History of Voting Rights
What term refers to the right to vote?
Suffrage or franchise
What is the minimum age to vote in federal elections?
18 years old
This piece of legislation requiring states to improve election administration and voter registration.
The Help America Vote Act
What term describes the attitudes held by a significant number of people regarding government and politics?
Public Opinoin
This is private organization whose members share similar views and work to influence public policy.
Interest Group
Which amendment eliminated race and color as barriers to voting after the Civil War?
The 15th Amendment
This is a ballot used to record a vote when a person's eligibility is in question.
Provisional Ballot
This allows citizens to vote without going to a polling place on election day.
Absentee voting
What is the term for events and issues that concern a large group of people?
Public Affairs
The process by which organized interests attempt to affect the decisions and actions of public officials.
Lobbying
What amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920?
Which amendment prohibited poll taxes in federal elections?
The 24th Amendment
The phenomenon where voters cast fewer votes for offices listed toward the bottom of the ballot.
Ballot Fatigue
This person is a pollster and statistician who founded the Gallup Poll and developed methods for polling accuracy.
George Gallup
This is an organization formed to raise campaign funds for candidates who support the goals of the interest group.
Political Action Committee (PAC)
What Act, passed in 1965, aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting?
The Voting Rights Act
This is one's belief in their own influence or effectiveness on politics.
Political Efficacy
This when a strong candidate helps attract voters to other candidates on the same party ticket.
Coattail Effect
This is a poll that seeks to gauge public opinion by asking the same question to a large number of people.
Straw Vote
This term refers to the societal issues and problems that require government attention?
Public Agenda
What is gerrymandering?
The practice of drawing district lines for partisan advantage.
This is the phenomenon where earlier closing polls in eastern states affect voter turnout in western states.
"Time-zone Fallout"
Describe one major issue with electronic voting machines in the 2000 Presidential Election.
"Hanging chads," where incomplete punches on ballots lead to counting errors.
What is the purpose of a random sample in polling?
To ensure that the sample is representative of the entire population being surveyed.
What is the impact of partisan press on public perception?
It presents information with bias toward a particular political party.