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1 Chapters in On-Line Book
10, 12 Voting & Elections 13 Interest Groups 11 Political Parties Readings in Lanahan Reader 57, 62, 69, 72 April 26 NO CLASS MEETING

2 Testing Political Knowledge
Name the 5 1st Amendment rights 1 in 1000 Name these 5 Simpsons: 1 in 5

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4 “The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”
Winston Churchill

5 Voting & Elections Voting Behavior: Turnout & Choice
Types of Elections Presidential Elections Electoral College Congressional Elections Mid-Term Elections

6 Terms for voting Suffrage: the legal right to vote
Disenfranchisement: to deprive people of the right to vote

7 Turnout Proportion of Voting Age Population (VAP) that votes And VEP Voting eligible population- ELECTORATE Predictors Education Income Gender Race/Ethnicity Age Region Type of Election Marriage status

8 Figure 1: Voting Rates Plummeted in the 1970s and 1980s, but Have Risen in Last Three Elections
Fig. 8-1, p. 217

9 Figure 3: Age Differences in Turnout
Fig. 8-3, p. 219

10 Year Voting-age pop. Voter reg. Voter turnout Turnout of VAP
2010** 235,809,266 NA 90,682, % 2008* 231,229,580 NA 132,618,580* 56.8 ,600, ,889,600 80,588, ,256, ,800, ,294, ,473, ,990,598 79,830, ,815, ,421, ,586, ,929, ,850,558 73,117, ,511, ,211,960 96,456, ,650, ,292,822 75,105, ,529, ,821, ,405, ,812, ,105,630 67,859, ,778, ,379,628 91,594, ,566, ,399,984 64,991, ,466, ,150,614 92,652,

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16 Other Turnout Depressants
Apathy Difficulty in Absentee Voting Vote doesn’t matter Family Obligations Registration # of Elections Alienation Scheduling Conflict Work School

17 Analyzing Visuals: Why people Don’t Vote

18 15th Amendment-1870

19 Restrictions on Voting
Literacy Test Poll tax Grandfather Clause White primary Smith vs. Allwright 1944

20 19th Amendment- 1920

21 23rd Amendment-1961

22 Voting Rights Act of 1965 “No voting qualifications or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the US to vote on account of race or color.”

23 26th Amendment-1971

24 Whether to Vote: A Citizen’s First Choice
Registering To Vote Voter Registration: a system adopted by the states that requires voters to register well in advance of the election day Registration procedures differ by state. Motor Voter Act: passed in 1993, requires states to permit people to register to vote when they apply for their driver’s license

25 Types of Elections Primaries General Elections Voting for the leaders
Open Closed Runoff

26 Presidential Selection
Primaries v. Caucuses Frontloading Electoral College

27 Congressional Elections
Incumbency Advantage Staff Media/Travel Intimidation Gerrymandering Mid-term Elections

28 Congressional Elections
Threats to Incumbency Advantage Redistricting Scandal Presidential Coattails

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