Notes CHAPTER 5 Political attitudes

Role of elections

• Plurality (the most votes)

• elections and will of people

• election laws

Democracy asusmes citizen participation

this participation is an action to influence the actions of government

representative democracy,voting is most common

Civic responsibility question?

Participating in the system

The role of elections

The significance of the electoral college

• Republican strength in south

• Electoral college proportions

A voice for the public

• disagreement between states

• no government connection

• voter identification

Ballots

• office group/massachusetts ballot

• party column/indiana ballot

• straight ticket

• ranked choice voting

State supervision of elections

    Regulating the parties

• secret/australian ballot

• party regulations

• court interference

• jenness v. fortson (1971)

Voter turnout

• Voter registration

• younger voters

• voter turnout

• voter demographics

Votingpatterns

• states with the highest turnout

• states with the lowest turnout

• Mi:

  • 2024:75%

  • 2022:55%

Becoming a voter in MI

• citizen of the US

• 18 years old

• Living in MI for 30 days

• Register 15 before the election

• Mi is an open primary election state

  • No primary preference to register

Registering to vote

• register by mail- 46 states

• moter voter laws - 44 states

• auto registration -24 states

• no voter registration- ND

• Online voter registration - 43 states

• same day/shorter window - 23 states

primaries

• voters chose among several candidates

• select the parys nominee for the general election

• Types

  • Closed: party memnbers

  • Open: No party requirements

  • Blanket: either

Voting

• absentee voting

• primary elections by mail

• voting by mail

• early voting: 47 states

  • no alabama,miss, NH