Diverse Elections

¿What percent of projected voters in the 2016 election will be non-White?

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Pew Research Center

1. How accurate was your prediction?

2. How surprising was this information?

3. What is the big story or trend you see in the chart?

4. What is one explanation for that trend?

5. What is one consequence of that trend?

6. Is this good news or bad news?

7. How do you think this trend will effect this year's presidential election?

8. In what year do you think we will have our first Hispanic president? Asian?

9. Imagine that the trends in this chart continue for the next 16 years, predict one major policy change based on future changes in the electorate:

10. Imagine you are a consultant for the Republican Party, in the comments section make one suggestion for how the Party might want to change their strategy in order to be successful in future elections?

Learning Extension

Read the entire Pew Report about diversity and voting in 2016.

Action Extension

Print out this chart and then, based on current trends, draw in your projection for what the vote will look like in 2032. Post your chart on a school hallway or on social media.