Intersectional analyses are increasingly common in sociology; however, analyses of voting tend to focus on only race, class, or gender, using the others as control variables. We assess whether and how race, class, and gender intersect to produce distinct patterns of voter engagement in presidential elections 2008–2016. Per existing research, we find income strongly predicts White voting. However, the class gap in voting is not statistically significant among Black voters. In contrast to common characterizations of Black people as politically disengaged, lower income Black citizens are more likely to vote than their White counterparts. Moreover, the lowest earning Black women vote at dramatically higher rates than any other race-gender combination in this income group. These findings call into question the perceived universality of the income gap in voting and widespread claims that more resources directly facilitate voting. They also have implications for our understanding of political participation, social inequality, and democratic citizenship.

交叉分析在社会学中越来越普遍。然而，对投票的分析往往只关注种族、阶级或性别，使用其他作为控制变量。我们评估种族、阶级和性别是否以及如何交叉以在 2008-2016 年总统选举中产生不同的选民参与模式。根据现有研究，我们发现收入强烈预测白人投票。然而，在黑人选民中，投票的阶级差距在统计上并不显着。与黑人在政治上脱离的常见特征相反，收入较低的黑人公民比白人更有可能投票。此外，收入最低的黑人女性的投票率远高于该收入组中任何其他种族-性别组合。这些发现对投票中收入差距的普遍性以及更多资源直接促进投票的普遍主张提出了质疑。它们也对我们对政治参与、社会不平等和民主公民的理解产生影响。