CHAPTER 6 – VOTERS AND VOTER BEHAVIOR – STUDY GUIDE 1. How have some states limited voting rights to citizens in the past? 2. Describe ballot fatigue. 3. Define political socialization 4. How has the expansion of suffrage in the United States been moved forward? 5. In the past, how did literacy tests work to deny the right to vote to African Americans and other minorities? 6. Explain the views of people with no sense of political efficacy. 7. What requirements can states make about suffrage? 8. In order to vote today, States require all voters to be what? 9. Describe a “nonvoting voter”. 10. To prevent fraudulent voting, most States require voters to do what? 11. Why is gerrymandering unfair. 12. In general, how do more of the electorate vote in elections? 13. States can set any qualification they choose for voting, so long as the qualifications do not what? 14. Describe voter turnout among 18-­‐year-­‐olds since the passage of the 26th Amendment. 15. Why did Congress require States to allow voter registration by mail? 16. Who were literacy requirements usually aimed at? 17. Based on voter turnout statistics, how is voting for President different than voting for members of Congress. 18. In a contest between two candidates, when are voters more likely to vote during an election? 19. Explain the differences in voting patters between men and women? 20. In which geographic locations, would voters show the most support for a Democratic candidate for President? A Republican candidate for President?