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Voter turnout in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election by race/ethnicity. Race and ethnicity has had an effect on voter turnout in recent years, with data from recent elections such as 2008 showing much lower turnout among people identifying as Hispanic or Asian ethnicity than other voters (see chart to the right).
Exit polls from the 2024 U.S. presidential election suggest a 10 percentage point gender gap in votes for Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. While a majority of female U.S. voters ...
Between the 2018 and 2022 midterm elections alone, the turnout gap grew by 5 percentage points between white voters and nonwhite voters, and it grew by 8 points between white voters and Black ...
Co-ethnic voting among Latinos is driven by shared identity, cultural and linguistic connections, and a belief in the candidate's ability to represent the community's needs. [20] At the same time, non-Latino voters may react negatively to Latino candidates due to biases and stereotypes.
The News Tribune only analyzed a few of them – race, ethnicity, age and gender. ... “Until we hit parity where we have 100 percent voter turnout, we’re going to continue seeing our electeds ...
The election saw the highest voter turnout as a percentage of eligible voters since 1900, [292] with each of the two main tickets receiving more than 74 million votes, surpassing Barack Obama's record of 69.5 million votes from 2008. [293]
However, this race also demonstrates the influence that contentious social issues can have on voter turnout; for example, the voter turnout rate in 1860 wherein anti-slavery candidate Abraham Lincoln won the election was the second-highest on record (81.2 percent, second only to 1876, with 81.8 percent).
Concerns were raised by health officials, poll workers, and voters that in-person voting at the height of the pandemic would be unsafe for vulnerable individuals. [11] Democratic Governor Tony Evers initially signed an executive order for all-mail-in election, but the order was rejected by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature .