Chapter 6 Voter Behavior

Drawing electoral district lines to limit a group's voting strength

• gerrymandering
• injunction
• suffrage
• political efficacy

A decrease in voting that occurs as voters work through the ballot

• political efficacy
• political socialization
• ballot fatigue
• poll books

The process by which people gain their political opinions

• political socialization
• political efficacy
• electorate
• alien

Official lists of qualified voters

• electorate
• suffrage
• poll books
• injunction

A foreign-born resident who has not become a citizen

• alien
• transient being

The right to vote is called

• bar
• suffrage
• gerrymandering

To whom does the Constitution give the power to set suffrage qualifications?

• Congress
• Justice Department
• States
• Supreme Court

The most recent expansion of the electorate involved

• the enfranchisement of women
• lowering the minimum age for voting
• abolishing literacy requirements
• eliminating the poll tax

According to the 24th amendment, no State can

• require payment of any tax as a condition for voting for President
• allow someone to vote who has not lived in the State for at least one year
• deny the right to vote to someone in prison
• deny the right to vote to the mentally challenged

Which of the following voters is most likely to practice split-ticket voting?

• a registered Democrat
• an independent
• a registered Republican
• a party loyalist