Lessons from the Past
In February 1867, the Kansas legislature passed two amendments. One gave African-American men the vote, the other granted suffrage to all women. Both amendments needed a majority vote from the white male electorate to become law. The election was set for November. . .
Republican Party leaders, who supported black male suffrage, claimed that the women’s suffrage campaign was hurting their cause. . . .
The white middle-class supporters of women’s suffrage felt betrayed. . . .
The 1867 universal suffrage campaign showed how two disenfranchised groups could be pitted against each other to deny progress to either one. . . .
Democrats shouldn’t repeat mistakes from Kansas’ 1860s battles over suffrage
posted by Degolar @ 9:53 AM
1 Comments:
Hmmm... I wonder how that compares to an election, say, where the rivals represent corrupt old-boy network politics and familial dynasties vs. a new fresh look at the process by a thoughtful intellectual?
Or we could just look at their gender and the color of their skin. That would be so totally 1867! ;)
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