Key facts about Black eligible voters in 2024
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
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The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
About four-in-ten Black Americans (39%) say they extremely or fairly often see or hear news coverage about Black people that is racist or racially insensitive.
53% of U.S. adults say people overlooking racial discrimination is a bigger problem than people seeing it where it really didn’t exist.
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase.
Most Americans say racial and ethnic bias in hiring practices and performance evaluations is a problem, but they differ over how big of a problem it is.
About six-in-ten Asian American registered voters are Democrats or lean Democratic, but 51% of Vietnamese American voters tilt Republican.
32% of U.S.-born Asian adults have hidden a part of their heritage, compared with 15% of immigrants.
40% of Black Americans say that the issues and events most important to them are often covered, and similar shares of Asian (38%) and Hispanic (37%) adults say the same.
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