I've already addressed, segregation, affirmative action, and gay marriage. As for the environment, that's a very complex issue. Well not even really that its a whole area with many complex and perhaps a some simple issues, but the point is that it isn't one simple issue where one can reasonably look for a single "X was right", "Y was wrong".
As for women's right to vote, I haven't seen a party breakdown but the nineteenth amendment passed with about 71% of the vote in the house and was ratified by 48 states. The Dems where not so dominate that they could have done that without the Republicans.
Edit - At least in the Senate the vote got more Republican votes than Democratic votes, and less votes against coming from the Republicans.
The roll call on the amendment follows:
FOR ADOPTION - 36.
Republicans - 36.
Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Edge, Elkins, Fall, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale, Harding, Johnson, (Cal.,) Jones, (Wash.,) Kellogg, Kenyon, Kayes, La Follette, Lenroot, McCormick, McCumber, McNaty, Nelson, New, Newberry, Norris, Page, Phipps, Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Sutherland, Warren, Watson.
Democrats - 20.
Ashurst, Chamberlain, Culberson, Harris, Henderson, Jones, (N. M.,) Kenrick, Kirby, McKellar, Myers, Nugent, Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell, Shepard, Smith, (Ariz.,) Stanley, Thomas, Walsh, (Mass.,) Walsh, (Mon.)
AGAINST ADOPTION - 25.
Republicans - 8.
Borah, Brandegee, Dillingham, Knox, Lodge, McLean, Moses, Wadsworth.
Democrats - 17.
Bankhead, Beckham, Dial, Fletcher, Gay, Harrison, Hitchcock, Overman, Reed, Simmons, Smith, (Md.,) Smith, (S. C.,) Swanson, Trammell, Underwood, Williams, Wolcott.
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So almost 82% of voting Republicans voted for it while the measure only got about 54% of the Democratic votes. |
