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Sep 23, 2020 · The upcoming 2020 presidential election has drawn renewed attention to how demographic shifts across the United States have changed the composition of the electorate. How we did this For this data essay, we analyzed national and state-level shifts in the racial and ethnic makeup of the United States electorate between 2000 and 2018, with a ...
- Shannon Greenwood
- Party Identification
- Race and Ethnicity
- Age and Generation
- Education
- Religion
- The Key Question: What About Voter Turnout?
Around a third of registered voters in the U.S. (34%) identify as independents, while 33% identify as Democrats and 29% identify as Republicans, according to a Center analysis of Americans’ partisan identificationbased on surveys of more than 12,000 registered voters in 2018 and 2019. Most independents in the U.S. lean toward one of the two major p...
Non-Hispanic White Americans make up the largest share of registered voters in the U.S., at 69% of the totalas of 2019. Hispanic and Black registered voters each account for 11% of the total, while those from other racial or ethnic backgrounds account for the remainder (8%). White voters account for a diminished share of registered voters than in t...
The U.S. electorate is aging: 52% of registered voters are ages 50 and older, up from 41% in 1996. This shift has occurred in both partisan coalitions. More than half of Republican and GOP-leaning voters (56%) are ages 50 and older, up from 39% in 1996. And among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, half are 50 and older, up from 41% in 1996. ...
Around two-thirds of registered voters in the U.S. (65%) do not have a college degree, while 36% do. But the share of voters with a college degree has risen substantially since 1996, when 24% had one. Voters who identify with the Democratic Party or lean toward it are much more likely than their Republican counterparts to have a college degree (41%...
Christians account for the majorityof registered voters in the U.S. (64%). But this figure is down from 79% as recently as 2008. The share of voters who identify as religiously unaffiliated has nearly doubled during that span, from 15% to 28%. The share of WhiteChristians in the electorate, in particular, has decreased in recent years. White evange...
Surveys can provide reliable estimates about registered voters in the U.S. and how their partisan, demographic and religious profile has changed over time. But the critical question of voter turnout– who will be motivated to cast a ballot and who will not – is more difficult to answer. For one thing, not all registered voters end up voting. In 2016...
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February 17, 2022. Press Release Number CB22-TPS.14. FEB. 17, 2022 — The 2020 presidential election featured record turnout and record use of nontraditional voting methods, according to the “ Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2020 ” report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sep 2, 2020 · Sep 2, 2020 6:40 PM EDT. Leave a comment. Transcript Audio. Election season is in full swing, and President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are both on the campaign trail. How...
Oct 19, 2020 · The generational makeup of the United States will change dramatically in the future and that is projected to have potentially profound effects of future elections. Authors. Restoring Social Trust...
Oct 19, 2020 · In our 2018 report, we examined an array of future presidential election scenarios— from 2020 through 2036—that could arise as the demography of the nation and its 50 states changes over the next several decades 1. In this 2020 report, we update our electoral scenarios in several important ways.
Jan 6, 2015 · A changing electorate. The United States is undergoing a historic demographic shift, with people of color expected to be a majority of the population by 2043. Similar...
