5.1

• Constitutional amendments to expanding the right to vote for more citizens

  • 15th Amendment: Recognized the right to vote for black men
  • 17th Amendment: Granted the right for the people to directly vote senators
  • 19th Amendment: Recognized the right to vote for women
  • 24th Amendment: Abolished poll taxes which suppressed minority vote
  • 26th Amendment: Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
• Allowed everyone to vote, prevented discrimination
• Voting Models

  • Rational Choice Voting: Person votes based on individual self-interest & studies the issues & party platforms
  • Retrospective Voting: Person votes based on the campaign's past decisions & actions
  • Prospective Voting: Person votes based on predictions on how a party / candidate will perform in the future
  • Partisan Voting (Straight Ticket Voting): Person votes for the candidates of the voter's party