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Selling music helped fund suffrage organizations and it also brought the music and ideas into the home of Americans. [18] Plays or pantomimes set to music were also popular with suffragists. [19] Another example of how singing provided a voice for women during protests was seen in Los Angeles.
2020. California restores voting rights to citizens serving parole. [65] Washington, D.C. passes a law to allow incarcerated felons to vote. [65] People with a felony conviction have their right to vote in Iowa restored with some restrictions and each potential voter must have completed their sentence. [65]
Elections were held for the 64th United States Congress, occurring in the middle of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson's first term. Democrats retained control of both houses of Congress, the first time they were able to do so since the American Civil War (1861-1865).
The election was the first of four times in the 20th century in which either party won the House majority without winning the popular vote, with the subsequent three instances occurring in 1942, 1952, and 1996; Democrats won the House majority without winning the popular vote in the former election, while Republicans did so in the latter two ...
In 2016, though Trump won the presidency, Clinton clinched the popular vote by 2.9 million votes, according to a USA TODAY report. Biden won the popular vote and electoral vote in 2020 with ...
Women first registered to vote in 1913 and participated in the state primary elections in 1914. [32] Arizona ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on February 12, 1920. [33] [34] Native Americans in Arizona were excluded from voting due to their citizenship status. [35] In 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act made all Native Americans United States ...
Vice President Harris, former President Trump, and other politicians have been the subject of viral memes during the election cycle, with highlights including "Brat summer," "childless cat ladies ...
1861–1865: The American Civil War.Most suffragists focus on the war effort, and suffrage activity is minimal. [3]1866: The American Equal Rights Association, working for suffrage for both women and African Americans, is formed at the initiative of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.