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| Favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform |
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| Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion |
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| a person who advocates full civil liberty and no gov. involvement. |
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| (1870) prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
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| 1920 prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex |
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| (1962) – eliminated poll tax |
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| (1965) a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices |
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| (1971) barred the states or federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen. |
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| describes the electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates from 1877 (the end of Reconstruction) to 1964 (the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) |
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| s a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition |
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| is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature |
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| election is one that is won by the candidate with more votes than any others |
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| is a political party seeking to attract people with diverse viewpoints |
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| Is perceived apathy (lack of caring) among voters in an election |
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| group of people that give money to candidates to have an influence in Gov. policies. |
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| Political Action Committee (PAC) |
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| Voluntary donations to convince candidates that there policy will help the country. –Favor certain candidates on ads. |
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| (2010)The limits on corp. advertising are unconstitutional and were restricting the right of the first amendment. |
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| org. that use private and corp. money and advertise in a way not coordinated with any candidates campaign. |
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