The Embattled Vote in America : : From the Founding to the Present / / Allan J. Lichtman.

Americans have died for the right to vote. Yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders’ greatest error—leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states—and explains why it has trigge...

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Voters and Nonvoters -- 1. The Founding Fathers’ Mistake -- 2. A White Man’s Republic -- 3. Constructing and Deconstructing the Vote -- 4. Votes for Women -- 5. The Absent Voter -- 6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- 7. The New Wars over the Vote -- 8. Reforming American Voting -- Conclusion: The Embattled Vote -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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Americans have died for the right to vote. Yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders’ greatest error—leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states—and explains why it has triggered an unending struggle over voting rights.
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Suffrage United States History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights. bisacsh
U.S. Constitution.
Voting Rights Act.
alien voting.
at-large elections.
black suffrage.
electoral reform.
gerrymandering.
partisan politics.
voter fraud.
voter registration.
voter turnout.
women's suffrage.
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Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Introduction: Voters and Nonvoters --
1. The Founding Fathers’ Mistake --
2. A White Man’s Republic --
3. Constructing and Deconstructing the Vote --
4. Votes for Women --
5. The Absent Voter --
6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 --
7. The New Wars over the Vote --
8. Reforming American Voting --
Conclusion: The Embattled Vote --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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Contents --
Preface --
Introduction: Voters and Nonvoters --
1. The Founding Fathers’ Mistake --
2. A White Man’s Republic --
3. Constructing and Deconstructing the Vote --
4. Votes for Women --
5. The Absent Voter --
6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 --
7. The New Wars over the Vote --
8. Reforming American Voting --
Conclusion: The Embattled Vote --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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Contents --
Preface --
Introduction: Voters and Nonvoters --
1. The Founding Fathers’ Mistake --
2. A White Man’s Republic --
3. Constructing and Deconstructing the Vote --
4. Votes for Women --
5. The Absent Voter --
6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 --
7. The New Wars over the Vote --
8. Reforming American Voting --
Conclusion: The Embattled Vote --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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