In 2016, white turnout increased to 65.3 percent but decreased to 59.6 percent for blacks. In 2012, a greater percentage of blacks (66.6) voted than whites (64.1).
Younger voters were the only age group to show increased turnout in 2016. In 2012, 45 percent of those aged 18-29 voted. That rate rose to 46.1 percent in 2016.
Other highlights from the Census Bureau data:
Overall turnout similar: In 2016, 61.4 percent of the citizen voting-age population reported voting, near the 61.8 percent who reported voting in 2012.
White turnout defied historic trend: For only the second time since 1980, the overall percentage of voters in 2016 who were non-Hispanic white (73.3 percent) was not lower than in the previous presidential election.
Black turnout down across the board: Turnout rates decreased in 2016 for every age group of non-Hispanic blacks.
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