NEW_Chapter 6: Voters and Voter Behavior
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- Q1suffrage/franchisethe right to vote30s
- Q2electoratethe potential voting population30s
- Q3transientpersons living in the state only for a short time30s
- Q4registrationa procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting30s
- Q5purgingstate law directs local election officials to review the lists of registered voters and to remove the names of those who are no longer eligible to vote30s
- Q6poll booksthe official lists of qualified voter in each precinct30s
- Q7literacya person's ability to read or write30s
- Q8poll taxdemanding the payment of a special tax30s
- Q9gerrymanderingthe practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit the voting strength of a particular group or party30s
- Q10injunctiona court order that either forces or limits the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official30s
- Q11preclearancemandated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the prior approval by the Justice Department of changes to or new election laws by certain states30s
- Q12off-year electionsin the crongressional elections held in the even-numbered years betweeen presidential elections30s
- Q13political efficacythe lack of any feelings of influence or effectiveness in politics30s
- Q14political socializationthe process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions30s
- Q15gender gapmeasureable differnces between the partisan choices of men and women today30s