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2018 midterms turnout — a look back at which groups have been more likely to vote and what that means

This article, “Tom Perkins Is Winning: the Rich Already Vote More,” was originally published in February 2014 and appears in talkingpointsmemo.com.

Read more in William Franko, Nathan J. Kelly and Christopher Witko’s “Class Bias in Voter Turnout and Income Inequality,” Auburn University, University of Tennessee, and University of South Carolina, November 2013.

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2018 midterms turnout — a look back at which groups have been more likely to vote and what that means