U5.1-5.2 Voting Rights & Voter Behavior

Explain the expansion of voting rights through the 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; distinguish the rational-choice, retrospective, prospective, and party-line models of voting behavior; and explain the major factors driving voter turnout (registration laws, type of election, demographics, political efficacy) and the voluntary-vs-compulsory-voting framing used to explain U.S. turnout.