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Securing the Right to Vote
The elimination of property qualifications (1800–1840) The Fifteenth Amendment (1870) Continued denial of voting rights (1871–1964) The Civil Rights Act, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, and the Voting Rights Act, 1964–1965
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Voter Turnout in Presidential and Congressional Elections
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Voting: Registration Spanish language registration forms, where they are used, may ease the burden of registration for some.
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Voting: Registration In an effort to make registration easier, states have made registration forms available at motor vehicle stations, schools, public buildings, and even highway tollbooths.
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Changes in Voting Eligibility Standards since 1870
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Why People Don’t Vote
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Voting on the Basis of Party
Party Identification An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in childhood In the absence of reasons to vote otherwise, people rely on party identification to simplify their voting choices. Dramatic increase in self-declared Independents since 1970s
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Voting on the Basis of Candidates
Candidate Appeal How voters feel about a candidate’s background, personality, leadership ability, and other personal qualities 1980s mark a critical threshold in the emergence of a candidate-centered era. Increasingly, campaigns focus on the negative elements of candidates’ history and personality.
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Voting on the Basis of Issues
Prospective Issue Voting Voting based on what a candidate pledges to do in the future about an issue if elected Retrospective Issue Voting Holding incumbents responsible for past performance on issues
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