Road to the vote | The Great Experiment

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• May 2025

The United States of America has been called The Great Experiment. Many democratic ideals we take for granted today — including voting — were originally inaccessible to many. So how did we go from a few elite citizens holding the right to vote to it becoming a right for all citizens (except minors … sorry kids!)? In this episode of The Great Experiment, comedian and TED Fellow Negin Farsad takes us on a trip through US history to find out.