VEP Press Release, September 14, 1982

1982-09-14

1980-1989

Press release from the Voter Education Project a study conducted by Richard A. Hudlin and K. Farouk Brimah, which found that had voter turnout been higher in the runoff election for Governor in the City of Atlanta, the outcome of the election would have been changed by Atlanta voters alone. White Atlantans provided Ginn with a small edge, but Blacks voted two to one for Ginn. The study also found that a 20% gap existed between the voting age Black population and the white voting age population in Atlanta, and that a 20% difference also existed between Black citizens who registered and white citizens who registered. According to VEP, a population figure of two whites resulted in as many votes as three Blacks. 2 pages.

Political participation
African Americans--Civil rights
Voter registration
African Americans--Politics and government
Demographic surveys

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