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Why did the aristocracy choose to expand popular participation in some nations?

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Many of the people who supported these ideas relied on the fact that later when they voted those people who got their voting rights because of the aristocracy would support them and they would gain political power because of new voters. This was a common strategy and is still used widely today because new voters can easily be influenced.
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