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Chapter 6
Influences on the election process
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Voter ParticipationVoter Participation
• Franchise/Suffrage – Franchise/Suffrage – right to voteright to vote
• Electorate – potential Electorate – potential voting populationvoting population
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Voter Qualifications
Must live in the state in which you Must live in the state in which you registered (time varies by state)registered (time varies by state)
Registered (all but ND)Registered (all but ND)No constitutional declaration that aliens No constitutional declaration that aliens
cannot vote (states)cannot vote (states)No more religious qualifications, No more religious qualifications,
property ownership, literacy tests, poll property ownership, literacy tests, poll taxes, or discrimination (except 18)taxes, or discrimination (except 18)
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15th Amendment• 1870-the right to vote cannot be
denied to any citizen of the US because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
• Passed but the gov’t paid little attention to the AA right to vote.
• Used violence, loss of job, credit, or literacy test
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
• Civil Rights Commission-to look into claims of voter discrimination
• 1960-federal voting referees to help people to vote in federal elections
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Cannot use any registration requirement to be unfair or discriminatory
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Ineligible to vote
• Mentally incompetent• Serious felons• Dishonorable discharge
(some), • Homeless (some), • Polygamists (some)
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Political Socialization
•Process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions
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Political Socialization
• Family/Friends
• Schools/Church
• Media
• Interest Groups
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Redistricting
-Census every 10 years
-Population shifts
-State legislatures draw lines…who is in power?
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Gerrymandering
• Drawing the lines of electoral districts in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party (census)
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“Idiot”
• From the Greek “idiotes” – citizens who did not vote or take part in public life (ignorant of public affairs)
• Choose not to vote, “ballot fatigue”, off-year elections
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Why are voters apathetic?
• Whoever wins, nothing will change
• No sense of Political Efficacy(special interests, media, etc. have the power)
• Inconvenient
• Weather• Time-zone fallout
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Who votes?
• Higher incomes
• Higher education
• Higher occupational status
• Strong sense of party identification• Over 35, married, non south, urban
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Factors that influence voters
• Voter’s personal characteristics – age, race, income, occupation, education, religion, …
• Voter’s group affiliations – family, co-workers, friends, …
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Identify trends in each category on p. 167
• A 35 year old African American Catholic male with a college degree who is employed as a bank manager living in the south.
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Identify trends in each category on p. 167
• A 25 year old Hispanic Catholic female with a high school degree who works as a department store clerk in the west.
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Identify trends in each category on p. 167
• A 55 year old white protestant female with a college degree who is a retired accountant living in the east.
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Identify trends in each category on p. 167
Pick either the Democratic party or Republican party: Identify all areas where they have gained ground, lost ground, and maintained ground.