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Russians of any gender or minority could vote for their representative in 1917. Women in the States only got full suffrage in 1920, African Americans in 1965. S
by specproc 1y ago
Russians of any gender or minority could vote for their representative in 1917. Women in the States only got full suffrage in 1920, African Americans in 1965. So no real pedigree there.
- andrepd 1y agoAnd only in 1917... :)
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoAfrican Americans got the right to vote in the US in 1870.
- specproc 1y agoBut a whole state-level legislative architecture meant that suffrage wasn't accessible nationwide till the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Modern voter registration laws, which are gathering pace today, are largely targeted at keeping minority voters from exercising their democratic rights. Great timeline here: https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/05/politics/black-voting-rights-suppression-timeline/ https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/05/politics/black-v...
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoIf you want to talk about whether something exists in practice rather than on paper then I have some news for you about Russia.
- specproc 1y agoYeah, exactly. I'm saying the UK and America have democracies of equal quality to and poorer pedigree than Russia. Edit for clarity.
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoThe US has generally had elections in which whether you could run did not depend on your ideology or opposition to the current administration, and the candidate who got the most votes would get into office. Russia, not so much.