About two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 presidential election, higher than the 64.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites who did so, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. This marks the first time that blacks have voted at a higher rate than whites since […] Read more »
The New Census Data that Should Terrify Republicans
… Today, the Census released the November 2012 Current Population Survey (CPS) Voting and Registration Supplement, which is based on interviews with hundreds of thousands of residents. … It demonstrates that, in the debate about the GOP’s future in an increasingly diverse America, both sides are right, to a certain […] Read more »
Blacks Made History Surpassing White Voter Turnout Rates
Almost two in three eligible blacks cast ballots in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, marking the first time they had a higher voter participation rate than non-Hispanic whites, a U.S. Census Bureau analysis released today shows. Boosted by an effort to re-elect President Barack Obama, blacks were the only racial […] Read more »
Bad News for Terry McAuliffe: Virginia’s Only Purple Every Four Years
… In an off year, Virginia is not a blue state: It leans Republican. In Virginia’s 2009 gubernatorial election, non-whites represented 22 percent of the electorate—down 8 points from 2008, while 18- to 29-year-olds represented just 10 percent of voters, down from 21 percent in 2008. Obama comfortably won Virginia […] Read more »
The State of Race in America
The State of Race in America: A presentation by Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center. Read more »
The Math on 2014 Midterms
… The 2014 midterms are still a long way off, but a few trends are emerging from the numbers around the open seats. The Democrats clearly have the tougher job in terms of number of seats to defend, but the larger demographic patterns may offer some help. The Republicans, meanwhile, […] Read more »