Republicans and Democrats Move Further Apart in Views of Voting Access
Among Republicans, support has declined for allowing early or absentee voting without an excuse and for automatically registering all eligible citizens to vote.
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Among Republicans, support has declined for allowing early or absentee voting without an excuse and for automatically registering all eligible citizens to vote.
Some 6.2 million U.S. adults – or 2.4% of the country’s adult population – report being two or more races.
In every U.S. presidential election dating back to 1984, women reported having turned out to vote at slightly higher rates than men.
Votes cast on Election Day have grown steadily less significant over the past several election cycles as a share of total votes cast.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
The term Latinx has emerged in recent years as a gender-neutral alternative to the pan-ethnic terms Latino, Latina and Hispanic. However, awareness of Latinx is relatively low among the population it is meant to describe.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
Hispanic registered voters in the U.S. express growing confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to handle key issues like the coronavirus outbreak.
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.
What does the 2020 electorate look like politically, demographically and religiously as the race enters its final days?
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