Why did US voter turnout drop after 1900?

Before Progressives pushed for electoral reform around the turn of the century, plenty of voting practices existed that were at best questionable and at worst fraudulent. read more

Voter turnout really didn't drop. What really happened was that the pool of possible voters increased, while voter suppression increased. Over the course of American history voting rights were expanded to non land “owners,” to new citizens, to black men, then to women, then with specific ages. read more

Discussion in 'Non Sci Fi Debates' started by firefossil, Oct 2, 2012. read more