| A | B |
|---|
| literacy | a person's ability to read and write |
| gerrymandering | Dividing electoral districts to limit the voting strength |
| independent | people who have no specific major party affiliation. |
| political efficacy | People who do not believe their actions can affect politics have no sense of ____. |
| electorate | the potential voting population |
| preclearance | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 declared that no new election laws could be enacted in any State without ____ from the Department of Justice. |
| split-ticket voting | ____ is the practice of voting for candidates of more than one party in any one election. |
| party identification | People who are strongly loyal to a given party have strong ____. |
| transients | Persons living in a State for a short period of time are sometimes called ____. |
| suffrage | the right to vote, also known as "franchise" |
| poll books | official lists of registered voters |
| purging | removing names from poll books of those no longer eligible to vote. |
| poll tax | a tax paid for voting. No longer required by any State. |
| injunctions | a court order to stop doing something |
| off-year elections | election(s) held between presidential elections. |
| gender gap | measurable differences between men and women |
| straight-ticket voting | loyal to one party, voting only for those cadidates |
| independents | people not identified with a party |
| Rock the Vote | Organization that encourages young people to participate in the electoral process |
| cannot voters | regularly identifed as non-voters, these people do not vote due to some other reason. i.e. mental illness, legal status, or legal restraint |
