Participation, Campaigns, and Elections - Chapter 9

the percentage of eligible individuals who actually vote

• pollsters

• turnout

• suffrage

• participants

the right to vote: also called franchise

• suffrage

• First Amendment

• inalienable right

• ballot

participation that involves assembling crowds to confront a government or other official organization

• coup

• riot

• petition

• protest

activities designed to influence politics using the internet, including visiting a candidate's website, organizing events online, and signing an online petition.

• digital literacy

• digital divide

• digital political participation

• media literacy

status in society based on level of education, income, and occupational prestige

• top echelon

• socioeconomic status

• socioeducational status

• econ economic status

a distinctive pattern of voting behavior reflecting the differences in views between women and men

• gender equality

• gender subjective voting

• gender gap

• gender divide

a primary election in which the voter can wait until the day of the primary to choose which party to enroll in to select candidates for the general election

• open primary

• closed primary

• general election

• primary election

elections held to select a party's candidate for the general election

• primary election

• general election

• closed primary

• open primary

a regulararly scheduled election involoving most districts in the nation or state, in which voters select officeholders; in the U.S. in is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years (every four for president)

• primary election

• general election

• closed primary

• open primary

a primary election in which voters can participate in the nomination of candidates but only of the party in which they are enrolled for a period of time prior to primary day.

• primary election

• general election

• closed primary

• open primary