National Shame

Last year, we took a look a how age and income affected voter participation in the 2000 Presidential election. In yesterday’s post, I didn’t get into the reason that the poor are largely excluded from the political debate, so here are some quick charts that explain it.

(All data from the U.S. Census Bureau.)

  • Higher income leads to more voting…

  • As Americans get older, they vote more…

  • More education leads to more voting…

  • Those who didn’t vote had poor excuses and don’t deserve to complain…