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Popular Participation: Introduction to Exercise 5 - Factors that influence voter participation
What You Will Learn

This exercise describes the governmental and individual factors affecting voter turnout:
  • Governmental factors:
    • Registration requirements
    • Voting laws
    • Frequency and scheduling of elections
    • Party differences
  • Individual factors:
    • Feelings of civic duty, lack of interest, isolation
    • Age
    • Education
    • Economic status
Key Terms


alienation
apathy
civic duty
Democrat
election
general election
motor voter laws


policy
political parties
public office
registration requirements
Republican
state primaries
voter turnout
voting rights
Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Complete the passages by dragging terms from the given list and dropping them in the right spaces. Correct answers will remain in the text, and incorrect choices will go back to the list of terms.
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