Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History

Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1209/racial-ethnic-voters-presidential-election

Black women had the highest voter turnout rate in November's election -- a first.

by Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President, Pew Research Center
April 30, 2009

The electorate in last year's presidential election was the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with nearly one-in-four votes cast by non-whites, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.1 The nation's three biggest minority groups -- blacks, Hispanics and Asians -- each accounted for unprecedented shares of the presidential vote in 2008.