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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker
Renters are much less likely to be on the voters list. When you think you're not on the list, turn out drops. Even for people who have the documents needed to register at the polls, which for many renters is very few (no paper bills, drivers license at the parents, the only option is your lease), drives turnout even lower than lets say first time buyers.
If you were able to build a perfect list, turn out normalizes if I recall a paper I read years ago on the subject. It is just pretty impossible to build such a list.
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Renters are also more likely to be poorer and younger. Neither of which correlates well with high turn out. People who are marginalized tend to be less engaged in the political process. Renters are generally more marginalized in a whole host of ways. They are typically more distant from systems of power; their social circles rarely include prospective political candidates or donors.
You know suburbia, I'm disappointed by low turn out too but way to be a dick about it.