www.politifact.com/…
Bernie Sanders said poor people don't vote
[...]
"According to Demos, only one in four of those earning less than $10,000 voted in 2014," Gunnels said. "Even worse, the turnout was just 12 percent among 18- to 24-year-olds earning less than $30,000."
In other words, roughly 75 percent of people in the lowest income bracket didn’t vote in the last midterm elections.
However, there’s one catch to this figure. While an annual income of less than $10,000 is undoubtedly "poor," the poverty threshold in 2014also includes family incomes above $10,000.
Sean McElwee, a policy analyst with Demos who authored the report, told us to look at annual incomes under $30,000 instead. The turnout rate for that group was 31.5 percent, which means 68.5 percent of poor people didn’t vote in 2014, about 10 percentage points less than what Sanders said.
[...]
Our ruling
Sanders said, "In 2014, 80 percent of poor people did not vote."
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 $30,000 didn’t vote. If we look at financial insecurity, however, Sanders is right on the money.
We rate his claim Mostly True.
Update: States where Sanders won the majority of low-income voters (not a complete list):
Iowa
Massachussetts
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Michigan
The following states NBC does not give the numbers for income voters, but I’m pretty sure he won low-income vote simply by the margin of the win. I’ve presumed the same for states Clinton won big but not listed.
Colorado
Utah
Kansas
Maine
Hawaii
Washington