Question

Compare the 2008 and 2012 turnouts by ethnicity. Next analyze what the comparisons of 2008 and 2012 mean in terms of the political parties. Write a 250-word essay comparing the elections in terms of voter turnout among different voting groups—namely, African Americans, Hispanics, and young people. Explain in your own words how changes (if any) in the voting styles of these groups affected the elections.

Answer 1

To write this essay, you will need the following;

• data on the rate of voter turnout among the three groups indicated between 2008 and 2012.

• an inference on what you think this means and how it relates to the ideologies or candidates fielded by the democrats and republicans.

• and reasons to believe or disbelieve that the figures affected the results of the elections.

Summarily, in 2008, there was an increase in voter turnout among the three ethnic groups. 1 in 4 of the votes cast shown to be from non-whites.

Compared to 2004, the Hispanics had a turnout rate that increased by 2.7%. Blacks had an increment of 4.9%. These figures indicate huge support for the candidate, President Obama, the first African American to become the president of the United States. Whites turnout fell from 67.2% in 2004 to 66.1% in 2008.

The same pattern repeated in 2012 as there was an increased turnout rate from the minority groups. These might indicate a growing feeling of inclusion among these groups.

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