Chapter 6 Main Ideas 1-15

1. There are two reasons as to why there is an increase in the American electorate.  One is the nations experience of the gradual elimination of a number of restrictions on the right to vote and the other is the significant chare of the State’s power over the right to vote has been assumed by the Federal government.
2. There were five stages the first stage was in 1810 when property did not qualify you as a voter.  The second trend was with the Civil war and race not keeping one from voting.  The third even was letting women vote.  The fourth was when African Americans could truly vote without the different tests and laws that prevented them.  The fifth is the age was lowered to 18.
3. two parts
1. The State has the right to set laws for voting
2. There are five restrictions that the constitutions say that lessens State power.  They are that a person can vote for a representative or senator in Congress, the second is that race cannot affect the ability to vote, the third is that sex does not prevent one from voting, the fourth is that there state cannot put a tax on voting, and the fifth is that a rightful person can vote over the age of 18.
4. two parts
1. Citizenship and residence are two qualifications that the state requires one to meet.
2. Age also exists in the States which is set at 18 because of the Amendment.
5. there were many qualifications that one must meet to be able to vote from the past they are literacy and the poll tax
6. The purpose of the poll tax was to discourage the African Americans from voting.
7. The purpose of the 15ht Amendment was to not let race or color be a factor as to why one is not allowed to vote.
8. It was inadequate for the African Americans because the states set other qualifications that the African American would have to follow, like the poll tax, and the literacy tests.
9. The civil rights movement searched to solve the above problem by getting rid of the thing that was preventing the African Americans from voting.
10. The US has a nonvoter problem because there are so many people who are not voting in the United States.  This is a problem because a democracy needs a large number of people who actually vote and help in deciding the future of its nation.
11. The "cannot" voters are those who are the aliens who cannot vote or people with mental conditions, are in jail or prison, or those who do not believe in voting.  These people account for about 20 million people who are in this group and make up about a fifth of the people who are nonvoters.
12. People mainly do not vote either because they are uneducated about the difference that they make, do not know anything about politics, feel they do not make a difference, or that whoever they would vote for their lives would be just fine.
13. There are many sociological factors as to why people vote; they are income or occupation, gender or age, religious or ethnic background, where they live, or family or other group affiliations.
14. Some of the psychological factors as to why people vote are the loyalty that they have with a party, and the candidates and his/her issues.
15. It is difficult to predict how anyone will vote based on his psychological and sociological profile is that there are so many combinations as to who is likely but it is all based on the psychology of the person, which is different for everyone.