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Dec 15, 2020 · More Americans voted in 2020 than in any other presidential election in 120 years. About 67% of eligible voters cast ballots this year, but that still means a third did not.
- Party Identification
- Race and Ethnicity
- Age and Generation
- Education
- Religion
- The Key Question: What About Voter Turnout?
Around a third of registered voters in the U.S. (34%) identify as independents, while 33% identify as Democrats and 29% identify as Republicans, according to a Center analysis of Americans’ partisan identificationbased on surveys of more than 12,000 registered voters in 2018 and 2019. Most independents in the U.S. lean toward one of the two major p...
Non-Hispanic White Americans make up the largest share of registered voters in the U.S., at 69% of the totalas of 2019. Hispanic and Black registered voters each account for 11% of the total, while those from other racial or ethnic backgrounds account for the remainder (8%). White voters account for a diminished share of registered voters than in t...
The U.S. electorate is aging: 52% of registered voters are ages 50 and older, up from 41% in 1996. This shift has occurred in both partisan coalitions. More than half of Republican and GOP-leaning voters (56%) are ages 50 and older, up from 39% in 1996. And among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters, half are 50 and older, up from 41% in 1996. ...
Around two-thirds of registered voters in the U.S. (65%) do not have a college degree, while 36% do. But the share of voters with a college degree has risen substantially since 1996, when 24% had one. Voters who identify with the Democratic Party or lean toward it are much more likely than their Republican counterparts to have a college degree (41%...
Christians account for the majorityof registered voters in the U.S. (64%). But this figure is down from 79% as recently as 2008. The share of voters who identify as religiously unaffiliated has nearly doubled during that span, from 15% to 28%. The share of WhiteChristians in the electorate, in particular, has decreased in recent years. White evange...
Surveys can provide reliable estimates about registered voters in the U.S. and how their partisan, demographic and religious profile has changed over time. But the critical question of voter turnout– who will be motivated to cast a ballot and who will not – is more difficult to answer. For one thing, not all registered voters end up voting. In 2016...
Broadly speaking, there are three trends that we can point to. The first is the steady nationalization of American politics. The second is the sorting of Democrats and Republicans along urban ...
Feb 19, 2020 · The first of its kind, the study, “The 100 Million Project: The Untold Story of American Non-Voters,” examines 12,000 people who chronically do not vote – those who are not registered to vote or voted only once in the last six national elections. The study examined non-voters throughout the country and across the political spectrum, at every level of education and income, and from every ...
Aug 1, 2022 · These numbers resemble the vote intention that Independents report in the 2020 American National Election Study (i.e., 44% vote for Biden, 31% vote for Trump, and 16% vote for somebody else). Political Participation : This variable measures the number of political activities that respondents engaged in during the 2020 election season such as wearing a campaign button and volunteering for a ...
Oct 26, 2020 · According to our survey, 82 percent of these voters are following the 2020 election somewhat or very closely, and 93 percent are planning to vote in 2020 — very close to the share of those who say they always vote (97 percent). A much smaller but still non-negligible share of nonvoters (51 percent) also say they’re planning to vote this year.
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Apr 1, 2024 · Finally, we provide our results and a discussion on partisanship in the modern era, as well as the implications of our study. 1. Changes in the American electorate since the 1996 presidential election. Partisanship and its impact on individuals remains a principal explanatory factor in contemporary research concerning voting behavior.
