more likely to vote than socially isolated people. Those with a higher income and level of education are also

more likely to vote. These factors suggest that politicians are likely to focus more on the interests of married,

employed, well-educated people with at least a middle-class level of income than on the interests of other

groups. For example, those who vote may tend to be more supportive of financial assistance for the two-year

and four-year colleges they expect their children to attend than they are of medical care or public school

education aimed at families of unemployed people and those experiencing poverty.

LINK IT UP

Visit this website (http://openstax.org/l/votergroups) to see a breakdown of how different groups voted in 2020.

There have been many proposals to encourage greater voter turnout: making it easier to register to vote,

keeping the polls open for more hours, or even moving Election Day to the weekend, when fewer people need
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