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Senior Citizen are 65 years old and over according to the 2010 Census. For the election in 2012 voters sixty-five years old and over could be upset enough over Mitt Romney’s proposals to cut and/or change Social Security and Medicare benefits to opt to vote for Obama. The US States with high amount of senior citizens include Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin.  This map shows the senior citizen population by state in 2010 based on data provided by Census.

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This map show persons living below the poverty level by US state. The data is form the U.S. Census Bureau as of 2010. As mentioned by Deborah White this data should be quite relevant to national and state elections. People living on poverty-level wages should reasonably be expected to vote for Obama rather than Romney. The Democratic party is generally viewed as standing for those without political power or voice.  Low-income persons and families, labor unions, ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, and others. In the 20th century and beyond, the Republican party is viewed as standing for the wealthiest Americans and for corporations.

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Get the facts for the US Election in 2012. This map shows the income development in percentage from 2008 until 2011. As you can see the income has decreased in the last years in nearly any state.  The data used in this map is based on Census. You can also find a list of states by income on Wikipedia as well.

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