2016 voters most diverse ever % among eligible voters 7% (projected) Note: Eligible voters are U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Hawalian/Pacific islanders and multi race Americans
America’s demographic changes are shifting the electorate – and American politics. The 2016 electorate will be the most diverse in U.S. history due to strong growth among Hispanic eligible voters, particularly U.S.-born youth. There are also wide gaps opening up between the generations on many social and political issues. Young adult Millennials are much more likely than their elders to hold liberal views on many political and social issues, though they are also less likely to identify with either political party: 50% call themselves political independents.
2016 voters most diverse ever  | % among eligible voters  | 2%  | Asian  | 7%  | 8  | 11  | 12 Hispanic  | 12%  | 12  | 12  | 12  | 12 Black  | 78%  | 75  | 73  | 71  | 69 White  | 2016  | 2000  | 2004  | 2008  | 2012  | (projected)  | Note: Eligible voters are U.S. citizens ages 18 and older.  | White black and Asian includes only non-Hispanics.  | Hispanics are of any race American Indians Native  | Hawalian/Pacific islanders and multi race Americans  | not shown.  | Source: For 2000-2012, Pew Research Center tabulations of  | the 2016 Current Population Survey, November Supp lements. For  | 2016 Pew Research Center estimates based on Ame rican  | Community Survey (2008-201 4), November Current  | Population Survey (2008-2015), and the Puerto Rican  | Community Survey (2008-201 4).  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 