Demographics & Voting Trends of Key 2018 Groups
September 26 is National Voter Registration Day… and to commemorate this occasion, we’re teaming up with Lake Research Partners to release the most comprehensive political analysis of the New American Majority in the 2016 elections.
In 2016, for the first time in American history, the New American Majority — which makes up the majority of citizens eligible to vote at 59.2% — also cast the majority of ballots, at 52.6%. But nearly two-thirds of the projected drop-off for the 2018 election will come from the NAM, and large percentages of unmarried women (32.5%), Latinos (42.7%), and millennials (39.3%) aren’t registered to vote — underscoring the huge potential of the NAM and the importance of making sure that every eligible American is registered to vote.
The report provides a thorough breakdown of demographic information from the 2016 election including dissecting data by state, analyzing how ballots were cast, comparing registration and turnout rates, population mobility, methods of registration, reported reasons for not registering, economic factors and expected 2018 drop off.
See the Data
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A Demographic Profile of the New American Majority in 2016
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Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200k Votes in 2016
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Comparing the Voting Electorate in 2012-2016 and Predicting 2018 Dropoff
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Why did Trump win? More whites — and fewer blacks — actually voted.
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Equal Pay Day 2017: Unmarried Women and the #WageGap
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Equal Pay Day for Unmarried Women: 2017