This amendments was intended to protect any citizen from being denied the right to vote because of race or color
What is the 15th amendment.
100
What is literacy?
What is the ability to read and write
100
People who feel their votes will not make a difference have no sense of
What is political efficacy.
100
Voter turnout in primary elections is usually
What is less than half what it is in general elections.
100
By what two methods can voters cast their ballots on days other than the official election day?
What is absentee voting and early voting
200
The electorate is
What is the potential voting population.
200
The __________ created the Civil Rights Commission, which looks into claims of voter discrimination.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1957
200
People who are most likely to regularly vote tend to be
What is well-educated and gainfully employed
200
A primary in which any qualified voters can cast ballots is a(n) __________ primary.
What is open
200
A __________ is the place where the voters who living in a voting district actually vote.
What is polling place
300
Though the States still have the power to set voting qualifications, the Constitution now places __________ restrictions on how States use that power.
What is five.
300
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required that all new election laws in certain States be given __________, or approval, by the Department of Justice.
What is preclearance
300
What is the gender gap?
What is the difference between the partisan choices of men and women
300
What is the main objection many people have to closed primaries?
What is They exclude independent voters.
300
A grant of money, usually from the government, for use as campaign money is called
What is a subsidy.
400
When the Constitution went into effect in 1789, only __________ were allowed to vote in the United States.
What is white male property owners
400
Why did many States at one time adopt literacy and poll tax requirements for voting?
What is They were attempting to discourage African Americans and immigrants from voting.
400
What are the sources used to study voter behavior?
What is the results of particular elections, scientific polling data, studies of political socialization
400
When candidates for a local office are not identified by party labels, they are nominated through a(n) __________ primary.
What is nonpartisan
400
What does the Federal Election Commission (FEC) do?
What is administers all federal law dealing with campaign finance
500
What was the primary purpose of the Motor Voter Law?
What is to make voter registration easier
500
What are the three universal requirements for voting in the United States today?
What is citizenship, residence, and age
500
What is an example of political socialization?
What is parents talking to their children about political candidates
500
Most elections happen on the date Congress set for national elections, which is
What is Tuesday-after-the-the-first-Monday in November of every even-numbered year.
500
__________ is money raised and spent to elect candidates for Congress and the White House, while __________ is given to party organizations for "party-building activities."