suffrage universal suffrage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_suffrage https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319891 Note that, in the 19th century, "universal suffrage" usually referred to universal manhood suffrage, before the women's suffrage movement. The right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or any other restriction, subject only to relatively minor exceptions. common suffrage of the common man general suffrage universal franchise