- Collection:
- Neighborhood Union Collection
- Title:
- VEP Press Release, August 28, 1986
- Creator:
- Voter Education Project, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1986-08-28
- 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 a study by the Voter Education Project (VEP) and the Atlanta University Policy Center, which found that Black turnout was not significantly higher than white turnout in the August 12, 1988 Democratic primaries in the 5th Congressional District of Georgia. The study found that 32.5% of Black voters and 31.1% of white voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary, and that only 21.1% of Black voters and 19.1% of white voters cast ballots that actually impacted the outcome of the race. The study also found that the outcome of the Republican primary was determined by the white vote, as only 1.6% of voters cast ballots for the three Republican candidates.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1921
- 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:
-
