| A | B |
|---|
| suffrage | the right to vote/ obtained 1920 for women w/ 19th amendment |
| franchise | another term meaning right to vote |
| electorate | the potential voting population |
| transient | person living in a state for a short time |
| registration | procedure of voter identification helps prevent fraud |
| purging | removing names of those no longer eligible to vote from registered list |
| poll books | official list of qualified voters |
| literacy | person's ability to read/ write |
| poll tax | payment of a special tax required as a condition of voting |
| gerrymandering | practice of drawing electoral district lines in order to limit voting strength of a particular group |
| injunction | court order that forces or limits some act by an individual or public official |
| preclearance | Dept of Justice approving new laws |
| off year election | even numbered years between presidential elections |
| political efficacy | lacking a feeling of influence or effectiveness in politics |
| political socialization | process by which people get their political attitudes or opinions |
| gender gap | measurable difference between the partisan choices of men and women |
| party identification | loyalty of people to a particular political party |
| straight ticket voting | practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election |
| split ticket voting | practice of voting for candidates of more than one party in an election |
| independents | people who have no party affiliation |
