Foreign Born Voters
What percent of eligible voters projected to vote in the 2020 U.S. election are foreign born?
How accurate was your prediction?
What most surprised you about this data?
What is the big story this chart tells?
What is one reason that so many (about 1 out of 10) voters in the 2020 US election are foreign born?
What is one consequence of this?
Is this good or bad news?
If this trend continues, what will the percent of foreign born voters in the 2040 election?
Wait a second, can people who were not born in the United States vote??????
How does that work? In other words, how is it that people born outside of the U.S. can vote in a U.S. election?
Predict the ethnicity of these foreign born voters.*
Who do you predict votes at a higher rate, foreign born eligible voters or American born eligible voters?*
About what percent of Americans are foreign born?*
Wait a second, there are approximately 19.54 million people who live in New York State. Are there more New Yorkers or foreign born eligible voters?
California, the nation’s most populous state, is voting in Super Tuesday, today. What percent of California voters are foreign born?*
Explain whether these foreign born voters will support Donald J. Trump in the 2020 election.
How do you think the growing foreign born voting population will impact campaigns and elections?
How do you think the growing foreign born voting population will impact campaigns and elections?
Do you think foreign born people who become naturalized American citizens should be allowed to vote?
Visual Extension*
Learning Extension
Check out this sweet Pew Research Center data about foreign born voters.
Action Extension
Help a foreign born American register to vote. It’s easy and only takes about three minutes.
