What were the main arguments used, pro and con, in the debate over suffrage expansion during the Jackson era? Which arguments were more valid? There was much discussion between the two warring parties over the expansion of suffrage during the Jackson era. So what is suffrage? Suffrage is the right to vote. It was a major debate during the Jackson era. Jackson was born in Carolina. Carolina was an agrarian state at the time. Jackson supported both, the agrarian society and the common man. Before Jackson, suffrage was only granted to the majority who owned a certain amount of land. It wasn't a big deal because most people owned land before Jackson. When Jackson took over as president, cities grew and land became harder to own. After Jackson took over, the western frontier states were the first to allow all white males to vote. Eastern politicians were influenced and wanted more voters, so they too amended their constitution to eliminate the requirement of real estate ownership to vote. The state that had the most difficulty adapting was Virginia. Virginia was an aristocratic state, so the aristocrats rejected the idea of ​​allowing suffrage to common people. Long after most states had abandoned the property requirement for voting, Virginia finally dropped the requirement in 1851. This tells us that aristocrats with land supported the property requirement and people with little or no land supported the opposite. The main arguments were put forward by Nathan Sanford, James Kent and George Bancroft. Nathan Sanford was a New York Senate, delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention, and Chancellor of New York. New York held a convention to revise the state constitution...... half of the document ......you. The landowner votes and a president with radical ideas is elected. The next thing that happens is the country falls into chaos. If the law allowed all white men to vote, there would be no corrupt politicians. The masses could choose the president best suited to the people as a whole. These people made some important arguments in the debate over expanding suffrage. People like Sanford made arguments that I didn't think were valid. The result of this debate ended in the expansion of suffrage. Now all white men can vote. I think Bancroft's argument was the best at expressing my views, but I think Kent's argument was the most convincing of all. The expansion of suffrage has led to greater public involvement in government, which is good in many ways. After the expansion, surveys could now be written and people could read and listen more about political parties.