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Overview – Chapter 6

Overview – Chapter 6. Voters & Voter Behavior. Suffrage - aka franchise. The right to vote – always know this definition!!! 15 th Amendment, 1870 – African American men suffrage Smith v. Allwright , 1944 – outlawed white primaries (TX) 19 th Amendment, 1920 – women’s suffrage

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Overview – Chapter 6

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  1. Overview – Chapter 6 Voters & Voter Behavior

  2. Suffrage - aka franchise • The right to vote – always know this definition!!! • 15th Amendment, 1870 – African American men suffrage • Smith v. Allwright, 1944 – outlawed white primaries (TX) • 19th Amendment, 1920 – women’s suffrage • Civil Rights Acts helped enforce voting rights • 1957, 1960, 1964 • Voting Rights Act of 1965 – applied 15th Amend to ALL elections not just federal ones • Preclearance – states that had NOT allowed majority of voters suffrage, had to submit any election rules to DoJ 1st • Upheld in 1966, parts overturned in 2012 (impacted 16 states) • New laws now being challenged including PA’s

  3. To Vote… • Citizen of the US • No religious qualifications – final elimination by 1810 • 23rd Amendment, 1961 – gave Washington DC right to vote in Presidential elections = 3 electoral votes • 24th Amendment, 1964 – eliminated poll taxes • 26th Amendment, 1971 – voting age set at 18 • Otherwise, each state controls rules for registering to vote – PA = 30 days prior to election • Residency rules – military & sales people at home state • Some states allow college students to vote in locale of college

  4. Voter behavior… • Vote FOR Candidate A or Vote FOR Candidate B • Vote AGAINST Candidate A • Vote AGAINST Candidate B • Decide to NOT Vote period • 2012 Election – voter turnout rate = 58.2% • Of the almost 222 million ELIGIBLE voters, only just over 130 million voted – Minnesota – 75.7% best rate; Hawaii – 44.2% worst • Rates are worse in off – year elections • Ballot fatigue a factor – voters exhaust patience &/or knowledge as they work their way down a ballot • Cannot-voters – resident aliens, ill or physically disabled, mental health care facilities, prisons, religious issues • Lacking Political efficacy – the sense of influence

  5. Factors that influence voters… • From results of particular elections; survey research; studies of political socialization • process how people gain political attitudes & opinions • Sociological factors: • Income, occupation, education, gender, age, religion, ethnic background, geography, family, “other” groups • Psychological factors: • Party identification • Straight-ticket voting; split-ticket voting; independents • Candidates & issues

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