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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).
The racial turnout gap “is growing most quickly in parts of the country that were previously covered under Section 5,” the report found. US-VOTE-RIGHTS-JUSTICE (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)
Voter turnout for all minority groups, including Native Americans, is much lower than the majority white population in the United States. [13] One study showed that Native Americans were 51% less likely to vote than any other race. Other factors that affected Native American voter turnout were family income and education. [14]
Florida had the highest voter turnout of red-voting states in 2020. Still, no Southern state made it to the top 10. Florida placed 14th with a 72.3% voter turnout, and North Carolina placed 15th ...
In terms of voter turnout, the Center for Studies projected that 52.7% (±0.6) of eligible Latins would vote in the 2012 election, an increase from 49.9% in 2008 and a continuation of the past decade's long upward trend. The projected Latin voter participation rate is 52.7% compared to 66.1% for Caucasians and 65.2% for Black Americans in 2008 ...
Voting experts noted the uniqueness of the 2020 election, given the COVID-19 pandemic, but Black voter totals have been steadily declining since 2012. Organizations focus on lower black voter ...
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).
Preliminary voter turnout in the county was 13.9% for Tuesday's election, which would be the lowest in county history dating back to 1998. ... where only the republican race for the 13th ...