Incomes > $75,000 Incomes < $20,000
Regular/Intermittent Voters 66% 46%
Rare Voters/Didn't register 34% 54%
The poor are much more likely not to vote than the rich. The reasons - they don't care about politics and/or have no confidence in the government.
So the poor end up having little say and the candidates don't appear to need to say much to the poor since they don't are more likely not to vote.
Source:
"Who Votes, Who Doesn't, and Why." The Pew Research Center. 18 Oct. 2006. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=292.
1 comment:
Hear me out, though that may be true (the statistics) the poor and lower classes actually have a big impact on the voting process, almost to our disadvantage. Many do not know in depth the issues and where the candidates stand, and thus they vote for the wrong reasons for a candidate usually solely based on if they're a woman, black, how they're portrayed on the news, etc. Their votes are still counted and really some are not helping the election process.
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