Voters and Voter Behavior
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Voters and Voter Behavior
Ch. 6 Notes
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Some Terms
• Suffrage and Franchise – Same meaning, the right to vote.
• Disenfranchised – Those who do not have the right to vote or whose right to vote is being denied.
• Electorate – The potential voting population; The total population who have the qualifications and the right to vote.
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Voting Qualifications
• Citizenship– Must be a citizen of the US.– States could allow “aliens” to vote but none do so
currently.– “Naturalized Citizens” could face State restrictions,
but that is rare.
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• Residency– Must be a legal resident in the state in which you
intend to vote.– Domicile – location of PRIMARY residence.– Must live in the state for a certain length of time
prior to voting.
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Voting Age
• The age requirement is 18 for national elections.
• States have the reserved right to set age requirements in state or local elections; very rare instances.
• Primary elections are usually the only exceptions.
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Registration
• Registration is the process of voter identification used to prevent voter fraud.
• Without careful registration records, ineligible votes might take place, some may try to vote more than once or vote in multiple places.
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The Disenfranchised
• Historically, many groups of people! Examples??
• Non-citizens.• Persons committed to mental institutions and
the mentally disabled.• Convicted felons, for varying lengths of time
depending on the states.
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Gerrymandering
• Gerrymandering– The practice of drawing the boundaries of voting
districts in order to limit the voting power of particular parties or groups.
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Voting Laws• End voter discrimination.• Federal Government given greater powers to
enforce voter laws. Power taken out of the hands of the states.
• Force States to allow “open” voter registration without fear of intimidation or violence.
• End literacy tests as qualification for voter registration.
• End “poll taxes” – pay to vote rules. Ended by the 24th amendment.
• Essentially, put an end to Jim Crowism!
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Voting in 2008
• About 60% of the electorate actually voted.• That number is a little higher than average for
the past 40+ years.• Why a higher number in 2008?
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Ballot Fatigue
• Non-voting increases as the voter gets further down the ballot.
• Running out of time, patience or knowledge about the candidates or the offices they seek to fill.
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Cannot Voters
• Resident Aliens• **Too sick or disabled.• **Traveling• Mental Health• Imprisonment• Religious beliefs• Military dishonorable discharge.• ** = There are solutions for these problems.
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Voter Apathy
• Discusses already
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Voter Turnout (participation)1968-2008
• Participation declined from 1968-1992.• 1992 only a brief increase. Any ideas why a
brief increase?• Decline again 1992-2004.• Increasing from 2004-Present. Any ideas why
an increase?
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Gender and Age
• Democrats are more likely to be hurt by low voter turnout among voters 18-30.
• Young voters tend to vote for Democrats, therefore young voters who do not vote tend to hurt Democratic candidates.
• The same is typically true among female voters.
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Split-Ticket Voting
• Split-Ticket Voting is the practice of voting for candidates in more than one political party. – Example, Dem. Candidate for Pres. but Republican
candidates for US Senate or Governor.– Split-Ticket voting is increasing in popularity as
voters have less loyalty to any one party.• Straight-Ticket Voting, therefore, is the
practice of voting for all candidates from any one party.
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Independents and their effect on Parties.
• Voters who have no party affiliation. No particular loyalty to any one party.
• The two major parties have become increasingly similar in that they focus on the same issues.
• As voters become increasingly fed up with partisanship, they tend to think for themselves, not what the party tells them.
• The parties will have to change strategies to win the vote of the independents.
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That’s All for Now!!