#electorate

"There is an irony that the most active anti-gay [groups] are al-Qaeda and the American right wing."

The dukes of Saxe-Thuringen held the all-important title of prince-elector for only a few generations, losing it to the junior branch in Saxe-Meissen through being politically outmanoeuvred in the divisive Schmalkaldic War.

from /r/vexillology Top comment: The ecclesiastical principality existed from the 10th century, but as far as I know the flag is only arrested going back to the 14th or 15th century. Note that it is a simple flag design - black cross on white, which does not depend on any fixed proportions, and would have been produced with quite a range of them. It would be a mistake to treat any of the details of Wikipedia's generic illustration of a black cross on white as an indicating that this flag was any different to the same idea used elsewhere.

Asian Americans are the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters out of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. More than 11 million will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the nation’s eligible voters (for this analysis, U.S. citizens ages 18 and older). They are also the only major racial or ethnic group in which naturalized citizens – rather than the U.S. born – make up a majority of eligible voters, according to our analysis of Census Bureau data.

Worst President Ever