MINNESOTA FACT SHEET • 2024 - The Poor are a Powerful Force in This Country Minnesota is home to 1.2 million poor and low-income eligible voters who

Minnesota FACT SHEET 2024 MINNESOTA FACT SHEET • 2024 The Poor are a Powerful Force in This Country Minnesota is home to 1.2 million poor and low-income eligible voters who make up 27.3% 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. [...] Not 1 of the 15 presidential debates in 2020 devoted even 30 minutes to poverty, the 4th-leading cause of death in America. [...] Poor and low-income people are bearing the brunt of deaths and injuries due to climate change.