Chapter 18 : Lesson 2 Influences on Voters

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Chapter 18 : Lesson 2 Influences on Voters

Essential Question How do personal backgrounds, party loyalty, candidate image, and campaign issues influence voters?

Elections and Voting Behavior

Voter Turnout From Government in America, 13th edition.

Four kinds of elections 1. Primary elections: voters select party nominees 2. General elections: contested between nominees of each party 3. Elections on specific policy questions for legislation—recently become more common in some states

4. Midterm Election: a Congressional election that takes place halfway through the president’s term in office

Legislative Referendum: a special election in which the legislature refers a measure to the voters for their approval

Popular Referendum: a special election in which voters can vote to approve or repeal the laws passed by the legislature

Initiative: a method by which citizens propose a constitutional law or amendment

Voter Qualifications Constitution does note give the Federal Government the power to set suffrage qualifications (left to the states) but does put four restrictions on how states use that power: 15th Amendment: RACE 19th Amendment: GENDER 24th Amendment: MONEY 26th Amendment: AGE

Qualifications continued…. Citizenship Residence Age Registration DENIED…. mental institutions (50 states), felonies (KY/VA)

Cross – pressured voter : a voter who is caught between conflicting elements in his or her identity

Review Question: Chapter 18 : Lesson 2 Read pages 546-551 and answer Review Questions on page 551. Hand in Google Class Room.