Unit 5

Question 1

Voting Amendments

Answer 1

15th Amendment: gave black men the right to vote
17th amendment: granted people the right to vote for senators
19th Amendment: gave women the right to vote
24th Amendment: banned poll taxes and other voting barriers
26th Amendment: lowered the voting age to 18 from 21

Question 2

Rational choice voting behavior

Answer 2

When a person votes based on their individual self-interest and who has carefully studied issues and platforms

Question 3

Retrospective voting behavior

Answer 3

When a person votes based on the past track record of a candidate

Question 4

Prospective voting behavior

Answer 4

When a person votes based on predictions of how a party or candidate will preform in the future

Question 5

Party-line voting behavior

Answer 5

When a person votes for all the candidates of that voter’s party

Question 6

Structural voting barriers

Answer 6

When a policy or law can prevent people from voting or encourages people to vote

Question 7

Political efficacy

Answer 7

A citizen’s belief about whether their vote matters

Question 8

Demographics (affecting voting)

Answer 8

This is due to some types of people or different ages are more likely to vote than others

Question 9

Type of election (affecting voting)

Answer 9

Typically larger scale elections get higher participation than small, local elections