David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

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

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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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Some lessons from the past: 1) Immigrant voting became unacceptable because it seemed to tilt close elections to one party; 2) Immigrant voting got associated with other behaviors that seemed to contemporaries indisputably bad; and finally ... 9/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021