{"id":9519,"date":"2020-10-21T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2020-battleground-states\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:44:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:44:26","slug":"key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2020-battleground-states","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/21\/key-facts-about-black-eligible-voters-in-2020-battleground-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Key facts about Black eligible voters in 2020 battleground states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Voters cast their early ballots at the Coral Gables Branch Library precinct on Oct. 19, 2020, in Coral Gables, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The number of Black Americans eligible to vote for president has reached a record 30 million in 2020, with more than one-third living in nine of the nation\u2019s most competitive states<\/a> \u2013 Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin \u2013 a higher share than the 29% of all<\/em> U.S. eligible voters who live in these states. Nationwide, Black eligible voters now make up 12.5% of the U.S. electorate, up from 11.5% in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For many years, Black voters were the largest non-White racial or ethnic segment of the country\u2019s electorate, but for the first time in a presidential election they will be outnumbered by Hispanic eligible voters<\/a>, at 32 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this year\u2019s upcoming presidential election, a recent Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found that 63% of Black registered voters are extremely motivated to vote. Furthermore, among those who support Joe Biden, over a third (35%) said that they plan on casting or have already cast their vote by absentee or mail-in ballot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic Party has maintained a strong advantage among Black voters<\/a>, according to over two decades of Center polling. Black voters have also recorded comparatively high turnout rates relative to other major racial and ethnic groups in recent elections \u2013 their levels closely matching White voter turnout rates in 2008 and 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet Black eligible voters<\/a> are by no means monolithic<\/a> in their views or demographics<\/a>. In the six states with competitive races for president, Black eligible voters have varied levels of educational attainment, income and immigrant populations. Here are key facts about Black eligible voters living in this year\u2019s battleground states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/div>