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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 fraudulent voting |
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| The process of reviewing lists of registered voter's and removing the names of those no longer eligible to vote; a purification |
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| List of all registered voter's in each precinct |
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| A person's ability to read or write |
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| A special tax,demanded by states, as a condition of voting |
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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 performance 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 presidential 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 attitudes and opinion's |
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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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