Ethnic Voting

Question 1

What percentage of the population do ethnic minorities account for?

Answer 1

30%

Question 2

What are the main point which will be discussed in this essay?

Answer 2

Why stunk minorities may find it difficult to vote, some things which ethnic minorities have done within the House of Representatives and what the government has done to help and encourage them

Question 3

Who are the largest ethnic minority group and what percentage of the population do they make up for?

Answer 3

Hispanics and 13%

Question 4

Who are the different groups of Hispanics and what are they like?

Answer 4

Cubans are one group who are wealthier than others who are likely to vote republican. Mexicans are another who are a poorer group and are more likely to vote democrat

Question 5

What were the differences between 1992 and 2004 with Hispanics registering and voting?

Answer 5

Registering 1992 - 35%. 2004 - 34%. Voting 1992 - 27%. 2004 - 28%.

Question 5

What is the Hispanic caucus?

Answer 5

It is a group of Hispanics in the House of Representatives, in total there are 24 of them (17 democrats and 7 republicans)

Question 6

Who do the Hispanic caucus want to help and why?

Answer 6

Younger Hispanic citizens as 87% of them do not have a bachelor degrees and nearly half of them leave school by 8th grade (14 years
Of age)

Question 7

What is the dropout rate for Hispanics compared to blacks and whites?

Answer 7

Hispanics are 2 and a hd times higher than blacks and 3 and a half times higher than whites with drop out rates

Question 8

Who are the second largest ethnic minority group and what percentage of the population do they account for?

Answer 8

Blacks and 12%

Question 9

What was the percentages of registering and voting for blacks between 1992 and 2004?

Answer 9

Registering 1992 - 64%. 2004 - 64%. Voting 1992 - 54%. 2004 - 56%

Question 10

Who do blacks traditionally vote for and why?

Answer 10

Democrats and because they still believe in family

Question 10

Similar to the Hispanic Caucus what is the black caucus and how many members are there?

Answer 10

A group of blacks in the House of Representatives there are 42 of them

Question 11

What percentage do they account for in the House of Representatives?

Answer 11

20%

Question 12

The black caucus is a strong group which required democrats and republicans to vote together on issues, how many years has this been going on for?

Answer 12

40

Question 13

Who are the third largest ethnic minority group and what percentage of the population do they account for?

Answer 13

Asian and Pacific Islanders and 5%

Question 14

What has the registering and voting percentages been like between 1992 and 2004 for Asian and Pacific Islanders?

Answer 14

Registering 1992 - not applicable. 2004 - 35%. Voting 1992 - not applicable. 2004 - 30%

Question 15

Minority groups are less likely to vote but the gap is closing with the help from the government, what have they done?

Answer 15

Majority-minority districts, the motor-voter law and helping with Hispanics in particular. Also p Diddy did a vote or die campaign

Question 16

What are the majority-minority districts?

Answer 16

These are boundaries which tend to produce a proportion of ethnic minority in each constituency. These districts are to hopefully increase their opportunity to vote

Question 16

What is the motor-voter law?

Answer 16

Allows potential voters to register when applying for or renewing their driver’s licence or applying for social services

Question 17

What has the government done to target Latinos?

Answer 17

Kerry spent at least 1 million dollars on Spanish advertisements, and also putting ballot papers in Spanish

Question 18

What did the vote or die campaign aim to do?

Answer 18

Encourage the younger population to use their vote

Question 19

In 2004 how many people were there aged 18-30 and what did p Diddy recognise?

Answer 19

42 million people were aged 18-30 he realised not many we’re likely to use their vote. He wanted to change this because their votes In total equalled to 25% of the voting population

Question 20

What did the Washington post have to say about this?

Answer 20

It was a successful campaign. It stated that the votes from people aged 18-30 increased between 2000 and 2004 by 4.6 million votes