claim: in the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: apr 24, 2016 ... we have done a good job of bringing young people. but in america today, the  last election in 2014, 80 percent of poor people did not vote." is turnout among  the poor really that low? the data shows that we've done slightly better at getting  out the vote among low-income people than what sanders suggests ...
evidence_2: apr 24, 2016 ... in an updated post on sunday examining sanders' claim that "80 percent of poor  people did not vote" in the 2014 election, politifact wrote: "the figure is a bit high  if we look at turnout by income. in 2014, about 75 percent of people who made  under $10,000 and about 69 percent of those who made under ...
evidence_3: apr 25, 2016 ... we have one — as you know, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major  country on earth. we have done a good job bringing young people in. i think we  have done— had some success with lower income people. but in america today  — the last election in 2014, 80 percent of poor people did not vote.
evidence_4: jan 10, 2014 ... but the welfare she knew did not meet the hype, she says: there was no cadillac , no name-brand clothes, no fancy meals or other special things. .... nearly 40  percent of voters reported waiting in line on election day 2012 and 17 percent  reported waits of 30 minutes or more—primarily people of color in ...
evidence_5: apr 29, 2016 ... i think we have had some success with lower-income people. but in america  today — the last election in 2014, 80 percent of poor people did not vote.” the  commentariat pounced. “it's not clear that larger turnout among poor voters would  have actually helped sanders against clinton,” john wagner and ...