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There’s a selection bias baked into US democracy that most people never stop to consider. Owning a car significantly increases the likelihood of voting. (maxmautner.com)

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is widely known and is the reason we have so many (predictably very persecuted) Ride2Vote (ridesharing to the polls) organizations in this country. Very much skeptical of the presentation of their ideas if they consider "access to polls" as somehow an overlooked concept.