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'Poor People's Campaign' eyes low-income voters in 13 states
Read full article: 'Poor People's Campaign' eyes low-income voters in 13 statesMartin Luther King Jr.s last organizing effort said Tuesday new data suggest low-income voters in key states could swing some U.S. Senate races. The Poor Peoples Campaign said its using the data to pressure candidates from both parties to focus on poverty and encourage poor and low-income voters in 13 states to register to vote. It also found that low-income voters are about 22 percentage points less likely to vote in national elections than voters with higher incomes. Matt Bevin in 2018 following an effort to register low-income voters. Modeled after King's last organizing effort, the Poor Peoples Campaign seeks to bring the issue of poverty to the American consciousness amid anxiety, uncertainty, and growing inequality.