1/2 Listen friends of all political stripes: Democracy works best when everyone participates. We& #39;ve worked hard over the last 225 yrs or so to continue to live into this important democratic principle.
2/ We have worked hard as a nation over the last 225 yrs or so, to be more inclusive! Did you know that only 6% of the population was eligible to vote for George Washington for President? Yeah, that& #39;s just nuts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar7r5aG_B0Y">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
3/The above is a great explainer video that I used when I taught high school civics, but there is one glaring omission, @PerezHilton. Native Americans, the first inhabitants of this land, had to wait until *1924* to be eligible to cast a ballot because they weren& #39;t citizens.
4/And even then, many states created legal and other barriers preventing indigenous ppl from voting. #NewMexico was the final hold out... in 1962.
Read more about that here: https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-native-americans.html">https://www.loc.gov/teachers/...
Read more about that here: https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/elections/voting-rights-native-americans.html">https://www.loc.gov/teachers/...