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RACE IN THE VOTING BOOTH.(black and Hispanic voters in 2000 elections)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The recent election was heated considerably by the issue of race. In particular, Democrats did everything they could to increase turnout among blacks, including some highly tendentious final-weekend campaigning in black churches by Al Gore, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton.
Did these efforts influence the election? In a post-election talk at Washington, D.C.'s Center for Equal Opportunity, political scientist David Bositis noted that the increase in black turnout was not huge overall. Just as in 1996, about 10 percent of the electorate was African American.
But black voters are concentrated in relatively few states. Bositis reported that the percentage of black voters increased the most in three states: Missouri (7 to 12 percent), Tennessee (13 to 18 percent), and Florida (10 to 15 percent). Despite these increases, Missouri and Tennessee both went for George W. Bush. In Florida, however, African American voters were critical. Across the country, blacks chose Al Gore over George W. Bush by a ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, RACE IN THE VOTING BOOTH.(black and Hispanic voters in 2000...