Queer, Black, Latino Youth Saw Major Turnout Gains in 2010 Election
The research group CIRCLE has a new report out on youth involvement in the 2010 elections, and it’s full of fascinating data, but a few demographic stats thing out at me when I read it:
- Among young voters, 14% of the electorate was black this year. (Just 10% of over-thirty voters were.)
- Seven percent of young voters described themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, compared with 4% of over-thirty voters.
- Young Latinos represented 15% of the youth electorate, but only 14% of the young population as a whole.
