Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays?
pmiranda2857 Teacher High School – 10th Grade Editor Debater $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); Best answer as selected by question asker. Americans vote on Tuesdays because it was the most convenient day at the time when America was still mostly an agricultural based economy. Farmers had to work on Saturday, Sunday was a day of… (The entire answer is 98 words.) This is an expert answer, written by an eNotes editor. To read the entire answer, please join eNotes. Sources: http://www.enotes.com/history-fact-finder/holidays-observ… http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005… Rate answer: $(‘#ascore-40727’).istars(setAnswerRating); Flag as inappropriate Posted by pmiranda2857 on Friday August 22, 2008 at 11:54 AM karenmingledorff Teacher Middle School The reason Americans vote on Tuesday takes us back to our agragrian, Puritan roots. Harvest time was in November. America
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