Older people account for large shares of poll workers and voters in U.S. general elections
Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.
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Older adults tend to account for large shares of both poll workers and voters in general elections in the United States.
In 1965, America’s verdict on Selma was clear: Polling showed the public clearly siding with the demonstrators, not with the state of Alabama.
The share of Gen Z voters who are Hispanic is significantly higher than the share among other groups of voters.
Americans say they don’t consider Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to be particularly religious.
Hispanic registered voters in the U.S. express growing confidence in Joe Biden’s ability to handle key issues like the coronavirus outbreak.
Latinos are expected for the first time to be the nation’s largest racial or ethnicity minority in a U.S. presidential election.
Latinos made up an estimated 11% of all voters nationwide on Election Day, nearly matching their share of the U.S. eligible voter population.
More than 29 million Latinos are eligible to vote nationwide in 2018. The pool of eligible Hispanic voters has steadily grown in recent years.
The number of Hispanic registered voters in Florida has increased 6.2% since the 2016 presidential election, to a record 2.1 million people. Hispanics now make up a record 16.4% of Florida’s registered voters, up from 15.7% in 2016.
The share of registered voters who cited a “dislike of the candidates or campaign issues” as their main reason for not voting reached a new high of 25%.
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