The Census Bureau released a report yesterday that said 66.2% of eligible blacks voted in 2012. For whites the rate was 64.1%. That was the first election in U.S. history in which the black voting rate surpassed that of the white. It was even more significant when we consider all the efforts by Republican legislators to suppress the vote with restricted hours, more difficult registration, and voter I.D. laws.
The rate for Asians and Hispanics was below 50%, but that should be moving up in the next few elections. Finally, women vote at a higher rate than men do. All of this is bad news for a party which seems to depend mostly on the votes of old white guys.
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