- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- VEP Press Release, December 1, 1986
- Creator:
- Voter Education Project, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1986-12-01
- Subject:
- Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government - 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 study by the Voter Education Project and the Atlanta University Policy Center, which found that voter turnout in the South increased significantly in the 1986 congressional and senatorial elections. The study found that 51.9% of registered voters in the South went to the polls, up from 41.8% in 1982. The study attributed the increase in voter turnout to a number of factors, including the depressed state of the agriculture and energy economy in the region, the severe cutbacks in federal programs, and the highly inflammatory nature of the campaigns waged by the candidates.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1918
- 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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