The United States of America has a relatively shorter history than that of other nation-states; thus the brief history makes every reform pivotal in understanding the current state of the hegemon. In regards to the electoral reforms, the women’s suffrage movement, which resulted in their right to vote, is perhaps the most pivotal development in the country’s ongoing democratization process. Women constitute half of the American nation and excluding them from a democratic process such as voting is barbaric, malevolent, and unbeneficial to the state’s interest. Alexander Keyssar states, “Women were not believed to need the franchise because, in a gendered version “virtual representation,” their interests were defended by the men in their families,
