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Electoral Clout of Blacks Is Driven by Turnout

December 27, 2012 at 11:06 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Pew Research survey finds that blacks voted at a higher rate this year than other minority groups and for the first time in history may also have voted at a higher rate than whites.

“Unlike other minority groups whose increasing electoral muscle has been driven mainly by population growth, blacks’ rising share of the vote in the past four presidential elections has been the result of rising turnout rates.”

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