VAAPGOV Methods of Political Analysis 3

Laws that require citizens to register and vote in local and national elections.

• Compulsory voting
• Party-line voting
• Rational choice voting
• Prospective voting

A set of political values unified against government economic interference, but in favor of government social regulation

• Libertarian ideology
• Moderate
• Liberal ideology
• Conservative ideology

The characteristics of a population with respect to age, race, and gender.

• Political ideology
• Political efficacy
• Demographics
• Political polarization

Extended suffrage to African American men.

• Nineteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Twenty-fourth Amendment
• Seventeenth Amendment

A set of political values expressing support for economic intervention by governments, but also for less social regulation

• Libertarian ideology
• Moderate
• Liberal ideology
• Conservative ideology

A set of political values in favor of limited government in multiple realms, including economic and social.

• Libertarian ideology
• Moderate
• Liberal ideology
• Conservative ideology

The congressional elections that occur in even-numbered years between presidential elections, in the middle of each presidential term.

• Motor Voter Act
• Presidential elections
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Midterm elections

A middle position within an ideological spectrum, often holding beliefs from multiple perspectives

• Libertarian ideology
• Moderate
• Liberal ideology
• Conservative ideology

Makes it easier for voters to register to vote by requiring states to allow citizens to register when applying for or renewing their driver's license.

• Motor Voter Act
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Presidential elections
• Midterm elections

Extended suffrage to women.

• Nineteenth Amendment
• Twenty-sixth Amendment
• Twenty-fourth Amendment
• Seventeenth Amendment