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redqueen

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8. Disenfranchised groups (such as the poor)

Reply to MjolnirTime (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 20, 2011, 02:25 PM

Dec 2011

are far less likely to vote. They get the sense that their concerns won't ever be addressed, so they think it's pointless, so they don't bother. And various forms of social media back up their beliefs, repeating the mantra that it doesn't matter, and that no matter who gets elected nothing will ever change.

Despite the fact that this isn't the case (significant change is glacially slow, but quite obviously has happened), people stay home in droves. Result? Certain issues are underrepresented, and change is slowed even more.

It's a vicious cycle.

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Not Once. [View all] cali Dec 2011 OP

cali, the poor don't matter to them Autumn Dec 2011 #1

If poor people would vote a s a bloc, this would never happen. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #2

More accurately: The Doctor. Dec 2011 #7

Disenfranchised groups (such as the poor) redqueen Dec 2011 #8

Considering what has ... 99Forever Dec 2011 #11

"if poor people would ________" yodermon Dec 2011 #12

thank you for that reply fascisthunter Dec 2011 #16

I've been poor most of my life. Try not to make assumptions. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #25

I wish I could recommend your reply. smokey nj Dec 2011 #20

all it takes is a vote. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #24

K'd & R'd DeathToTheOil Dec 2011 #3

Agreed. This is a serious problem. k&r n/t Laelth Dec 2011 #4

To the one-percenters and their lackeys, the rest of us *are* the poor. Orsino Dec 2011 #5

We do not exist to them. Fuck the Establishment, it needs to go. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #6

When you haven't seen a paycheck or... 99Forever Dec 2011 #9

This country only cares about the middle class and that is why most Americans, who have jobs and Cleita Dec 2011 #10

"the middle class and the elderly" are reliable voters cthulu2016 Dec 2011 #13

The middle class and the elderly ARE poor. This is some pretty wierd divide and conquer McCamy Taylor Dec 2011 #14

huh? cali Dec 2011 #18

sorry to hear things are so tough for you, Cali bigtree Dec 2011 #19

I love Capitalism. I have always loved Capitalism. txlibdem Dec 2011 #15

are you serious, when you say you love our current system of government? fascisthunter Dec 2011 #17

Enjoy your chains. n/t blindpig Dec 2011 #23

The last time "The Poor" were mentioned by our Washington Politicians... bvar22 Dec 2011 #21

People avoid thinking of themselves as poor - Poor are "other people" ehrnst Dec 2011 #22

They work for the 1% NorthCarolina Dec 2011 #26

This is so sadly true. ChadwickHenryWard Dec 2011 #27