Though 2008 voter turnout remained "statistically unchanged" from 2004, 5 million more people voted that year than in 2004, with large increases among minorities, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released yesterday.
The bureau's survey found that about 131 million people reported voting in the 2008 presidential election - a turnout of 64 percent, the same percentage as 2004. Of the 5 million additional voters in 2008, 2 million were black, 2 million Hispanic and 600,000 Asian.
The bureau said its Current Population Survey revealed that voting rates for blacks, Asians and Hispanics "each increased by about 4 percentage points," while the rate for non-Hispanic whites decreased by 1 percentage point. READ FULL STORY
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