- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- VEP Press Release, March 21, 1985
- Creator:
- Voter Education Project, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1985-03-21
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Demographic surveys - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- press releases
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Press release from the Voter Education Project regarding a study, which found that Black voter turnout in Texas was significantly lower than white voter turnout in the 1984 presidential election. The study found that only 41% of age-eligible Blacks in Texas voted, compared to 57% of age-eligible whites. The study also found that Black voters were more likely to vote for Walter Mondale than Ronald Reagan, while white voters were more likely to vote for Reagan.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1911
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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