How true is that? Poor people just don't vote, period. They're overworked, politicians don't listen to them, and in many states there are institutional barriers

How true is that? Poor people just don't vote, period. They're overworked, politicians don't listen to them, and in many states there are institutional barriers to casting a ballot even if one wanted to. And it's not necessarily true among those who do vote either: https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/bubba-isnt-who-you-think/ https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/bubba-isnt-who-... It's an old article and I don't doubt that 2016 has messed with the numbers, but the narrative of poor rednecks screwing themselves over every election is largely unfounded and smacks of classism.