

Discrimination still exists

17
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Actual Nonvoters

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Choose not to go to the polls

Feel it will not make a difference

Distrust politics

Election procedures are cumbersome

Bad weather, long lines

Time zone fallout

Lack of interest!

18
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Voters tend to be…

A

Higher income level

Higher level of education

Well integrated in community

19
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Non voters tend to be…

A

Less than 35 years of age

Unmarried

Unskilled

Southern and rural areas

20
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Who normally votes democratic?

A

Lower income

Women

Jews, Catholics

Minorities

Urban areas

21
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Who normally votes Republican?

A

Professionals in business

More education=more likely to vote republican

More men vote republican

Protestants in North

Cubans

22
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Political socialization

A

The process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

Can predict voter behavior

23
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Can voting behavior be predicted by one sociological factor?

A

No its a combination of factors

24
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Sociological voter factors

A

Income and job

Religious and ethnic background

Education

Geography

Gender and age

Family

25
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Party Identification

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The loyalty of people to a particular party is the single most significant and lasting predictor of how a person will vote

26
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Candidates and Issues

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Short term factors that can make even the most loyal party members switch

People may not like a certain person or the party’s view on a specific issue at hand

27
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19th amendment

A

ends sex requirement to vote

28
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23rd amendment

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District of Columbia can vote

29
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Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960

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Largely ineffective

Gave the power to require federal courts to regulate voting

Federal voting referees

30
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Pre-clearance

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Federal government regulated voting in the South

Pre-clearance recently ruled unneccessary

31
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Actual non-voters

A

Do not go to the polls on purpose

They could vote, but choose not to

32
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Who has the power to set suffrage requirements?

A

The states

33
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Straight Ticket Voting

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Voters can select every candidate from a party with the click of a single button

For example: Hit republican and every office will be voted republican for

PA has this

34
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Split Ticket Voting

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Voters vote for people from different parties depending on the office

35
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Sociological factors vs psychological factors of voting

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Sociological is like education, income, family, geographic region

Pyschological is like political party association, opinons on specific candidates and key issues

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