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Is it? Really? Hasn't the U.K. been a constitutional monarchy since 1688 or so? I totally accept it if we're only counting from the start of true universal adu

by harry8 7y ago

Is it? Really? Hasn't the U.K. been a constitutional monarchy since 1688 or so? I totally accept it if we're only counting from the start of true universal adult suffrage, including women and taking no account of melanin content of skin - whoever is first on that deserves it be known widely for their national pride. Was that the USA?

wyre 7y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_suffrage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_suffrage UK has had universal suffrage since 1928. It looks like Finland was the first in 1904.
- harry8 7y ago
  Hey thanks. Go the Finns! Rah! Edit: New Zealand 1893. Go the Kiwis! Ka Mate!
- anthm1988 7y ago
  and the US didn't have universal suffrage until the 1960s. Arguably we still don't, given what the republicans have done to subvert democracy in Florida.