page_title: Voter turnout in the United States presidential elections
section_title: Race and ethnicity
hierarchical_section_title: Voter turnout in the United States presidential elections / Race and ethnicity
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a chart illustrating voter turnout in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election by race/ethnicity. The data come from the U.S. Census Bureau.
context_page_description: The historical trends in voter turnout in the United States presidential elections have been determined by the gradual expansion of voting rights from the initial restriction to male property owners aged twenty-one or older in the early years of the country's independence, to all citizens aged eighteen or older in the mid-twentieth century. Voter turnout in United States presidential elections has historically been better than the turnout for midterm elections.
context_section_description: Race and ethnicity has had an effect on voter turnout in recent years, with data from recent elections such as 2008 showing much lower turnout among people identifying as Hispanic or Asian ethnicity than other voters (see chart to the right). One factor impacting voter turnout of African Americans is that, as of the 2000 election, 13% of African American males are reportedly ineligible to vote nationwide because of a prior felony conviction; in certain states — Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi — disenfranchisement rates for African American males in the 2000 election were around 30%.
caption: Voter turnout in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election by race/ethnicity.
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