Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Many a U. S. Founding Father, more than somewhat suspicious of democracy,† took comfort in upholding the poll tax principle, which neatly eliminated the great unwashed from a voice in naming the people's choice. Time, and the growth of democratic ideas, ate away the poll tax bulwarks-in the U. S. eight States still make a citizen clink cash on the counter before casting a vote...