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A map of voter turnout during the 2020 United States presidential election by state (no data for Washington, D.C.) Approximately 161 million people were registered to vote in the 2020 presidential election and roughly 96.3% ballots were submitted, totaling 158,427,986 votes. Roughly 81 million eligible voters did not cast a ballot. [3]
But the real problems for Democrats came in the urban counties. Voter turnout was down in Cleveland's Cuyahoga County 5.3 percentage points compared to 2020, down 4.7 in Columbus' Franklin County ...
Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965. African Americans were fully enfranchised in practice throughout the United States by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Prior to the Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, some Black people in the United States had the right to vote, but this right was often abridged or taken away.
[34] However, this increase in voting did see a decrease in the percentage of black women who voted Democrat, with a 4% decrease of the number of black women voting for the Democratic presidential candidate from 2016. [citation needed] Despite this, the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, still won the election.
Traditional voter guide: Here's our guide to the 2023 election in Summit County and Ohio Issue 1 and 2 This article will be updated through Election Day and with results as they arrive.
Section 5 was a measure that forced jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination against Black voters to seek approval from the Justice Department for any changes to voting laws or processes.
In Louisiana, by 1900, black voters were reduced to 5,320 on the rolls, although they comprised the majority of the state's population. By 1910, only 730 blacks were registered, less than 0.5% of eligible black men. "In 27 of the state's 60 parishes, not a single black voter was registered any longer; in 9 more parishes, only one black voter was."
Ohio saw nearly 854,900 people vote early. That's an increase from the August special election.