POLI 2051 Chapter : Ch 7
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Conventional - relatively routine, non-threatening behavior that uses the channels of representative government. Unconventional - relatively uncommon behavior that challenges or defies government channels. Voting - the most common and most studied form of participation. Initially, most states had taxpaying or property holding requirements for voting - these were eliminated by the 1850s. Amendment: didn"t really work because of literacy test and other devices used to keep black people from voting. Amendment: 1920, prohibits states from prohibiting voting based on sex, some states had already given this right before this amendment was ratified (west states gave them that right) Why were these groups given the right to vote? (better way: why were women, blacks, and younger people given the right to vote at that time?) Elections - you must win two elections to hold office in this country. We actually vote twice, but people often forget about the first round. First need to be nominated to your party.
