I'm going out on a rather secure limb here. There's a relatively low number that are content to permanently suck at a gov teat. And they are the last that would ever darken a voting booth doorway.
I used to believe that but am not too convinced of that now. It would probably be true if we get back to a booming economy but that doesn’t look like it’ll be happening anytime soon.
Do tell, I wish some serious research and surveying could be done in this area, but I've always suspected that the sort of people who sponge off the system are not the sort of people who can rouse themselves to bother voting. Unless they are actively paid "walking around" money. I really don't believe there is an "army of the poor" out there and I don't think Obammy can count on his "youth army" to turn out for him again. Nor all those white boomers who voted for him to expiate their racial guilt.