5.1 - Voting Rights & Voter Behavior

Expansion of Suffrage:

    1789 - First Election - only state legislators voted

    1820 - Jacksonian Democracy - no property requirement to vote

    1865 - 15th Amendment - any race can vote

    1920s - 19th Amendment - women can vote

    1961 - 23rd Amendment - D.C. gets electors

    1964 - 24th Amendment - no poll tax

    1965 - Voting Rights Act - banned literacy tests and increased federal monitoring of states w/ historical discrimination (preclearance provision)

    1971 - 26th Amendment - anyone over 18 can vote

Models of Voting Behavior:

    Prospective Voting - voting with regard to the future

    Retrospective Voting - voting with regard to a candidate’s past

    Rational Choice Voting - voting w/ research and consideration

    Party-Line Voting - voting based on party affiliation

Motor-Voter Registration Act (2002) - allows registration at the DMV