US Presidential elections 2012 -

Article published the Thursday 01 November 2012 - Latest update : Sunday 04 November 2012

Who can vote? How did they vote last time? US presidential election statistics

Mitt Romney and Barack Obam face to face during the second TV debate in Hempstead, New York

Reuters/Brian Snyder

By RFI

More than 210 million US citizens are eligible to vote in this year’s presidential election. Here’s a look at the United States in statistics.

Percentage of each racial/ethnic group that voted in 2008

Percentage of early voting

Figure for 2012 is an estimation based on votes recorded up to 29 October

How different groups voted in 2008 presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain
(Percentage of total electorate in brackets)

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Source: AFP