The Constitution guarantees equal representation. But in reality, only those who engage, who register and who vote get represented. We have one person, one vote. But in fact what happens is, the kind of people who turn out on Election Day do not reflect that kind of equality. The people who should be out there voting, the ones who need it the most, aren't voting.
Politicians do pay attention to who turns out.
V.J. Sessions, who runs the St. Mark United Methodist Church Political and Social Action Ministry, registers voters at every African-American function she attends. If you are not a voting member of society, you are pretty much not even thought of. Education top predictor Those who've worked on political campaigns know well that some neighborhoods have higher voter registration than others. Those factors hold true regardless of ethnic background. Those least likely to show up at the voting booth are at the bottom of the income, education and age scales.