In the last election you stood up and made your voice count. Many of you voted for the first time in your lives, and your vote moved our country in the right direction.
The 2010 elections are right around the corner, and now we begin the work of moving our state in the right direction, and it starts here in Rutherford County, the birth place of today’s Democratic Party. We will never miss another election as long as we live in the greatest country on Earth!
Nearly one-fourth of voters in last November’s election were minorities, the most diverse election ever, fueled by high turnout from black women and a growing Hispanic population, an independent research group found.
The study by the Pew Research Center, released Thursday, also showed that for the first time blacks had the highest voter turnout rate of any racial or ethnic group among people ages 18 to 29. Analysts said it remained to be seen how fully the strong minority participation, a reflection of both changing U.S. demographics and enthusiasm for Democrat Barack Obama, would carry over to future elections.
In 2008, about 65% of blacks went to the polls, nearly matching the 66% voting rate for whites. Black women had the highest rates of participation among all voters at 69%; they were followed by white women (68 percent), white men (64 percent) and black men (61 percent).
