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    <title>Graphs on Historical Voting Trends</title>
    <description>The Census Bureau has released 10 graphics that highlight national trends in voting by race, age, education, and other characteristics since 1964. Four graphics address presidential elections, four address congressional elections and two address all national elections. All are based on previously released tabulations from the November Voting and Registration ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:41:54 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Estimates of State Voting-Age Population: July 1, 2011 </title>
    <description><![CDATA[Estimates of the number of people 18 and older in each state and Puerto Rico. The downloadable file will also include total population and the percentage of people 18 and older. These are the first estimates since 2010 Census tabulations were released. Internet address: &lt;http://www.census.gov/popest/data/datasets.html#state&gt;. No news release associated with]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:25:34 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Census Bureau Reports Hispanic Voter Turnout Reaches Record High for Congressional Election</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hispanics made up 7 percent of voters in the 2010 congressional election, the highest percentage for a nonpresidential election since the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting this information in 1974. Hispanics comprised 6 percent of voters in 2006. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Blacks also increased their share of the electorate, going from 11 percent]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:10:03 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Voter Turnout Increases by 5 Million in 2008 Presidential Election, U.S. Census Bureau Reports</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;About 131 million people reported voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, an increase of 5 million from 2004, according to a new table package released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The increase included about 2 million more black voters, 2 million more Hispanic voters and about 600,000 more]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:07:27 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Voter Turnout up 7 Million in 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Some 96 million voted in the 2006 congressional elections, an increase of 7 million from 2002, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;About 48 percent of voting-age citizens cast a ballot in 2006, the highest since 1994 when the Census Bureau first began collecting this]]> ...</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:58:47 -0500</pubDate>
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