Warm Up1) What does big government mean?2) What is a Splinter Party?3) What impact can 3rd Parties have on

an election and our government?

Period 3 - Warm Up1) What does conservative mean?2) What does liberal mean?3) What does big government mean?4) Define political spectrum.

UNIT 3.2:VOTING & VOTING

BEHAVIOR

Changes to the Electorate Voting Requirements Voting Behaviors Abstaining Sociological Factors Psychological Factors

UNIT 3: PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT

Citizens & Political Parties Voting Electoral Process Media Interest Groups

Vocabulary & Learning Outcomes Discrimination Electorate Gender gap Gerrymandering Independent Party identification Political socialization Poll tax Split-ticket voting Straight-ticket voting Suffrage/franchise Voting Rights Act

(1965)

1) Explain demographic factors related to political participation and its impact on government policy.

2) Evaluate circumstances that limited personal and civic responsibilities of United States citizens.

3) (H) Devise an action plan to convince citizens of the benefits of participating in the political process through voting.

GUESS HOW THEY WILL VOTE!

In your group, do the following: Analyze the characteristics of each voter Make an educated guess on whether he or

she will vote for the Republican or Democrat Candidate.

Justify your guess with proper reasoning. In your reasoning specifically tie the person’s

beliefs of specific issues to the party’s platform. Feel free to use your political party platform chart

Debrief/Discussion Questions What information did you use to figure

out which way each person would vote? When there was conflicting evidence in

the person’s bio, how did your group come to a decision?

How do you think this decision process relates to real life?

Can you see yourself having these issues when you are able to vote?

What are some ways to resolve some of these issues?

Warm Up1) What challenges do you see yourself

facing when you are allowed to vote?2) What are the current requirements to

vote? Should there be more?3) Do you think people should ever be denied

the right to vote? Explain your reasoning.

Suppressing the Vote

History of Voting

Vote on Tuesday

Quiz Review TermsThursday, 2/6

Bipartisan Conservative Liberal Moderate Multiparty System Partisanship Plurality Political Party Political Spectrum Splitter Party Third (minor) Party Two-party System

Know political party platform stances on political issues

Voting Behavior: Abstaining

Voting Behavior: Abstaining

Voting Behavior: Abstaining

Voting Behavior: Abstaining

Voter turnout is so low in the United States because people are generally happy with the government. Their apathetic attitude towards voting

represents their content, otherwise they would head to the polls to make the changes they felt were necessary.

1. Do you agree with this statement?2. Defend your reasoning to why you think it

is correct or incorrect?

Voting Behavior: Abstaining

Voter Turnout

Low Voter TurnoutDoes your vote matter?

Closest Elections

Warm Up1) What is voter

apathy?2) What are 3 reasons

for voter abstinence (not voting)?

3) Describe the impact of the Voting Rights Act (1965).

Voter Turnout Is Voter Turnout a problem? Should we have compulsory voting

(require people to vote)? What do you think are some Pros? What do you think are some Cons?

Compulsory Voting – PROCompulsory Voting - CON

Voting BehaviorNAME SOME SOCIOLOGICAL FACTORS

NAME SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

Environment we live in, experiences, and people around us.

Age Gender Education Income Occupation Religion Ethnic Background Geography

Voter perception of politics & how they view parties, candidates, & issues.

Party Identification Candidate Issues

Which factor do you think is the most

significant?

2012 Group Voting Characteristics

GROUPS REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT

MEN

WOMEN

WHITE

AFRICAN AMERICAN

LATINO

ASIAN

18-29 YRS OLD

30—44 YRS OLD

45- 64 YRS OLD

OVER 65 YRS OLD

2012 Group Voting Characteristics (continued)

GROUPS REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT

LESS THAN 100K/YR

100K/YR OR MORE

NO HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

SOME COLLEGE

COLLEGE GRADUATE

POSTGRADUATE STUDY

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLICAN

INDEPENDENT

Party IdentificationWhat is Straight-ticket Voting and Split-

ticket Voting? Straight-ticket Voting

Voting for candidates from one political party in the same election

Split-ticket Voting Voting for candidates from different political parties

in one election