Voting Definitions The right to vote Suffrage The
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Voting Definitions
The right to vote Suffrage
The right to vote Franchise
The potential voting population Electorate
Person time living in the state for only a short ◦ Doesn’t retain the right to vote until establishing legal residence there Transient
A procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting Registration
Reviewing the list of registered voters and to remove the names of those who are no longer eligible to vote Purge
The list of all registered voters in each precinct Poll Books
A person’s ability to read or write Literacy
A special tax, demanded by states, as a condition of voting Poll Tax
A court order that forces or limits the performance of some act by a private individual or by a public official Injunction
Congressional election that occurs between presidential election years Off-Year Election
Measurable differences between partisan choices of men and women Gender Gap
Loyalty of people to a political party Party Identification
The practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election Straight-Ticket Voting
Voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election Split-Ticket Voting
A term used to describe who have no party affiliation Independent
The political extension of special interest groups which have a major stake in public policy Political Action Committee
A grant of money, usually from the government Subsidy
Money given to State and local party organizations for voting-related activities Soft Money
Campaign money that is subjected to regulations by the FEC Hard Money
The complex collection of the opinions of many different people; the sum of all of their views Public Opinion
Those means of communication that reach large audiences, especially television, radio, printed publications, and the Internet Mass Media
People with whom one regularly associates, including friends, classmates, neighbors, and co-workers Peer Group
Any person who, for any reason, has an unusually strong influence on the views of others Opinion Leader
The instructions or commands a constituency gives to its elected officials Mandate
Private organizations whose members share certain views and work to shape public policy Interest Group
Polls that seek to read the public’s mind simply by asking the same question of a large number of people Straw Vote
A representative slice of the public Sample
The public issues on which the people’s attention is focused Public Agenda
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