Figure A
The gap between white voting rates and Black voting rates has narrowed; Hispanic and Asian voters turn out at persistently lower rates: Shares of voting-age citizen population that voted in presidential election years, by race/ethnicity, 1996–2016
| Year | White non-Hispanic– | Black | Hispanic | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 60.7% | 53.0% | 44.0% | 45.0% |
| 2000 | 61.8% | 56.8% | 45.1% | 43.4% |
| 2004 | 67.2% | 60.0% | 47.2% | 44.1% |
| 2008 | 66.1% | 64.7% | 49.9% | 47.6% |
| 2012 | 64.1% | 66.2% | 48.0% | 47.3% |
| 2016 | 65.3% | 59.4% | 47.6% | 49.0% |
Note: Shares of voting-age citizen population by race/ethnicity are not included for years prior to 1996, because prior to 1996, the CPS did not collect information on citizenship in a uniform way and therefore estimates before 1996 are not directly comparable to estimates from 1996 and after.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey data from the Voting Historical Time Series, Table A-1.
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