chap 6 vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 suffrage | the right to vote |
| franchise | the right to vote |
| electorate | potential voting population |
| transient | persons living in the state for only a short time,from gaining a legal residence there |
| registration | a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting |
| purging | process of reviewing lists of registered voters and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote, a purification |
| poll books | list of all registered voters in each precinct |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| poll tax | A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote |
| gerrymandering | process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power |
| injunction | an order that will stop a particular action or enforce a rule or regulation |
| preclearance | mandated by the voting rights act of 1965 the prior approval by the justice department of changes to or new election laws by certain staes |
| off-year election | conressional elections held years when there's no presidental election |
| political efficiency | lacking any sense of their own influence of effectiveness in politics |
| political socialization | the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions |
| gender gap | The difference between the political opinions or political behavior of men and of women. |
| party identification | loyalty of people to a political party |
| straight ticket voting | practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election |
| split ticket voting | practice of voting for the candidates of more than one party in an election |
| independents | large number of voters, who have no party affiliation |
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