Recent studies and reports have highlighted the growing gap in voter turnout between white and nonwhite voters, attributing a significant part of this trend to the weakening of the Voting Rights Act, particularly following the Supreme Court's Shelby v. Holder decision in 2013. The Brennan Center's data indicates that the gap in turnout rates has expanded, with some jurisdictions seeing it grow almost twice as quickly post-decision. This disparity has had tangible impacts, including an estimated 9.3 million more people who would have voted in the 2020 election if nonwhite voters had participated at the same rate as white voters. Additionally, the Black share of the electorate, which had been increasing for decades, saw a reversal in some counties following the 2013 Supreme Court decision.
The difference in turnout between white and nonwhite voters has grown over the last decade, a report finds, and a major contributor appears to be a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/UJDEtyrNsj
Racial turnout gap has widened with a weakened Voting Rights Act, study finds https://t.co/ONZ6BMUVgm
The Black share of the electorate had been on the rise for decades, but in some counties, a Supreme Court decision in 2013 changed that, according to a new analysis. https://t.co/1BmxWoFzcO
In the 2020 election, 9.3 million more people would have voted if nonwhite voters had participated at the same rate as white voters, according to the study. https://t.co/fXb5UzlhHc
The difference in turnout between white and nonwhite voters has grown over the last decade, a report finds, and a major contributor appears to be a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act. https://t.co/nl2RVWnWZd
This study shows why the Voting Rights Act is important. The Brennan Center data shows that without key provisions of the VRA, the gap in turnout between white and nonwhite voters grew.ย https://t.co/rs16415dqg
Since Shelby v. Holder, the gap in turnout rates between white and nonwhite voters โgrew almost twice as quicklyโ in some jurisdictions, a new Brennan study found. @NYTnickc https://t.co/ap7QJVdtj8
A longstanding structural feature of American politics is that Democrats scored lopsided majorities with moderate nonwhite voters, because they didnโt like racism. If society becomes less racist over time itโs harder to sustain that support.