POLSCI 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Vigilante, Socioeconomic Status, Electronic Voting

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 111
• Professor: Arthur Lupia

Document Summary

Institutions help solve^ and mobilize people with similar opinions. Voter registration: a process by which citizens enroll with the government to gain permission to vote in an election: motor voter law: when receiving a driver license you can register to vote. Patterns of participation in the united states: trends in voter turnout, voter turnout: the proportion of potential voters who vote in a given election, voter mobilization: efforts by organizations to facilitate or encourage voting. People (cid:449)ho li(cid:448)e fa(cid:396) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:448)oti(cid:374)g polls a(cid:396)e(cid:374)"t a(cid:271)le to affo(cid:396)d to t(cid:396)a(cid:448)el the(cid:396)e. The higher ses a person has the more likely they will participate in politics: other factors. Race, ethnicity, age, gender, education level, religion. Lower voter turnout in southern states remains a persistent pattern: in comparison: political participation, different levels of participation from country to country, americans consistently vote in smaller proportions than citizens of other countries.