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Blog, News Articles - Hill article highlights the potential impact of RAE drop-off voters in 2010
October 15, 2009
In yesterday’s The Hill, reporter Aaron Blake wrote about the potential for a “precipitous drop” in voting by two RAE groups: African Americans and youths. While Blake was specifically analyzing potential turnout in November’s elections in New Jersey and Virginia, concerns about potential drop-off voting extend to the 2010 midterms.
Consistent with WVWV’s research, Blake quotes analysts noting there could be a significant change to the composition of the electorate in 2010 compared to 2008.
Yet to be told, however, is the story of how drop-off voting among unmarried women could affect the 2010 elections. Based on our nation-wide projections, there are likely to be 35.3% fewer unmarried women voting in 2010 than in 2008. That’s 10.8 million voters. By contrast, we project there will be 19.4% fewer married women voting in 2010: 7.8 million fewer voters.
You can read Blake’s article here.