“In a low-turnout election, an outsized share of votes are cast by the highly politically engaged — typically well-educated, well-off people. More peripheral voters — typically on lower incomes — tend to sit these out. And these different groups have different politics, meaning high-turnout and low-turnout elections can produce different results.”
https://www.ft.com/content/b3738a2e-7094-4c92-93cc-f2fa340375be
But Biden won voters making under $50K in 2020.
Frank Pasquale /
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2024-02-16 14:52:13
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