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12 Cards in this Set
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Why are European voting rates higher than American voting rates |
Europeans are automatically registered, held on sunday, simple and short, and they limit TV advertising |
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Income & Educations Voting |
High income people vote more |
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Race Voting |
Black rates are lower than white rates, latinos have low turnouts |
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Age Rates |
Those over 70 have the highest turnout |
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Gender Rates |
Women vote more than men |
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Residence Rates |
Cities & long-time residents have higher turnouts, south historically has low turnouts |
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A group with a tendency to identify with a certain party |
voting bloc |
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what is the strongest predictor in US voting? |
religious vs secular votes |
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Which groups vote more democratically? |
women, unmarried people, minorities |
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A durable shift in voting patterns |
Realignment |
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Why are most scholars against the new realignment theory |
they believe that there needs to be more elections to determine its legitimacy |
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What factors win elections for president? |
personality, mass media, photo ops, money |
