Voting Amendments
This amendment extended suffrage to women
What is the 19th Amendment?
This type of voting is supporting a party by voting for all members of the political party.
What is Party-Line Voting?
The number of registered voters that vote in an election.
What is Voter Turnout?
An organization of people with the same ideologies
- Influence public policy through elected officials
What is a Political Party?
- Protected by the 1st amendment
What is Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission?
This amendment established the popular election of the US Senators by the people
What is the 17th Amendment?
This type of voting is voting based on a candidate's past
What is Retrospective Voting?
Laws that require a citizen to register and vote in election.
What is compulsory voting?
- Informal organization
- Connects the people to the government
- Can influence the political agenda
What is a Linkage Institutions?
- McCain-Feingold Act
- Banned soft money & reduced attack ads
- "Stand by Your Ad" Provision = Ads in support or opposition of a candidate were required to include "I'm [candidate's name] and I approve this message."
What is Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act?
This amendment extended suffrage to African-American men
What is the 15th Amendment?
This type of voting is voting based on a candidate's future performance.
What is prospective voting?
The belief that your vote matters and can influence policy.
The belief that our actions have an influence over the government.
What is Political Efficacy?
- Funds raised to support various political positions
- Regulated/ limited by laws
What is Campaign Finance?
This amendment established the popular election of US Senators by the people.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This type of voting is voting on what is in the citizen's best interest.
What is Rational-Choice Voting?
Election for the President and Vice-President.
- Occurs every four-years
What is a Presidential Elections?
-Campaigns revolving around a candidate and their personality and political agenda rather then their party
What is a Candidate-Centered Campaign?
- Organization representing an interest group o/ corportation
- Raises money in support of their interest
- Limits on how much money a ... can donate during an election
What is Political Action Committee (PAC)?
This amendment abolished poll taxes in federal elections.
What is the 24th Amendment?
- Occurs during the middle of a President's term
What is a Midterm Elections?
- Election leads to a major party realignment
- Supporters of one party may switch to another
What is Critical Election?
-Independent expenditure-only committee
- Can raise unlimited funds for a candidate or/party
- Cannot interact with those that funds are donated to
What is Super PAC?