| A | B |
|---|
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| transient | person living in a state for only a short time, without legal residence |
| registration | a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudulent voting |
| literacy | a person's ability to read or write |
| poll tax | a special tax, demanded by states, as a condition of voting |
| gerrymandering | the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group |
| off-year election | congressional election that occurs between presidential election years |
| political efficacy | one's own influence or effectiveness on politics |
| political socialization | the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions |
| gender gap | measurable differences between the partisan choices of men and women today |
| party identification | loyalty of people to a political party |
| straight-ticket voting | the practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election |
