In 2022, the proportion of households which are occupied by owners stood at 65.9 percent.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184902/homeownership-rat...Renters are politically invisible in the United States due to the economic situation. Rent will continue to rise to unsustainable levels and nothing will done. As Charlie Munger (Berkshire Hathaway #2) says: "Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome."
Given how razor thin election margins are, ~33% of the population is far from a invisible class.
For a variety of reasons, homeowners vote. Outside New York City, which unsurprisingly has solid tenant protections, American renters do not.
Correct. Dated, but related and a classic: "We find that neither demographic nor attitudinal attributes explain [people who have recently moved's] lower turnout. Instead, the requirement that citizens must register anew after each change in residence constitutes the key stumbling block in the trip to the polls. Since nearly one-third of the nation moves every two years, moving has a large impact on national turnout rates."
The authors suggested "linking the maintenance of registration to an action that is usually an intrinsic part of moving" such as the "change-of-address notice at a local post office." Interestingly, "holding elections on Sunday, making election day a holiday, or extending the hours that the polls are open...are designed to facilitate people who are registered" and would thus "do little to improve turnout."
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-s...
This is different from the proportion of adults in the US that own a home. Many non-homeowners live in an owner occupied residence.