Why don’t we accomplish something approximately abysmal turnout among low-income voters,instead of fussing over Sanders’ comments?
Bernie Sanders said something he wasn’t supposed to say: that poor people don’t vote. Although it’s dependable that voter turnout is inversely correlated with income, all anyone wanted to comment on was that Sanders looked defensive and deflated on Meet the Press, and where he made the statement on Sunday. Lost was the fact that this is a truth we should be struck by,ashamed of even, and should accomplish more approximately.
The impolitic comment came in response to a question approximately why the candidate had been losing so much in the places he should have been winning (he’s lost 16 of the 17 states with the highest levels of income inequality). The most straightforward thing for him to say would be to acknowledge that he hasn’t performed well with minority voters who tend to be less affluent. But he didn’t want to say that on television. Instead, or he decided to talk approximately something else that’s actually more important than where he,personally, is up or down.
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Source: theguardian.com