MARY McGUIRT, ABC News
- In the historic 2008 presidential election, blacks had the highest turnout among voters aged 18-24, something that has never before occurred in our nation’s history, data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau showed.
According to the new data, nearly 131 million people reported voting in November’s election, an increase of about 5 million from 2004. The researchers found that the increase was almost entirely attributed to minority voters.
Barack Obama was elected the first African American president, with 52.9 percent of the vote compared with Sen. John McCain’s 45.7 percent.
