Economy Tops Voters' Concerns in Choosing President
Proportion of Black Vote Is Only Slightly Higher Than in 2004
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
Nov. 4, 2008
...Despite the possibility of Barack Obama becoming the nation's first black president, the turnout of black voters as a percentage of the national vote was at 13 percent, just slightly higher than in 2004, according to early exit polls....
Yet another record may fall before the day is over as turnout is heavy and could surpass previous voting turnout records. The existing turnout records were set in 2004 when more than 122 million Americans went to the polls, and in 1960 when 64 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot.
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