1. Journal You are putting together a time capsule that will be buried in your backyard for 500years. The capsule is about the size of a large suitcase. What would you put inside the capsule? What would you want future generations to know about today’s world? What items best represent who you are? What items best represent your place in history?

2. Agenda Journal Lecture: History of voting! Looking at Data ! Objectives Current Events Vocabulary words

3. Objectives Students will be able to identify the different internal and external influences that determine how a person votes

4. Voters and Voter Behavior Unit 3 day 2

5. The Right to Chapter 6 section 1

6. A Quick History of Voting Rights Suffrage –the right to Vote Framers left the power of suffrage qualification to each state.

7. Expansion of the Electorate Electorate-potential voting population First election the right to vote was restricted to white male property owners (less than1 in 15)

8. Expansion of Electorate cont. Two trends in the expansion of electorates 1.elimination of restrictions 2.Change of suffrage power from the states to the federal government

9. Extending Suffrage Growth of the electorate system in five stages 1.Elimination of religious qualifications 2.Protect citizen from being discriminated because of color 3.Elimination of gender qualifications 4.Protecting voters right to vote 5.Age restriction set to 18yr and older

10. The Power to Set Voting Qualifications Constitution allots power to set suffrage qualification to the states NOT the Federal government However constitution places 5 restriction on States

11. Voting Qualifications cont. 1.The State must allow the same voters to vote in all election within the state (including national elections) 2.NO state can deprive any person the right to vote based of race, or color (15 th amendment) 3.No state can deprive a person the right to vote based of gender (19th Amendment)

12. Voting Qualifications cont. 4. No State can require a form of payment (taxes) in the election process (24 th Amendment) 5. No state can deprive any person who is at least 18 years of age the right to vote because of age (26 th amendment)

13. Voter Qualifications Chapter 6 section 2

14. Universal Requirements Each state requires three basis qualifications to vote 1.Citizenship 2.Residence 3.Age

15. Citizenship Must be a United States citizen to vote.

16. Residence Must be a legal residence of the state they wish to vote in.

17. Residency cont. State adopted residency requirement for two reasons 1.To stop parties/candidate from bribing enough outsiders to affect the outcome of local elections 2.To allow new residence to become familiar with the issues

18. Age Constitution states that no state may set the min age for voting at 18

19. Other Qualifications States have also added their own requirements over the years – Literacy – Tax payment – Registration

20. Registration States require voter to register to vote Registration-is a procedure of voter identification to prevent fraud

21. Literacy No state has a literacy test today

22. Tax payment Property ownership proved by property taxes was qualification of suffrage States once also has a special tax for those who wanted to vote – Poll tax No longer constitutional

23. Voter Behavior

24. Nonvoter Typically more people vote during presidential elections years The number of voters declines as you move from federal elections to state elections to local elections. Called Ballot Fatigue.

25. Those Who don’t vote Don’t meet residency requirements Believe their vote doesn’t make a difference Distrust government and politicians Takes too long Bad Weather Time zone fallout Lack of interest

26. Those who do vote Regular voters usually have positive attitudes towards government. – More Education – More income – Usually middle-aged citizens

27. Factors that Influences Voters Personal background – Age – Education – Religion – Racial and ethnic background – Gender – Income – Occupation

29. Party Identification Strong party identification leads to straight ticket voting – voting only for party candidates Weak party identification leads to split ticket voting – voting for candidates from more than one party and is increasing Increase in independent voters not tied to any political party

30. The Issues Voters are more informed about the issues TV and around the clock news channels have brought the issues into homes Voters are better educated today Current problems seem to have a greater impact on personal lives

31. Candidate’s image Voters focus on the qualities they want in a candidate Mental picture of candidate is very important – candidate must look “presidential”