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| A primary election in which African Americans were prohibited from voting. The practice was banned by the Supreme Court in 1944. |
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| A clause in a state law that had the effect of restricting the franchise (voting rights) to those whose ancestors had voted before the 1860s; one of the techniques used in the south to prevent African American from exercising their right to vote. |
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| A fee of several dollars that had to be paid before a person could vote; a device used in some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting. |
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| A test given to voters to ensure that they could read and write and thus evaluate political information; A technique used in many Southern states to restrict African American participation in elections. |
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| A campaign tactic used to feed false or misleading information to potential voters, under the guise of taking an opinion poll, with the intent to "push" voters away from one candidate and toward another. |
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| In the context of opinion polling, a sample in which each person within the entire population being polled has an equal chance of being chosen. |
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| Poll of people exiting polling places on Election Day. |
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| A numerical survey of the public's opinion on a particular topic at a particular moment. |
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| The learning process through which most people acquire their political attitudes, opinions, beliefs , and knowledge. |
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