Thanks...Some here talked about voting and minorities...the US census bureau seems to be saying that the voting by these groups is UP!!
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African Americans Defy Trend of Plunging
Voter Turnout, Census Bureau Reports
African Americans were the only race or ethnic group to defy the trend
of declining voter participation in congressional elections, increasing
their presence at the polls from 37 percent in 1994 to 40 percent in 1998,
according to a report released today by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau. See accompanying table (PDF).
Nationwide, overall turnout by the voting-age population was down from
45 percent in 1994 to 42 percent in 1998 -- about 3 million fewer voters
in 1998 than in 1994.
"The increase in voter participation by African Americans was most notable
in the South, where the rate grew by 4 percentage points to 39 percent,"
said Avalaura Gaither, co-author of Voting and Registration in the Election
of November 1998, P20-523. "About 40 percent of the 9 million African
American voters lived in the South."
Turnout by Whites declined from 50 percent to 47 percent from 1994 to
1998, while Asian and Pacific Islander turnout fell from 22 percent to
19 percent and Hispanic turnout remained at 20 percent. (The turnout rates
for each of the latter two groups would increase by nearly 13 percentage
points if estimated noncitizens were subtracted from the voting-age
universe. Data by race in this release exclude people of Hispanic origin,
who may be of any race.)
Turnout also declined across all age groups and for men and women. For
example, 35 percent of 25- to 44-year-olds cast ballots in 1998, down from
39 percent in 1994.
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Number of Asian and Pacific Islanders Casting Ballots Up
"Significantly," Census Bureau Study Says
The number of Asians and Pacific Islanders voting in congressional
elections increased by 366,000 between 1994 and 1998 to 1.4 million
voters, according to new analysis today of a recent report by the Commerce
Department's Census Bureau.
"While the number of voters nationwide dropped by 2.6 million, the
number of Asian and Pacific Islanders going to the polls went up
significantly between the 1994 and 1998 elections," said Jennifer Day,
co-author of Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1998, a
report released in July.
Day noted that the number of Asian and Pacific Islander citizens of
voting age increased from 2.6 million in 1994 to 4.3 million in 1998.
The turnout rate for Asian and Pacific Islander citizens of voting age
was 39 percent in 1994 and 32 percent in 1998. Nationally, the voter
turnout rate for all U.S. citizens of voting age fell from 48 percent in
1994 to 45 percent in 1998, which was the lowest participation rate
recorded since the Census Bureau began collecting voting and registration
data in 1964.
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Number of Hispanics Who Vote Up "Sharply,"
Census Bureau Reports
More than one-half million more Hispanics voted in the congressional
elections of 1998 than did in 1994, increasing this ethnic group's
presence at the polls from 3.5 million to 4.1 million, according to new
analysis today of a recent report by the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau.
"While the overall number of voters nationwide dropped by 2.6 million,
the number of Hispanics going to the polls between 1994 and 1998 rose
sharply," said Jennifer Day, co-author of Voting and Registration in the
Election of November 1998, a report released in July.
Day noted that the number of Hispanic citizens of voting age increased
from 10.4 million in 1994 to 12.4 million in 1998.
The overall turnout rate for Hispanic citizens of voting age was
unchanged between 1994 and 1998 33 percent. Nationally, the turnout rate
for all U.S. citizens of voting age fell from 48 percent in 1994 to 45
percent in 1998, which was the lowest participation rate recorded since
the Census Bureau began collecting voting and registration data in 1964.
The data in the report were collected in the November 1998 Current
Population Survey (CPS) two weeks after the election. As in all surveys,
data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of errors. The
CPS routinely overestimates voter turnout. Possible reasons include
understatement of actual votes cast; overreporting by survey respondents
who want to demonstrate their civic responsibility; misreporting of voting
because of refusals or lack of knowledge on the part of proxy respondents;
and survey undercoverage. |
