Voting Disparities Impact Social Welfare Spending

The reason social welfare benefits are so low isn't just because rich people vote.

It's because poor people don't. A study analyzed voting patterns and policies in

every state. They measured the "class bias" of the electorate—how much more the wealthy

are represented at the polls compared to the poor. The results were clear: states with

a higher class bias consistently spend less on social welfare. But the most shocking part?

It's the underrepresentation of the poor, not the overrepresentation of the rich, that has the biggest

impact. When fewer low-income people vote, policies that benefit them get cut.