Chapter 1: Step one—If you can vote, vote. 

What you need to learn


Understand past efforts to expand the right to vote, and the factors that influence how voters make their decision and influence voter turnout (who shows up to vote).

The Franchise:

Andrew Jackson,

Amendments: 15th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th 

Voting Models:

rational choice voter

retrospective voter

prospective voter

party-line voter

Voter Turnout:

structural barriers

political efficacy

demographics

type of election

Examples:

voter ID laws

age/lifecycle

general election

midterm election

identity politics

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