DATABANK FOR COMMUNITY STATISTICS
Demographic Data for ‘Super Tuesday’ States
History will be made on Feb. 5, when 24 states hold their primaries - the most ever on a single day. By day's end, 60 percent of the country's eligible voters will have participated in a primary, caucus or convention.
The Joint Center’s DataBank has created a series of interactive, statistical profiles to present data that can enhance voting analysis for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The profiles contain self-reported voter registration and participation figures from the 2000, 2004 and 2006 elections, along with a few key demographic and socio-economic characteristics, for each state.
The 24 states, and those holding primaries in the next few months, differ greatly from one another in the demographic composition and socio-economic characteristics of the populations that are eligible to vote. Efforts to analyze the prospects and the eventual vote for various candidates rely heavily upon knowledge of the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of populations eligible to vote. Substantive issues that garner attention in a state often reflect such conditions as poverty rates, housing costs and the size of immigrant populations.
We hope that this information proves useful to elected officials, voters, campaign activists, the media and other constituencies.
Roderick Harrison and Ying Li
Joint Center DataBank
TABLES:
Voting and Registration HotReport for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. [Click here]
Demographics HotReport for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. [Click Here]