"One man, one vote"

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civil rights slogan democratic principle electoral equality doctrine political slogan

"One man, one vote" is a democratic principle and civil rights slogan asserting that each person's vote should carry equal weight in political representation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
"One man, one vote" canonical	1
Principle of Democracy	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights slogan ⓘ democratic principle ⓘ electoral equality doctrine ⓘ political slogan ⓘ
aimsToPrevent	overrepresentation of some voters ⓘ underrepresentation of some voters ⓘ vote dilution ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	apportionment ⓘ civil rights ⓘ democracy ⓘ electoral equality ⓘ gerrymandering ⓘ malapportionment ⓘ political representation ⓘ redistricting ⓘ universal suffrage ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
contrastsWith	plural voting ⓘ rotten boroughs ⓘ systems that weight votes by property or social status ⓘ
hasAlternativeFormulation	one citizen, one vote ⓘ one person, one vote ⓘ
hasCoreIdea	all citizens’ votes should be counted equally in elections ⓘ each person’s vote should carry equal weight ⓘ legislative districts should have roughly equal populations ⓘ political representation should be apportioned equally among persons ⓘ
hasGoal	to align political power with population rather than geography or status ⓘ to secure equal representation in legislative bodies ⓘ
hasLegalInfluenceOn	Baker v. Carr ⓘ Reynolds v. Sims decision ⓘ surface form: Reynolds v. Sims U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence on apportionment ⓘ Reynolds v. Sims decision ⓘ surface form: Wesberry v. Sanders
hasMoralBasis	principle of equal political voice ⓘ principle of nondiscrimination in voting ⓘ
hasTemporalContext	prominently invoked in the mid-20th century ⓘ
influences	debates on proportional representation ⓘ design of electoral districting rules in democracies ⓘ standards for evaluating electoral fairness ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
normativelySupports	periodic redrawing of electoral districts to reflect population changes ⓘ
relatedToPrinciple	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution political equality ⓘ
supportsRight	each citizen’s right to an equally weighted vote ⓘ
usedInContext	campaigns for electoral reform ⓘ civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ debates over legislative district boundaries ⓘ discussions of equal protection in voting ⓘ

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Subject: "One man, one vote"
Description of subject: "One man, one vote" is a democratic principle and civil rights slogan asserting that each person's vote should carry equal weight in political representation.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → slogan → "One man, one vote" ⓘ

Three Principles of the People → hasPart → "One man, one vote" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principle of Democracy