Key facts about Black eligible voters in 2020 battleground states
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
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More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
About eight-in-ten Latino registered voters and U.S. voters overall rate the economy as very important to their vote.
As the nation’s economy contracted at a record rate in recent months, the group’s unemployment rate rose sharply, particularly among Hispanic women, and remains higher among Hispanic workers than U.S. workers overall.
Since 2000, the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled. More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.
54% of Hispanics in the U.S. say establishing a way for most unauthorized immigrants to stay in the country legally is very important.
More than 11 million Asian Americans will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the eligible voters in the United States.
The number of Hispanic registered voters in Florida grew by 364,000 between 2012 and 2016 and by 305,000 between 2008 and 2012.
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