Poor People Much Less Likely to Vote

A new Pew Research analysis finds that financial security is strongly correlated with nearly every measure of political engagement.

“For example, in 2014, almost all of the most financially secure Americans (94%) said they were registered to vote, while only about half (54%) of the least financially secure were registered. And although 2014 voting records are not yet available, pre-election estimates suggest that 63% of the most financially secure were ‘likely voters’ last year, compared with just 20% of the least financially secure.”