This is not a new phenomenon; Republican Tea Party supporters gave the 2010 midterm elections more thought and were more motivated to vote than other Republicans, although all voters in general were paying more attention that year.till, although the Tea Party has been less visible in the election campaigning that has taken place this year in both the primaries and the lead-up to the general election, Tea Party supporters' stronger motivation to vote underscores the group's importance to the election outcome.
The largest citizens' movement of the nineteenth century was: the Farmers Alliance. The Women's Christian Temperance Union began by demanding the prohibition of alcoholic drinks, but developed into an organization:
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. The womenâs suffrage movement was founded in the mid-19th century by women who had become politically active through their work in the abolitionist and temperance movements.n 1869, the National Woman Suffrage Association, led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was formed to push for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.