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This 10 page report
discusses American democracy and the role played by the nation’s voters. How the right
to vote came about for all citizens and who modern voters actually are is covered, as well
as a consideration of the ideological aspects of democracy and citizen participation.
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interest and influence of average citizens in the electoral process. "The American people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe," he wrote in his famous
book, "Democracy in America." As the 20th century came to a close, more people than just Americans had become part of larger and fundamentally democratic systems. In fact, the student
working on this report should be aware that more people lived under democratic rule than under dictatorship as the 21st century opened. Soares (1999) points out that there were only
12 clearly democratic nations in the world in 1941 (pp. 105). Whether this is an indication of a collective consciousness that embraces democratic ideals or if it based on the
ways in which democracy serves the economic agendas associated with capitalism is a subject for a different research project. However, what must be underscored is that democracy did not begin
with the most "democratic" of practices, regardless of its lofty ideals. The student researching democracy in America should make note of the fact that for the majority of time
that the United States of America has been in existence, only white middle- and upper-class men were allowed to vote. People of color and female people were patently excluded. Despite
the many changes that have taken place in Americas democracy, especially in the past forty to fifty years, it is important to remember that the republic was still shaped by
white (usually wealthy) men. As the student delves deeper into the issue, he or she will want to consider the origins of the practical ability to vote, rather than its
ideology, and the ways in which non-white, non-male Americans demanded they be included in the supposedly democratic processes. From that point, the student can then move on to how the
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