r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 11d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/TyphosTheD 11d ago

Generally speaking, according to Pew Research, poor people tend to be more Democrat leaning.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/party-affiliation/by/income-distribution/

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u/muffledvoice 11d ago

The urban poor lean democrat. The rural and small town poor lean heavily republican/conservative. It’s worth noting that the former are often minorities while the latter are mostly white.

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u/TyphosTheD 11d ago

A useful distinction to be sure.

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u/Pandaburn 11d ago

Also: poor states vote republican, rich states vote democrat. But within a given state, a richer individual is more likely to vote republican.