2008 voting polls

'08 Election: More Young and Minority Voters, but Turnout Same

The 2008 election was certainly one of the more hotly contested elections in recent memory. But, did voter turnout really look any different than it had in previous years? The U.S. Census Bureau released its data on voter turnout Monday -- and noted that 5 million more people voted in this election than in the 2004 election. Among individual groups of voters, the only age group that saw a significant increase from previous years was 18-to-24 year-olds. Nearly half of them voted (49 percent), compared with 47 percent in 2004. The Census Bureau also noted that voter turnout among black, ...

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