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No democracy was a powerful as Athenian democracy. Three men in 500 b.c. Solon, Cleisthenes and Ephialtes of Athens made Athenian Democracy very powerful.They were native Greek. No one knows who was responsible for what. 100,000 male citizens were entitled to vote in Attica. Male citizens have completed their military training as ephebes effectively eighteen years or older are aloud to vote. No women had rights to vote or have an opinion. Athens is now the capital of Greece. Athens worked in the way that all entitled citizens would come to a town meeting and vote by show of hands and the bigger majority would win.
 * Athenian Democracy**

Males and females 18 or older may vote. 62 percent of men in the U.S. vote and 65 percent of women in the U.S. vote. During the first part of the 20th century African American women were not aloud to vote. Not all U.S. states have the same voting laws. 14 states take you right to vote if you have been incarcerated for life. 32 states take your right to vote if you are on parole. If you are mentally ill or illiterate you cannot vote. The United states expressed the idea of democratic government in the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Unlike ancient Athenian Democracy the eligible citizens elect a representative who they think will pursue their own interests and vote satisfactory on their behalf.
 * U.S. Democracy**



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