Project Gutenberg 2018-09-07 Public domain in the USA. 233 Cruikshank, Alfred Byron 1847 1933 20022162 Popular misgovernment in the United States Produced by Bryan Ness, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Popular Misgovernment in the United States" by Alfred Byron Cruikshank is a political critique written in the early 20th century. The work discusses the perceived failures of popular governance in the United States, particularly focusing on the concept of universal suffrage and its implications for political corruption and inefficiency. Cruikshank argues that the unrestricted right to vote has led to the dominance of less qualified individuals in political office, leading to a governance that he views as ineffective and often corrupt. The opening of the book establishes a sense of urgency regarding the state of the American political system, highlighting the perceived threats of radical ideologies like Bolshevism, which he sees as a consequence of the failures of an unqualified electorate. Cruikshank emphasizes that the founding principles of governance should prioritize property ownership and societal contribution as qualifications for voters. He asserts that past political decisions, particularly the adoption of unqualified suffrage, have deteriorated American democracy, leading to governance characterized by inefficiency, corruption, and a disconnect from the virtues of the American foundations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 41.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en United States -- Politics and government Suffrage -- United States JK Text Category: History - American Category: Politics 1037326 2025-07-23T06:27:43.211498 text/html 1039780 2021-01-24T13:43:41 text/html 433978 2025-07-23T06:27:52.309403 application/epub+zip 449029 2025-07-23T06:27:44.488526 application/epub+zip 443755 2025-07-23T06:27:43.864495 application/epub+zip 721272 2025-07-23T06:27:58.951402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 639216 2025-07-23T06:27:51.645437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 633998 2022-09-26T07:33:32.206514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 989303 2025-07-23T06:27:42.398506 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 989230 2018-09-07T15:22:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18372 2025-07-23T06:27:59.090375 application/rdf+xml 15088 2025-07-23T06:27:43.952459 image/jpeg 2354 2025-07-23T06:27:43.908465 image/jpeg 359897 2018-09-07T15:22:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 405126 2021-01-24T13:43:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 403899 2025-07-23T06:27:43.290474 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog