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Black Youth Civic Engagement
Open Society Foundation, July 2011
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1 ★ Demographic Trends
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College Experience by Race and Ethnicity
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2 ★ Voting
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1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
White, Non-Hispanic Black, NH Latinos Asian, NH
Figure 3: Voter Turnout Among 18-to-29 year-old Citizens, Presidential Years, by Race
Source: Census Current Population Survey, 1972-2008
Presidential Election Turnout by Race and
Ethnicity
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Off-Year Election Turnout by Race and
Ethnicity
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3 ★ Party and Issue Preferences
Youth Support for House Candidates
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33%
77%
53%45%
36%
4.0%*
16%26%23%
12%20% 21%
8% 6.0%* 10% 8%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%
White Black Hispanic/Latino All Voters 18-29
Figure 7: 18-to-29 Year-Old Voters, 2008 Political Party I dentification
Democrat Republican I ndependent Something else
Source: National Election Pool, National Exit Poll, 2008
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41.4%
56.6%53.9%43.8%
95.8%
3.5%
94.6%
3.7%
62.2%
36.5%
75.6%
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Barack Obama John McCain
Figure 6: 2008 Support for Presidential Candidate, by Age
White 30+ White 18-29Black 30+ Black 18-29Hispanic/Latino 30+ Hispanic/Latino 18-29
Source: National Election Pool, National Exit Poll, 2008
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2008 Exit Polls: Which one of these five issues is the most important facing the country (18-
29)?The
Economy
The War in
Iraq
Energy Policy
Terrorism
Health Care
All Young Voters
62.6% 12.3% 10.7% 4.9% 4.9%
White 64.8% 10.4% 10.5% 5.8% 8.5%Black 54.4% 18.6% * * *Latino 59.3% * * * *
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4 ★ Other Forms of Civic Engagement
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Figure 4: Volunteer Rates Among 12th Grade Students
76.1%
65.9%
78.0%
70.4%
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Source: Authors' tabulations from the Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF), 1983-2005
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Figure 16: Civic Typology Among 15-25 year olds by Race and Ethnicity
56.3%
53.9%
67.1%
52.6%
13.7%
15.9%
7.7%
9.4%
16.6%
13.2%
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Source: Authors' tabulations from the 2006 Civic and Political Health of the Nation Survey (CIRCLE)
Disengaged Civic Specialist Electoral Specialist Dual Activist
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