David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Immigrant voting today qualifies as a "progressive" cause. But back in the 1890s, it was Progressives who led the fight against it. They tended to see the Democrats as the more reactionary party, opposed to necessary reforms including women's suffrage. 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021

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2) The second factor was that as the immigrant vote concentrated in cities after 1880, it became associated with the drunkenness and rowdyism that many non-urban people attributed to urban elections. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021

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By 1920, immigrant voting had been almost entirely suppressed - and the voting place had become quieter, more orderly, and more welcoming to women. 8/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021