PS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Secret Ballot, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
26 Jul 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Incumbents are important when you"re talking about congress because it"s a very long job. The state wants for the elections to go one way or another because it will define if they stay in power or not. 1800 - very few people; white, wealthy males. 1830 - average white male gets the vote. 1868 - black men are supposed to be able to vote, but it"s still hard for them to. 1965 - voting rights act allows poc to not be discriminated from voting. 1972 - 18 y/o are allowed to vote. Because the people in power need people like them to vote for them so they can stay in power. Poorer people do not have the time or money to get ids and thus are turned away when they try to vote. Each state has a different registration cut-off date. During this time, there were tons of people immigrating to the us.
