Examples of poll tax in the following topics:
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- Between 1890 and 1910, 10 of the 11 former Confederate states passed new constitutions or amendments that effectively disfranchised most black people and tens of thousands of poor white people through a combination of poll taxes, literacy and comprehension tests, and residency and record-keeping requirements.
- While poll taxes and literacy requirements banned many poor or illiterate Americans from voting, these stipulations frequently had loopholes that exempted white Americans from meeting the requirements.
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- Starting with the Georgia poll tax in 1877, southern Democratic legislators created new constitutions with provisions for voter registration that effectively completed disfranchisement of most African-Americans and many poor whites.
- They created a variety of barriers, including poll taxes, residency requirements, rule variations, and literacy and understanding tests.
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- Between 1890 and 1910, 10 of the 11 former Confederate states passed new constitutions or amendments that effectively disfranchised most blacks and tens of thousands of poor whites through a combination of poll taxes, literacy and comprehension tests, and residency and record-keeping requirements.
- While poll taxes and literacy requirements banned many poor or illiterate Americans from voting, these stipulations frequently had loopholes that exempted white Americans from meeting the requirements.
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- When Mississippi ratified its constitution in 1890, the constitution had placed barriers to black voting with provisions such as poll taxes, residency requirements, and literacy tests.
- Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which suspended poll taxes, literacy tests, and other subjective voter tests.
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- Goldwater had supported previous attempts to pass Civil Rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 as well as the 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax; however, he rejected the idea of the national government regulating such acts.
- In January 1964, the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, prohibiting the imposition of poll taxes on voters, was finally ratified.
- Literacy tests and other barriers to voting that had kept ethnic minorities from the polls were thus outlawed.
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- Literacy tests, poll taxes, and even religious tests were used in various places to determine voter eligibility, and most white women, people of color, and American Indians still could not vote.
- Vermont and Kentucky, admitted to the Union in 1791 and 1792 respectively, granted the right to vote to all white men regardless of whether they owned property or paid taxes.
- By 1850, nearly all voting requirements to own property or pay taxes had been dropped.
- Many had to be pulled to the polls, which became the most important role of local political parties.
- These political parties systematically sought out potential voters and brought them to the polls.
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- Several factors, including the ailing economy and Bush's tax increases, led to Republican defeat in the 1992 elections.
- Nearing election day, polls suggested that the race was a dead-heat, but Clinton pulled out on top, defeating Bush in a 43% to 38% popular vote margin.
- Perot won 19% of the popular vote, one of the highest totals for a third party candidate in US history, drawing equally from both major candidates according to exit polls.
- Conservative Republicans point to Bush's 1990 agreement to raise taxes in contradiction of his famous "Read my lips: no new taxes" pledge as reason for his defeat.
- Bush had raised taxes in an attempt to address an increasing budget deficit, which has largely been attributed to the Reagan tax cuts and military spending of the 1980s.
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- Such incentives included adjusting income tax and capital gains tax rates.
- Reagan theorized that cutting tax rates would actually increase tax revenues because the lower rates would encourage people to work harder in order to be able to keep more of their money.
- Weeks before the election, Reagan had trailed Carter in most polls.
- Following his sole debate with President Carter on October 29, however, Reagan overcame the poll deficit, and within one week, the Associated Press reported that the race was "too close to call."
- Only 52%of eligible voters went to the polls in 1980, the lowest turnout for a presidential election since 1948.
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- The fragmented field of candidates debated issues such as a flat tax and other tax cut proposals, as well as a return to supply-side economic policies popularized by Ronald Reagan.
- With respect to the issues, Bob Dole promised a 15% across-the-board reduction in income tax rates.
- Throughout the run-up to the general election, Clinton maintained comfortable leads in the polls over Dole and Perot.
- The 1996 national exit poll showed that just as in 1992, Perot's supporters drew from Clinton and Dole equally.
- In polls directed at Perot voters as to who would be a second choice, Clinton consistently held substantial leads.
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- He had alienated conservative Republicans by breaking his pledge not to raise taxes, and some faulted him for failing to remove Saddam Hussein from power during Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War.
- He tried to appeal to the middle class by promising higher taxes on the rich and reform of the welfare system.
- Clinton originally lead in the polls, until Perot reentered and tightened the race significantly.
- Nearing election day, polls suggested that the race was a dead-heat.
- Perot won 19% of the popular vote, one of the highest totals for a third party candidate in US history, drawing equally from both major candidates according to exit polls.