AP U.S. Government and Politics / Unit 5: Political Participation
5.1 Voting Rights and Models of Voting Behavior
Notes
Amendments expanded voting: 15th (race), 19th (women), 24th (no poll taxes), 26th (age 18).
- Voting models: rational choice (self-interest), retrospective (past performance), prospective (future promises), party-line.
Practice
The Nineteenth Amendment:
1920.
Voting based on how the economy did under the incumbent is:
Looking back.
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment:
1971.
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