| A | B |
|---|
| suffrage | The right to vote |
| electorate | The ptential voting population |
| tranisent | persons living in the state only a short time from gaining a legal residence there |
| registration | is a procedure of voter identfication intened to prevent fradulent voting |
| purge | The process of reviewing lists of registred oters and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote a purification |
| poll books | list of registered voters in each precinct |
| 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 |
| injunction | a court order that forces or limits the performance of some act by a private indivdual or a public offical |
| preclearance | mandated by the voting rights act of 1965 the prior approval by the jutice department of changes to or new election laws by certain states |
| political efficacy | ones own influence or effectiveness on politics |
| political socialization | The process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions |
| party identification | loyalty of people to a political party |
