There were several interesting developments in black politics in November 1996, the two most significant of which are the large increase in the black male vote and the election of four African-Americans to the U.S. House from majority white districts. Overall black turnout appears to be up from 1992, and African-Americans again were primarily Democratic in their partisanship on November 5.
TURNOUT. According to the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, overall turnout in the 1996 election was down substantially from 1992; in 1992, 104.4 million people voted, while in 1996, 95.8 million people voted. This was the lowest level of voter participation since 1924.
