States with the Best & Worst Representation on Election Day
From Wallet Hub, Oct 5, 2016
Election history reveals a perpetually glaring problem in America: low voter turnout among certain demographic groups, including young, minority and low-income citizens, especially during midterm and other nonpresidential elections. Although demographic composition does not necessarily reflect Americans’ political conscience, the data historically have helped to predict voting behavior among different segments of society and consequently have impacted election outcomes. A recent Pew Research report, for instance, found that very different demographic groups support Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
In previous analyses of the U.S. electorate, WalletHub determined which states’ and metro areas’ populations most closely mirror the rest of the nation. They also compared the likeness of the U.S. with Iowa and New Hampshire. On the heels of those reports and ahead of this November’s landmark presidential election, WalletHub’s analysts dived deeper by determining which of the 50 states’ voters are most demographically representative of their electorates. More specifically, they compared each state’s voter distribution to its electorate distribution by race, age and gender to determine the state’s Voter Representation Index. WalletHub then applied the same approach to determine the National Voter Representation Index, which compares U.S. voters to the national electorate based on four additional demographic categories: employment status, family income, educational attainment and marital status.
In addition to this study, WalletHub also recently released its report addressing “Which Party Is Better for the Economy?” as well as its analysis of the states where blacks are most politically engaged and survey of what Americans consider to be a “fair” tax system.
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Hawaii
- Overall Rank – 43rd
- Voter Representation -- 81.68
- Racial Representation -- 77.35
- Age Representation -- 73.51
- Gender Representation -- 94.18
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