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26 Cards in this Set
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consuetude
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- if you voted before you will forever be a voter
- reason why youth turn out is low, they haven't developed consuetude |
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why the low youth turnout in voting?
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- consuetude
- narrow castin - they're not targeted by parties - lack of interest |
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youth turnouts
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- bigger turnout compared to % of overall turnout in 2008
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composition effect
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- a shift in a group's behavior due to a change in the composition of the group and not because of a change in behavior from the people in it
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franchise
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- the right to vote
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registered voters
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- legally eligible to vote who have registered
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social connectedness
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- the degree someone is connected to their families, neighborhoods, religious organizations
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suffrage
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- term for the right to vote
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mobilization
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- parties pushing people to go out and vote
- vote or die bitch |
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voting age population
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- everyone over 18 including those who may not be legally eligible to vote
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consuetude
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- the habit to vote since you have already deemed yourself a voter
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why the low turnout
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- because we think we don't make any change
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arguments for high turnout
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- it doesn't matter who votes because the decision is on the elites
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arguments for low turnout
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- the electorate is wealthier and their decisions must be contradicted by the popular vote
- low turnout discourages individual development |
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voting eligible population
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- voting age minus felons and non citizens plus overseas people
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d term
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- d term is the added term to the collective action equation
- it is your civic duty to vote - it is important to vote even if your vote won't make a difference |
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why the low turnout of young people?
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- they're not targeted by parties
- laws - timing - it is not required |
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what is significant about the youth vote in 2008?
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- they voted disproportionally democratic
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voting rights in the Constitution?
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- there weren't any explicit
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is low turnout a problem?
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- yes, misrepresentation of population
- goes to show that politics is phony since not everyone considers it important |
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suffrage/ franchise
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- mean the same thing
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26th Amendment
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- 18 year olds the right to vote
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voting changes over time
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- allowed african americans
- then Jim Crow disenfranchises them - women - poll tax eliminated - 18 yr. olds |
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voting as a collective action problem equation
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p - probability of your vote making a difference
b - benefit from your candidate winning c - cost of voting *d - civic duty |
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no low turnout is a problem?
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- elites think if you really are not even interested then you shouldn't even vote
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voting rights
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- not clearly presented in the Constitution
- there's regulations based on race, gender - still up to the states |
