That was why after the Revolution the right to vote was restricted to property owners Ever notice that guns, speech, press, and private property, are all recognized and protected by the Constitution, but not voting.
As for the Democratic party I've got two words, RICO statute. (I've actually got a lot of other words but this is a family site. LOL)
If I ever get any ambition and self discipline to write a book it will be a history of the DNC from using "The gangs of New York" to get out the vote, through Tammany Hall up to the Clinton money laundromat.