Term	Definition
15th Amendment	Extended suffrage to African American men
17th Amendment	Established popular election of US senators
19th Amendment	Extended suffrage to women
24th Amendment	Declared poll taxes void in federal elections
26th Amendment	Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
Voting Rights Act of 1965	Prohibited racial discrimination in voting
National Voter Registration Act of 1993	“Motor Voter Act”; Made it easier to register to vote by requiring states to allow citizens to register to vote when applying for or renewing their drivers license
Rational Choice Voting	Voting based on what is perceived to be in the citizen’s individual interest
Retrospective Voting	Voting to describe whether the party or candidate in power should be re-elected based on the recent past
Prospective Voting	Voting based on predictions of how a party or candidate will perform in the future
Party-Line Voting	Supporting a party by voting for candidates from one political party for all public offices at the same level of government
Poll Tax	A fixed tax payable by all relevant individuals, such as residents of a state; used historically by some US states as a precondition to registering to vote in order to discourage some groups from participation

Unit 5: Part 1

Political Parties and Interest Groups