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| All of the people entitled to vote in a given election |
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| person living in a state for only a short time, without legal residence |
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| a procedure of voter identification intended to prevent fraudelent voting |
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| the process of reviewing list of registered voters and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote; a purification |
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| a special tax demanded by states, as a condition of voting |
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| a person's ability to read or write |
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| list of all registered voters at each precinct |
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| the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group |
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| a court order that forces or limits the performence of some act by a private individual or by a public official |
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| mandated by the voting rights act of 1965 the prior approval by the justice department of changes to or new election laws by certain states |
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| congressional election that occurs between presidentional election years |
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| one's own influence or effectiveness on politics |
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| the process by which people gain their political attidues and opinions |
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| measurable differences between the partisan choices of men and women today |
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| loyalty of people to a political party |
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| the practice of voting for candidates of only one party in an election |
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| voting for candidates of different parties for different offices at the same election |
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| a term used to describe people who have no party affiliation |
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