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

[Doug Henwood]

Curtiss Leung wrote:


>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?

Again, 2000.

	       electorate    population

<15,000              7%         17%
15,000-30,000       16%         20%
30,000-50,000       24%         22%
50,000-75,000       25%         18%
75,000-100,000      13%         10%
100,000+            16%         12%