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

[Curtiss Leung]

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%