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.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
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.
There were wide differences in voting preferences between men and women, whites and nonwhites, as well as people with more and less educational attainment.
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.
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