Compare Sources a and B as Evidence for the Views of Disraeli on Extending the Right to Vote

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Compare sources A and B as evidence for the views of Disraeli on extending the right to vote From the two sources given, we can understand that in source A, Disraeli did understand that the expanding the franchise is necessary, but only to a certain extent. Whereas in source B he states that allowing more people from the working class (lower than the middle class) is necessary because they have the right to. Sources A and B both show Disraeli’s views on the working class being able to vote. However, source B has a drastically different view in comparison to source A. In source A, Disraeli’s ideology of the franchise is very limited, he states in his speech that it is more possible to “increase the middle class electorate” rather than increasing the working man’s ability to vote. However, even his views on the middle class voting is limited, he believes that it should only be able to happen if they meet certain requirements or have a very good reason to be able to, “Should remain a privilege”. From this we can see he is very cautious to say how much he wants the franchise to increase, as from source A we can see that he doesn’t entirely agree with classes below the wealthy from being able to vote. Whereas, in source B it is very evident that his opinion has changed a fair amount, he no longer states that more of the middle class could possibly be able to vote more, but says that he wants to extend the franchise by a larger amount to lower classes “Borough Household Suffrage” shows us this. The view in source A is very different, he explained it more of a privilege to be able to vote in the middle class, in his speech in 1867 he explains how even more should be able to, and replacing the privilege to vote with the right to vote. A factor that needs to be considered when comparing these two sources is that Source B is his speech from 1867 which is the year when
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