"One man, one vote"
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"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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "One man, one vote" canonical | 1 |
| Principle of Democracy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T412674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "One man, one vote" Context triple: [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, slogan, "One man, one vote"]
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A.
Out of Many, One People
Out of Many, One People is the national motto of Jamaica, expressing the country’s identity as a diverse nation unified from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
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B.
Triumphant Democracy
Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.
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C.
The Great Democracies
The Great Democracies is the fourth volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, covering the rise of modern democratic institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices and enforced African Americans’ right to vote, especially in the South.
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E.
Considerations on Representative Government
Considerations on Representative Government is a political philosophy treatise by John Stuart Mill that analyzes and defends representative democracy as the most effective and just form of government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: "One man, one vote" Target entity description: "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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A.
Out of Many, One People
Out of Many, One People is the national motto of Jamaica, expressing the country’s identity as a diverse nation unified from many different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
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B.
Triumphant Democracy
Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.
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C.
The Great Democracies
The Great Democracies is the fourth volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, covering the rise of modern democratic institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal law that outlawed discriminatory voting practices and enforced African Americans’ right to vote, especially in the South.
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E.
Considerations on Representative Government
Considerations on Representative Government is a political philosophy treatise by John Stuart Mill that analyzes and defends representative democracy as the most effective and just form of government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights slogan
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democratic principle ⓘ electoral equality doctrine ⓘ political slogan ⓘ |
| aimsToPrevent |
overrepresentation of some voters
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underrepresentation of some voters ⓘ vote dilution ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
apportionment
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civil rights ⓘ democracy ⓘ electoral equality ⓘ gerrymandering ⓘ malapportionment ⓘ political representation ⓘ redistricting ⓘ universal suffrage ⓘ voting rights ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
plural voting
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rotten boroughs ⓘ systems that weight votes by property or social status ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeFormulation |
one citizen, one vote
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one person, one vote ⓘ |
| hasCoreIdea |
all citizens’ votes should be counted equally in elections
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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
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to secure equal representation in legislative bodies ⓘ |
| hasLegalInfluenceOn |
Baker v. Carr
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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
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| hasMoralBasis |
principle of equal political voice
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principle of nondiscrimination in voting ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | prominently invoked in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| influences |
debates on proportional representation
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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
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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
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civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ debates over legislative district boundaries ⓘ discussions of equal protection in voting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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.
this entity surface form:
Principle of Democracy