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Such seemingly disparate efforts all have a single goal: boost Black voter turnout ahead of Election Day. How Black communities turn out in the 2024 election has been scrutinized due to the pivotal role Black voters have played in races for the White House, Congress and state legislatures across the country.
See live updates of Kentucky election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
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).
This year's election is already seeing a historic surge in early voters, with 225,696 Kentuckians casting their ballots on Halloween, according to Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams.
Incumbent Republican Rand Paul won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Charles Booker with 61.8% of the vote. Paul was first elected in 2010 with 55.7% of the vote, filling the seat of retiring Jim Bunning, then re-elected in 2016 with 57.3% of the vote. Paul ran for a third term. [1]
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From 1964 through 2004, Kentucky voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election each time, until losing its bellwether status in the 2008 election. That year Republican John McCain won Kentucky, carrying it 57 percent to 41 percent, but lost the national popular and electoral votes to Democrat Barack Obama .
Moreover, urban voter turnout has slipped 385,285 in Arizona, 153,846 in Georgia, 321,523 in Michigan, 175,470 in North Carolina, 191,199 in Nevada, 381,519 in Pennsylvania and 100,733 in ...