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

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Jun 11 10:26:25 PDT 2004


On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, 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?
>
> Curtiss
>

about 20-25% of people in the lowest bracket vote; 70-75% of the people in the highest bracket. I'll dig up the numbers if Doug doesn't beat me to it.

Miles



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