Expanding Suffrage
Originally, the right to vote in the United States was limited to this group.
Who were white male property owners?
This amendment states that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The three universal requirements for voting are citizenship, residence, and this.
What is age?
Only about this percentage of eligible voters voted in the 2000 presidential election.
What is about 50 percent (50.1%)?
The electorate refers to this.
What is all people eligible to vote in an election?
This term means the right to vote.
What is suffrage (or franchise)?
This amendment eliminated the poll tax.
What is the 24th Amendment?
All states except this one require voter registration.
What is North Dakota?
Turnout is lowest during these elections held in years without a presidential race.
What are off-year elections?
A court order that forces or restrains action is called this.
What is an injunction?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This Civil Rights Act created the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
This is the process of voter identification meant to prevent fraud.
What is registration?
Many nonvoters believe this about their vote.
What is that it will not make a difference?
Voting for candidates from more than one party in the same election is called this.
What is split-ticket voting?
During the early 1800s, these three types of requirements were gradually eliminated.
What were religious, property, and tax payment qualifications?
This act is considered the most effective civil rights voting law and greatly increased minority voter registration.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
States may deny voting rights to people convicted of these.
What are serious crimes (felonies)?
This is the most significant long-term predictor of how someone will vote.
What is party identification?
A person’s belief that their political actions can make a difference is called this.
What is political efficacy?
This amendment granted citizens of Washington, D.C., the right to vote for presidential electors.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
These were used to deny African Americans the right to vote by giving them more difficult questions than white voters.
What were literacy tests?
This unfair practice involves dividing districts to weaken a group’s voting strength.
What is gerrymandering?
This process explains how people gain political attitudes and opinions.
This process explains how people gain political attitudes and opinions.
This term describes fewer votes being cast for offices farther down the ballot.
What is ballot fatigue?