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3 years ago
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# Voting Amendments and Models of Voting
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Goals:
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1. Describe voting rights protections in the constitution and in legislation
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2. Describe different models of voting behavior
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### 15
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voting should not be determined by race or slavery
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### 17
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direct election of senators instead of by the state
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### 19
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voting can not be denied based on sex
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### 24
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no more poll taxes
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### 26
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made all citizens 18 and over able to vote
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### 1965 Voting Rights Act
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Banned literacy tests, states are subject to PRECLEARANCE (overturned in 2006 Shelby County v Holder)
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### 23
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people in washington DC were granted the right to vote
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# Voting Models
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### Rational Choice Voitng
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someone would choose based for their own self interest.
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ceo would vote for a pro low-crop-tax rate canidate
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e.g. I think Mitt Romney will lower my tax so im going to vote for him.
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### Retrospective Voting
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Looking back and saying it was not too bad with this caniddate ill do it again
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e.g. The economy has been growing under Clinton so he has my vote.
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### Prospective Voting
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country as a whole, this cannidate will do better in the future
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e.g. Bush has ideas that will be really good for this country so Im going to vote for him.
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### Party Line Voting
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always support the person who is in your party.
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e.g. Im a lifelong democrat so Obama has my vote.
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