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There was a lot of corruption, but was an additional 35% of the country being bribed into voting by Boss Tweed that otherwise wouldn't have voted?
Maybe. The voting age was also 21, and iirc 18 year olds hardly vote. Anyway, I'm not dismissing the idea, but it would be really difficult to untangle...

I wouldn't equate voting with doing your civic duty either.