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Universal Suffrage is a social policy in Civilization V. It is part of the Freedom tree. In Brave New World it is a Level 2 Freedom tenet.
Game Info[]
Combat Strength of Cities increased by 33% (Vanilla and ).- Specialists in Cities produce half the normal amount of Unhappiness. Golden Ages are 50% longer ().
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Normally, Specialists produce the same +1 
Unhappiness per one 
Population as does any other Citizen. This policy halves that. This is equivalent to increasing each 
Specialist's output by +0.5 
Happiness.
Civilopedia entry[]
Many political struggles have been concerned with gaining the right to vote (as opposed to the opportunity, an important distinction) in public elections in a democracy. Where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote cannot be restricted by gender, race, belief, wealth and property ownership, or social status. In most western nations, full universal suffrage followed universal male suffrage by one or two decades; in 1893 AD, New Zealand was the first nation to achieve universal suffrage.