- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- Title:
- "Black Voter Turnout and Registration Rates Fall In Last Presidential Election, Census Bureau Reports", March 8, 1989
- Date of Original:
- 1989-03-08
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Political participation - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- news bulletins
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Report from the Census Bureau examining voter turnout in the 1988 presidential election. The report found that voter turnout among Black Americans decreased from 56% in 1984 to 52% in 1988, with white voter turnout also decreasing from 61% to 59%, while Hispanic voter turnout fell from 33% to 29%. The report also found that Black voter turnout was higher in the North and West than it was in the South. Among Whites, voter turnout was higher in the North and West than in the South. Overall, the report found that registration rates among Black Americans, White Americans, and Hispanic Americans all decreased from 1984 to 1988. 3 pages.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1804
- 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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