Examples Of Voter Turnout In 2004 Elections

If we imagine how voter turnout used to be in the later elections back then, it was nothing compared to how they are today. For example, if we examine the 2004 and 2008 election. We can conclude that the voter turnout in the 2004 election was greatly impressive. Altogether, Bush received around 62,000,000 votes. Why? because people actually came out to vote during this election and he even had a 6.4% higher numbers than in 2000. The 2008 election, we can see a higher voter turnout among African Americans particularly young voters. For example, compared to the 2004 election, a record 55.4% of blacks voted in 2008 than 47.1% in 2004 between the ages of 18-24. Between 25-44 years old, 64% of blacks voted in 2008 while 59.3% voted for Bush in 2004.

As for Whites, Hispanics and Asians, the numbers remained pretty much the same between the 2004 election and 2008 between the ages of 18-24. In 2004, whites were 49.8% and in 2008 49.4%, Hispanics were 33% and in 2008 38.8% and Asians were 34.3% and in 2008 40.6%. (The New York Times, Sam Roberts.2009). Between the ages of 25-44, the percentages didn’t increase no more than 8% for each year. Ultimately, the 2008 elections were a time of history and an extraordinary turnout for voters because of the high volume of interest within the election.