Figure 3 Reported Number of Votes Cast, 2008 and 2004
With population growth and increased voter participation among blacks, Latinos and Asians, members of all three groups cast more votes in 2008 than in 2004. Two million more blacks and 2 million more Latinos reported voting in 2008 than said the same in 2004. Among Asians, 338,000 more votes were reported cast in 2008 than in 2004. The number of white voters in 2008 was also up, but only slightly—increasing from 99.6 million in 2004 to 100 million in 2008.
Figure 3  | Reported Number of Votes Cast, 2008 and 2004  | (in millions)  | 2008  | 2004  | 100  | White  | 99.6  | 15.9  | Black  | 13.8  | 9.7  | Hispanic  | 7.6  | 3.3  | Asian  | 2.9  | Note: Whites include only non -Hispanic whites Blacks include sonly non -Hispanic  | blacks Asians include only non Hispanic Asians Native Americans and mixed  | race groups not shown.  | Source: Pew Research Center tabulations from the Current Population Survey,  | November Supplements data 