Voter Turnout Shown Down for Hispanics
/Voter turnout for Hispanics declined between 1998 and
2002, though overall turnout was up nationally, the Census Bureau
reported Wednesday. About 30 percent of voting-age Hispanics went to
the polls for the 2002 midterm election, down from 33 percent,
according to a bureau report. That compares with a slight increase -
from 45 percent to 46 percent - in the turnout rate for all voting-age
citizens. Hispanic citizens are among the least likely to vote.
Figures, based on a census survey, showed 47.4 percent to 49.1 percent
of whites vote, compared with 41.8 percent to 42.3 percent of blacks
and just 32.3 percent to 31.2 percent of Asians. [more]
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