| A | B |
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| Pennsylvania | Key Rust Belt state in 2004 |
| 1994 | Republican Revolution of Congress |
| 2006 | Democratic Revolution of Congress |
| voting | The most common method of political participation in the US |
| conventional political participation | paerticipation that attempts to influence the political porcess thru well-accepted means. |
| Unconventional political participation | Political participation thru extreme measures |
| 40 | percentage of eligble voters who vote regularly |
| 25% | What percentage are occasional voters |
| 35% | Percentage of people who rarely or never vote |
| very low | the voting rate in comparison to the rest of the world? |
| Wealthy citizens | People who are more likely to vote in regards to income |
| Increase | Trend of younger voters participation |
| 26th | Amendment that gave 18-year-olds the right to vote |
| whites, African American, Hispanics | Order of likeliness of ethnic groups to vote. |
| Reasons for less voting for African American | African Americans tend to be poorer, and less educated |
| Too busy | Reason given why 20% of registered nonvoters |
| Have to personally register, not government | Reason for less registered voters % wise |
| 65 and over | The group of people who tend to have ore registered voters |
| same-day registration | What action by some states has increased voting |
| Oregon | The first state to eliminate voting polls |
| Low voter turnout increases the quality of voter | Reason why some feel low voter turnout is not a problem |
| ticket-splitting | voting for candidates of different parties for the various offices |
| Gender gap | Candidate recognition that women may have a different viewpoint on certain issues |
| retrospective judgment | voter's evaluation of the performance of the party in power |
| prospective judgment | voter's evaluation of a candidate based on wha the or she pledges to do about and issue if elected |
| authoritarian system | A system of government that bases its rule on force rather than consent |
| electorate | citizens eligible to vote |
| mandate | A command bu an electorate's vote for the elected to carry out the platform |
| Off year congressional election | Years when there are no presidential elections |
| primary election | Election which voters decide candidates for their party for the general election |
| closed primary | a primary in which only those registered with a certain party can vote |
| open primary | primary in which party members, independents, and sometimes other party members |
| crossover voting | participating in a primary of a party with which the voter is not connected |
| raiding | An organized attempt by voters of one party to influence the primary results of the other party |
| runoff primary | When no candidate has a majority this must happen |
| Louisiana | all appear on one ballot and any candidate receiving over 50% the candidate wins |
| general election | election in which voters decide which candidates will fill elective offices |
| initiative | citizens propose legislation and submit it for a vote |
| ballot measures | provide the electorate a direct voice in the political process by allowing voters to enact policy |
| referendum | the state legislature submits proposed legislation to the state's voters |
| recall | An election in which voters can remove an incumbent from office by popular vote |
| primaries | People support this over a caucus because it seems more democratic |
