Attentive public
citizens who follow public affairs carefully.
Public opinion?
The distribution of individual preferences for it evaluations of a given issue, candidate, or institution within a specific population.
Voter registration
Designed to reduce voter fraud by limiting voting to who has established eligibility by submitting the proper form.
Australian ballot?
Secret ballot registered by the state
Turnout?
The proportion of the voting public age that votes, sometimes defined as the number of registered voters that vote.
Party identification?
An informal and subjective affiliation with a political party that most people acquire in a childhood.
Candidate appeal?
How voters feel about a candidates background, personality, ect.