MIDDLE CLASS IS KEY PART OF ELECTORATE

“Not only are middle-class Americans a key part of the electorate, but they also play a big role in the economy as a whole. Some 70 percent of the U.S. economy is consumer-driven, and it’s the middle class that tends to buy things like appliances and cars that keep the system humming (investments by the wealthy also create jobs, conservatives note, by establishing new businesses and expanding existing ones).”

Susan Milligan, “The New Economic Issue, With the Economy Improving, Candidates Across the Political Spectrum Are Focusing on Income Inequality,” U.S. News & World Report, May 1, 2015.