Benj
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« on: November 12, 2012, 09:54:24 AM » |
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I don't have any terribly useful insights, but I would guess it was in large part due to immigration. New immigrants didn't (and don't) vote much, and by the 1920s a very large portion of the country were first generation immigrants (while this was very much not true in the 1870s to 1890s). Also, most were immigrating from countries without serious democracy, unlike today, when most immigrants come from countries that are at least nominally democratic and hold regular elections (China being the only notable exception).
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