The 2014 midterm election looks set to have the lowest voter turnout in years, but that’s not the only concerning trend: If patterns from past elections hold up, November’s polls are going to have a rather big turnout gap between the rich and the poor, as well.

In a recent post on Demos, researcher Sean McElwee tackled the thorny subject, illustrating that the voting and nonvoting public have very different economic makeups. 

If more nonvoters showed up at the polls, the U.S. political system is likely to turn bluer. | Follow micdotcom