- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Black Voter Participation in 1980 Presidential Election", December 12, 1980
- Date of Original:
- 1980-12-12
- Subject:
- African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Civil rights
Voting
Political science - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- news bulletins
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Press release on how 95% of Black registered voters in the South who turned out in the 1980 presidential election voted for Jimmy Carter, with a range of 92-97% in different states. Ronald Reagan won only 82,000 Black votes, ranging from 2-6% of the total Black vote. The study found that socioeconomic differences among Southern Blacks did not significantly affect their voting behavior. 2 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1793
- Rights Holder:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- 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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