Political Participation & Voter Behaviors

Voting for candidates of different parties

• Split ticket voting
• Party Voting
• Personal Following

The most powerful determinant of political participation, other than education and information is;

• region
• age
• gender
• race

Voter turnout in the US is normally

• 100%
• more than 50%
• less than 60%
• less than 25%%

Citizens gather the necessary number of signatures of registered voters to place a proposal on the ballot.

• Initiatives
• recall 
• referendum

Citizens shall not be denied the right to vote by states or the United States, "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

• 13th
• 14th
• 15th
• 19th

Simple fee required to vote used to discourage the potential black voter

• $10
• Poll Tax
• 24th
• 23rd

Difference in the views between men and women and how they are expressed at the voting booth.

• gender gap
• liberal
• conservative
• independent

The validity of public opinion polls may be affected by several factors, including:

• excessing polling
• poll overrepresentation of political culture factors such as liberty and civic duty
• over representation of the views of the eleite
• the wording of the questions of the poll

After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, 

• poll taxes became illegal. 
• some states implemented grandfather clauses. 
• women had the legal right to vote but had a difficult time exercising it. 
• women did not face the discriminatory voting laws that African Americans did. 

 A person’s political culture is shaped most by his or her

•  economic potential
•  education
• international neighbors
• personal experiences