once upon a time

    When you go to vote this year, you will be just one voter among many--every citizen 18 and over, except those sentenced to more than a year for a  felony conviction. Once upon a time, you would have been one of a more select group--white male property owners, at least 21 years old. What percentage does that make? Well, the women, in general, make up half the population, so we are left with 50 %. Of these, about 20% will be under 21. We are left with 40%. Let's estimate that 20% of these are non-white. We are left with 32%.  How many of these owned property? That meant land or a large sum in cash. Let's estimate that 20% of the remainder did not own  property. We are left with 25 voters out of every 100 persons.