Voting ammendments information and Voting theories information

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