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Canuckistanian

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 01:43 PM Nov 2012

What The 2012 Election Would Have Looked Like Without Universal Suffrage

Map 1: 1850

Before 1870, only white men could vote. Here's how the election would have looked before the 15th Amendment.



Map 2: 1870

From 1870 to 1920, only men could vote. Under that scenario, the electoral map would have looked something like this.





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What The 2012 Election Would Have Looked Like Without Universal Suffrage (Original Post) Canuckistanian Nov 2012 OP
Thanks for posting this! We see the reason for the Republicans war on women and minorities. yardwork Nov 2012 #1
which is the "traditional" America Republicans like O'Reilly BainsBane Nov 2012 #2
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