[lbo-talk] Why do people vote against their interests? P.J. O'Rourke explains

Curtiss Leung curtiss_leung at ibi.com
Fri Jun 11 09:16:59 PDT 2004


Is there anything on participation rates for each bracket, i.e. of all eligible voters in each income bracket, what percentage actually made it to the polls?

Curtiss


> While there are some poorer white men who vote Rep for cultural
> reasons, we shouldn't forget that votes do broadly correlate with
> income. Here's the breakdown from the 2000 election:
>
> Gore Bush Buchanan Nader
> <15,000 57% 37% 1% 4%
> 15,000-30,000 54% 41% 1% 3%
> 30,000-50,000 49% 48% 0% 2%
> 50,000-75,000 46% 51% 0% 2%
> 75,000-100,000 45% 52% 0% 2%
> 100,000+ 43% 54% 0% 2%



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