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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
How Many Voted in Your Congressional District in 2018?
Demographic characteristics of eligible voters in a congressional district can provide information and insight into voter turnout in elections.
Voter turnout in the 2018 congressional election was lower in districts with larger proportions of voting-age citizens without a high school diploma.
The Congressional District Voting Rates and Population Characteristics interactive graphic uses Census Bureau population characteristics data from the American Community Survey and counts of votes cast from the Office of the Clerk U.S. House of Representatives.
The combined data highlight variations across the nation in both the percent of citizens who voted for congressional representatives in 2018 and the characteristics of the citizen voting-age population for each congressional district.
To check out and use the Congressional District Voting Rates and Population Characteristics interactive graphic, continue reading.
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2020 Census: It's Not Too Late to Respond
The U.S. Constitution mandates a census of the population every 10 years. Census statistics help determine the number of seats each state holds in the U.S. House of Representatives and how billions of dollars in federal funds will be allocated by state, local, and federal lawmakers every year for the next 10 years.
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