Suffrage Amendments
This amendment granted citizens the right to vote regardless of gender
What is the 19th Amendment?
This voting model is based on evaluating campaigns to determine what benefits the voter most
What is Rational-Choice voting?
The date in late February / early march when many states hold a primary or caucus that often leads to projections for the final election candidates
What is super tuesday?
The term for Federal Elections that take place halfway through a president's term
What are Midterm Elections?
An individual who acts to influence legislators on behalf of an interest group
What are Lobbyist?
This amendment expanded the right to vote by saying citizens could not be denied this right based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
What is the 15th Amendment?
This type of ballot is "set aside" to allow for the verification of a voter
What is a Provisional ballot?
The process of selecting a candidate to represent a party, voters elect delegates to vote for the best candidate
What is a Caucus?
A type of Media outlet that has specific agendas and a target audience
What is Narrowcasting?
The short-term relationship that is often created by different interest groups sharing a common concern
What is a Issue Network?
This amendment banned the denial of voting rights for failing to pay a tax (like the poll tax)
What is the 24th amendment?
This model involves looking back at a candidate's track record or a party's history
What is Retrospective voting?
Historical shifts in the composition and platform of the major parties over time
What is Party Realignment?
The campaign fund of a candidate that can determine the outcome of an election
What is the War Chest?
The attempt by groups to inform and mobilize outsiders on a temporary cause, an example being student Vietnam Protests
What is Grassroots lobbying?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18 years or older
What is the 26th amendment?
The law that increased the locations where citizens could register to vote (Like at the DMV)
What is the National Voter Registration Act?
The term for an unelected, high ranking delegate in the Democratic National Convention who can cast a vote for any candidate
What are Superdelegates?
The belief that people will seek out news that will support what they already believe which then enhances their ideological view
What is Confirmation Bias?
An expression of public support for a candidate by a group (example is the Fraternal Order of Police speaking on a candidates track record)
What is an endorsement?
This amendment gave resident citizens of Washington D.C. electors in the Presidential election
What is 23rd amendment?
The concept that describes how some people feel their vote is ineffective, which leads to lower turnout
What is voter efficacy?
The term for a minor party that forms by breaking away from the Democratic or Republican party
What is a Splinter party?
Reporters that investigate corruption and demand answers from elected officials, leading to a adversarial press that is suspicious of the government
What is the Watchdog?
A strategy for preventing "free-riders" by offering members non-tangible philosophical satisfaction?
What is a Purposive incentive?