APGoPo Unit 5: Week 1-2 Key Terms

1. Describes someone voting in their best interest, supporting the candidate whose platform will give them the most favorable outcomes.

• 1. Rational-choice voting

• 1. Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• 1. Party-line voting

1. Gives US citizens in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) the right to vote for president.

• Twenty-third Amendment

• 1. National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)

• Twenty-sixth Amendment

• 1. Help America Vote Act (NAVA)

1. Describes voting based on the recent record in office of a candidate or others in their party.

• Rational-choice voting

• 1. Prospective voting

• 1. Retrospective voting

• Party-line voting

Groups of voters who share common interests or characteristics and often vote together to influence political outcomes.

• 1. Platforms

• Voting blocs

• 1. Linkage institutions

• 1. Interest groups

The system of voting in which voters mark their choices in private on uniform ballots printed and distributed by the government.

• 1. Absentee ballot

• 1. Australian ballot

• 1. Provisional ballot

• Secret ballot

A lack of concern for the election outcome, often leading to low voter turnout.

• 1. Political efficacy

• Political socialization

• 1. Voter apathy

• 1. Voter efficacy

Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election.

• Rational-choice voting

• 1. Split-ticket voting

• 1. Party-line voting

• 1. Prospective voting

1. A gathering of delegates from a political party to officially nominate their candidates and establish the party’s platform and rules.

• National convention

• Voting bloc

• Platform nomination

• 1. Interest group

1. Gives US citizens 18 years old or older the right to vote.

• 1. Twenty-third Amendment

• 1. National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)

• Twenty-sixth Amendment

• 1. Help America Vote Act (HAVA)

1. Describes voting based on how a citizen thinks a candidate will act and perform if elected to office.

• 1. Rational-choice voting

• Prospective voting

• Retrospective voting

• 1. Party-line voting