Bernie is 110% right poor people don't vote

[PCPrincess]

51. Political Correctness is a Self-Inflicted Restriction on Free Speech

Okay, that being said, I'm not going to waste my time being politically correct: I am poor. I live in an apartment building that accepts Section 8 residents. I am an what you would call an 'outlier'. I am in my very last semester of a six-year stint in college, majoring in computer science. I am very politically active and involved. I came from a large city before ending up here.

Although I am hoping to finally change my financial situation for the better, I've been poor my whole life. My parents were poor, and I've always worked at low-paying jobs until I was able to go back to college. I stopped to produce an awesome young man (my son) along the way....

I've had the pleasure of making friends with, and conversing with, all kinds of people from all races and religious beliefs and non-beliefs. The one thing we all had in common was being poor.

The truth is that the vast majority of really poor people don't vote. Most very poor people don't have college degrees and are not connected to society outside the happenings in their neighborhoods. As I said, these have been 'my people' for a long long time. They are not 'connected' politically because they are stressed and aren't motivated to participate because they know it will change nothing for them. Poor people don't even 'come up' in election campaigns. The 'middle-class' is discussed constantly, but no one was willing to discuss the poor - UNTIL NOW.

I was not one of those people enamored with Obama. He said nothing about the 'poor' either. I must admit I'm still surprised by just how far right he moved after the election however.

This election is the first time I've ever seen a candidate truly speak to ALL of the citizens in this country, including the very large percentage of citizens who are in extreme poverty.

I would like to personally thank each and every person who has given their support to Mr. Sanders, because you truly are voting for more than yourself when you pull the lever. Every vote for Bernie, is a vote that a poor person won't have made. Thank you.