WASHINGTON, October 4, 2022—As we approach the midterm elections, the American Immigration Council released a report that examines America’s electorate. The data interactive, “The Changing Demographics of the Electorate at a State Level,” highlights the changes in the demographics of eligible voters in every state now compared to 2016, broken down by gender, age, and ethnicity.
“Data from the 2020 Census has already shown how the U.S. population has continued and even sped up its demographic diversification. This demographic change is now leaving its mark in electorates in states all over the country as younger, more diverse generations of U.S.-born people age into voting eligibility and as more immigrants take the important step of becoming citizens and earning the right to vote,” said Andrew Lim, research director at the American Immigration Council. “With the 2022 midterm elections on the horizon, our new data interactive tool highlights where close races are expected. These are states where the extent to which changing electorates can be activated by different campaigns may help determine who wins and who loses come November.”
