GOV 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: New York University School Of Law, Political Machine, Voting Rights Act Of 1965
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Discouraging participation of voters you think will vote against you. Typical in countries where voting is voluntary. Candidates and parties seek more selective deterrent. Most minorities don"t have issued photo id cards. This is a requirement to have when you vote. 25% african americans, 16% latinos do not have this. Discourages minority voters, source: brennan center for justice at. Candidates rely on complexity to discourage some votes. Negative information about opponent may not win new support, but may dampen support for opponent. Jesse helms (segregationist republican) was running against an african american candidate for senator from nc. Helms campaign ran an ad in which a white man got a job rejection letter and the implication was that it was cuz of affirmative action. Significance: would prolly get more white voters because jobs. Latino vs. latino, racialized message for latino"s. But people didn"t get as mad cuz he"s latino too. Get a random call to get an opinion about a race.
