Although the word sounds painful it means the right to vote
What is Suffrage
100
Not a movie about legally committing crimes, nor the daily manorexic antics of Chase, it is the process that directs local election officials to review the lists of registered voters and remove the names of those who are no longer eligible to vote
What is purging
100
The practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a party
What is Gerrymandering
100
Term for pongressional elections held in even-numbered years between presidential elections
What are off-year elections
100
People who have no party affiliation
What are independents
200
Often used for sports teams and fast food chains, this term also means you have a voice in elections
What is franchise
200
A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting
What is registration
200
A court order that either compels or restrains the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official
What is an injunction
200
The measurable differences between the partisan choices of men and women,
What is the Gender Gap
200
The practice of voting for candidates in only one party
What is straight-ticket voting
300
210 Million people who are 18 and older can vote
What is an Electorate
300
A demand of payment as a condition of voting
What is a Poll Tax
300
Mandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the prior approval by the Justice Department of changes to or new election laws by certain States
What is preclearance
300
The practice of voting for candidates in more than one party in an election
What is Split-Ticket Voting
300
Lists of all registered voters in each precinct
What are poll books
400
The gradual elimination of several restrictions on the right to vote and the expansion of the Federal Government's control over voting.
What are 2 long-term trends that have characterized the history of suffrage?
400
Often used as a term for homeless people, it means persons living in a State for a short period of time
What is a transient
400
This Act outlawed discrimination in several areas and encouraged use of injunctions
What is The Civili Rights Act of 1964
400
One's own influence on politics
What is Political Efficacy
400
Income, Occupation, Education, Gender, Age, Religion, Ethnic Background, Geography, Family and Peer Groups.
What are Sociological Factors that affect voter behavior?
500
1. The 1800's : religious, property ownership & tax payment qualifications were eliminated
2. Post Civil War Era: 15th Amendment
3. The Passage of the 19th Amendment: Women's Suffrage
4. 1960's : several Civil Rights Acts
5. 23rd & 24th Amendments: Eliminating Poll Taxes & adding Washington DC to the electorate
What are 5 distinct stages in the growth of the American Electorate
500
This allows citizens to register to vote by mail or when they renew a driver's licence
What is The Motor Voter Law
500
This Act declared that no new election laws could go into effect into any States unless first approved, given preclearance, by Department of Justice
What is The Voting Rights Act of 1965
500
The process in which people gain their political attitudes and opinions
What is political socialization
500
In Ancient Greece you were called an idiot for being this (many people today would do the same)