APS Day 5 Enduring Understanding(s) 1.Voting is a form of political participation where citizens choose their representatives and indicate their political preferences 2.Barriers towards enfranchisement have been lessened throughout United States History. 3.Voting is a form of political participation which many Americans choose not to exercise Course Review Questions 3. How can citizens help mold public policy using each of the following methods?: Referendums, Initiatives, Recall elections 4. What qualifications must be met in order to vote in the U.S. today? What barriers to voting have existed at various times in American history? How were these barriers eventually removed? Why do many Americans still fail to vote today?

Analyzing Statistics Complete “Government Study Skills” worksheet about interpreting data and answer questions 1-4 Then, apply these skills to answering the following questions using the Presidential Elections chart: 1.Which party are women more likely to vote for? Why might they vote this way? 2.How does religion play a role in which party people vote for? Has this remained consistent over the years? 3.For which party is a white college graduate likely to vote? How did you come to this conclusion? 4.For which party is a Protestant Southerner likely to vote? How did you come to this conclusion? 5.For which party is a Black, Catholic, young man likely to vote for? How did you come to this conclusion? Work in groups I will be coming around to check homework. You have 20 minutes to complete the assignment.

Suffrage Timeline Suffrage: The right to vote Franchise: The right to vote Complete the suffrage timeline on pg. 8 of your packet Provide a date for each change in suffrage rights in the United States, along with a brief description of the change (one complete sentence) Use the appendix in the back of your book!

Requirements to vote 1.Age- Must be 18 (formerly 21) 2.Residency- Must have registered at least a month in advance 3.Citizenship- Must be a U.S. citizen 4.Felon-In many states convicted felons aren’t allowed to vote (even if they are out of jail).

Methods of voting Referendum- Direct vote by the people on a law or a proposed law (Proposition 8) Initiative- Voters can propose a measure to be decided by the legislature or people in a referendum (get signatures) Recall- Remove an elected official from a state if they get enough signatures (California) Candidate- “Normal” voting for any political office (mayor, governor, Congressman, etc.)

Why don’t Americans vote? 1.It can be time-consuming 2.People feel their vote does not count 3.Voting is not an inherently rational act.

PSSA Reading pg of packet “Jeezum Jim” and answer the multiple choice questions at the end of the reading. This article introduces political parties, which we will study tomorrow. It will also clarify some of the differences between Democrats and Republicans that we already learned about in the analysis activity earlier today.

Remember for tomorrow: Complete E.1 Web Quest if you did not finish it in class yesterday. If you are the Research Expert, you must turn in the E.1 Constituent Analysis tomorrow as well. Complete your 3 source summaries that you began on Friday. Tonight for homework- Read and course review questions, you do not need to take notes