Voters and Voting BehaviorVoters and Voting Behavior

Chapter 6Chapter 6

Voters & Voting BehaviorVoters & Voting Behavior

Goals and Objectives: Goals and Objectives: 1.1. Historical expansion of voting rights.Historical expansion of voting rights.

2.2. 5 restrictions on States’ power to establish 5 restrictions on States’ power to establish voting qualifications.voting qualifications.

3.3. Voter qualifications by State.Voter qualifications by State.

4.4. Suffrage and Civil Rights by law and Suffrage and Civil Rights by law and constitutional amendment.constitutional amendment.

5.5. Voter behavior and factors defining voting Voter behavior and factors defining voting behaviorbehavior..

Southpark Vote or DieSouthpark Vote or Die

The Right To VoteThe Right To Vote

Extended Suffrage (voting rights)Extended Suffrage (voting rights)

1.1. Elimination of Religious & Property Elimination of Religious & Property requirements for white males.requirements for white males.

2.2. 1515thth amendment: Post Civil War amendment: Post Civil War

3.3. 1919thth amendment: Women. Wyoming 1869 amendment: Women. Wyoming 1869

4.4. 1964 Civil Rights Act; 1965 Voting Rights 1964 Civil Rights Act; 1965 Voting Rights ActAct

5.5. 2323rdrd, 24, 24thth, 26, 26thth amendments amendments

5 Federal or Constitutional 5 Federal or Constitutional Restrictions on StatesRestrictions on States

1.1. Equal eligibility to vote in all elections: Equal eligibility to vote in all elections: Voting Rights Act of 1965Voting Rights Act of 1965

2.2. 1515thth amendment-Race, Color, servitude amendment-Race, Color, servitude

3.3. 1919thth amendment-Women amendment-Women

4.4. 2424thth amendment-No tax amendment-No tax

5.5. 2626thth amendment-18 years of age amendment-18 years of age

Voter QualificationsVoter Qualifications

1.1. CitizenshipCitizenship: Born or Naturalized. : Born or Naturalized. Aliens cannot vote (unless they have Aliens cannot vote (unless they have an ID card or drivers license and an ID card or drivers license and register)register)

1.1. Minnesota: 3 month waiting periodMinnesota: 3 month waiting period

2.2. ResidenceResidence: Requirements tougher in : Requirements tougher in the South. 6 months to 1 yearthe South. 6 months to 1 year

1.1. Dunn v. BlumsteinDunn v. Blumstein: Voting Rights Act, : Voting Rights Act, Presidential Elections—Could you vote in Presidential Elections—Could you vote in two states? Explain How?two states? Explain How?

Voter QualificationsVoter Qualifications3.3. Age: 26Age: 26thth amendment, amendment, 18 year old vote, 17 18 year old vote, 17

year olds voting in primaries if they turn 18 year olds voting in primaries if they turn 18 before general election.before general election.

4.4. Voter IdentificationVoter Identification: : 5.5. Voter RegistrationVoter Registration: Except North Dakota: Except North Dakota6.6. Literacy RequirementsLiteracy Requirements: Guinn vs U.S. (1915): Guinn vs U.S. (1915)7.7. Tax PaymentsTax Payments: Hill vs. Stone (1975) Texas: Hill vs. Stone (1975) Texas8.8. Persons Denied Right to VotePersons Denied Right to Vote: :

1.1. Dishonorable dischargeDishonorable discharge2.2. Mentally incompetentMentally incompetent3.3. FelonsFelons

Voting Challenges 2014Voting Challenges 2014

Voting Challenges 2014Voting Challenges 2014

Voter QualificationsVoter Qualifications

Voter ApathyVoter Apathy

Why? Why? 1.1. ReligionReligion: Jehvoah: Jehvoah’’s Witnessess Witnesses

2.2. Mistrust of GovernmentMistrust of Government: Pentagon : Pentagon Papers, Vietnam, Iraq, etc…Papers, Vietnam, Iraq, etc…

3.3. Two-Party System: Two-Party System:

4.4. Political EfficacyPolitical Efficacy

5.5. GerrymanderingGerrymandering

The current fate of preclearanceThe current fate of preclearance

Voting Rights Act of 1965 reversed by Voting Rights Act of 1965 reversed by U.S. Supreme Court in 2013U.S. Supreme Court in 2013Shelby County Alabama vs. Holder 2013 ends Shelby County Alabama vs. Holder 2013 ends

preclearance (Section 5 of Voting Rights Act)preclearance (Section 5 of Voting Rights Act)

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf

Women & VotingWomen & Voting

Age & VotingAge & Voting

Voting BehaviorVoting Behavior

Political SocializationPolitical Socialization

1.1. Personal ExperiencesPersonal Experiences

2.2. RelationshipsRelationships

3.3. ParentsParents

4.4. ChurchesChurches

5.5. School Environment (Success)School Environment (Success)

6.6. Group (Social)Group (Social)

7.7. Group (Economic)Group (Economic)

Sociological FactorsSociological Factors

Republican: Republican: 1.1.White malesWhite males

2.2.Business OwnersBusiness Owners

3.3.Middle Income to WealthyMiddle Income to Wealthy

4.4.Professional EmployeesProfessional Employees

5.5.Protestants, MormonsProtestants, Mormons

6.6.Traditional FamiliesTraditional Families

7.7.Retired InvestorsRetired Investors

8.8.Solid South, Rural, BurbsSolid South, Rural, Burbs

Democrat:Democrat:1.1. African Americans & LatinosAfrican Americans & Latinos

2.2. Labor UnionsLabor Unions

3.3. PoorPoor

4.4. Government EmployeesGovernment Employees

5.5. Low Skilled employeesLow Skilled employees

6.6. Catholics & Jews & Muslims & Catholics & Jews & Muslims & AtheistsAtheists

7.7. Single-Income ParentsSingle-Income Parents

8.8. Big Cites in Northeast, Pacific Big Cites in Northeast, Pacific WestWest

Free Stuff & Voting BehaviorFree Stuff & Voting Behavior

Psychological FactorsPsychological Factors

1.1. Party Identification: Loyalty to party Party Identification: Loyalty to party platform and politics. (Pocket-bookers)platform and politics. (Pocket-bookers)

2.2. Straight-Ticket VotersStraight-Ticket Voters

3.3. Split-Ticket VotersSplit-Ticket Voters

4.4. IndependentsIndependents