Mod 3 ID Check #1

Electorate

Those who are eligible to vote

Enfranchised

Those who are given the right to vote

Disenfranchised

Those are not given the right to vote

Suffrage

The right to vote

15th Amendment

1868, gave African American men the right to vote

17th Amendment

1913, direct election of Senators

19th Amendment

1920, gave women the right to vote

26th Amendment

1971, lowered minimum voting age from 21 to 18

23rd Amendment

1961, gave Washington D.C. 3 electoral votes

24th Amendment

1964, eliminated poll tax payment as a requirement to vote

1964 Civil Rights Act

Required equal application of voter registration rules

1965 Voting Rights Act

Outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory prerequisites to voting

Rational Choice Voting

Voter reviews issues and evaluates a candidate’s platform in order to determine which candidate benefits them the most

Party Line Voting

Voter makes a decision based on party loyalty rather than the candidate themselves

Retrospective Voting

Voter evaluates what a candidate did while they were in office

Prospective Voting

Voter anticipates what might happen in the future, considering promises made by a candidate