ALASKA FACT SHEET • 2024 - The Poor are a Powerful Force in This Country Alaska is home to 104,488 poor and low-income eligible voters who make

Alaska FACT SHEET 2024 ALASKA FACT SHEET • 2024 The Poor are a Powerful Force in This Country Alaska is home to 104,488 poor and low-income eligible voters who make up 15% of the electorate. [...] If poor and low-income eligible voters went to the polls at the same rate as higher-income voters, they would have the power to sway election outcomes in every state. [...] Obstacles to Full Democratic Participation The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013 and the Senate blocked a bill to restore these rights by a two-vote margin in 2022. [...] Climate Crisis Impact on the Poor Poor and low-income Alaska households spend 6 times as much of their income on energy costs as the average household. [...] Poor and low-income people are bearing the brunt of deaths and injuries due to climate change.