Name: The American Ballot box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
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Author: Bensel, Richard Franklin
ISBN: 9780521537865

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The American Ballot box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Type

Physical Book

Author

Richard Franklin Bensel

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

302

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.7x15.3x1.7 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN

052153786x

ISBN13

9780521537865

Synopsis "The American Ballot box in the Mid-Nineteenth Century "

Unlike modern elections, the American polling place of the mid-nineteenth century was thoroughly endowed with symbolic meaning for individuals who otherwise would not have had the least interest in politics. This made the polls exciting and encouraged men to vote at far higher rates than they do today. Men who approached a polling place were met by agents of the major political parties. They treated the voters with whiskey, gave them petty bribes, and urged that they should be loyal to their ethnic and religious communities. As reported in the eyewitness accounts of ordinary voters, the polls were almost always crowded, noisy, and often, violent.

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