Will Voter Demographics at Elections Affect Campaign Success?

Voter demographics are of great importance to the success of this Constitutional Amendment. The following table shows the demographics for the 1998 elections:

U.S. VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS FOR 1998 ELECTIONS
Turnout by Voter Group	Voting Age Population	Percent Registered	Number Voted	Percent Voted	Percent of Total U.S. Vote
1998 U.S. Totals	183,450,000	67.1	83,098,000	45.3	100
SEX
Male	87,713,000	65.7	39,391,000	44.9	47.8
Female	95,738,000	68.4	43,706,000	45.7	52.1
RACE
White	143,651,000	69.3	68,068,000	47.4	78.3
Black	21,613,000	63.7	9,044,000	41.9	11.7
Hispanic	12,395,000	55.2	4,068,000	32.8	6.7
Asian & Pac	4,344,000	49.1	1,404,000	32.3	2.3
Data from the Federal Election Commission.

The left column shows that Black, Hispanic, Asian and Pacific Islanders (for convenience called non-white, and regretting that this terminology, though usual in U.S. statistics, is inappropriate) represent 20.7 percent of the actual voters. U.S. Census Data show that males represent 49 percent of the population, so male non-white voters are 10.1 percent of the total. Female voters both white and non-white are 52.1 percent of the voters. Together, female and male non-white voters therefore comprise 62.2 percent of the U.S. voters.

The results are similar for the 2002 Elections:

U.S. VOTER DEMOGRAPHICS FOR 2002 ELECTIONS
Turnout by Voter Group	Number Voted	Percent of Total U.S. Vote
2002 U.S. Totals	110,826,000	1
Non-Hispanic White Male	42,359,000	0.3822
Female and Minority Men	68,467,000	0.6178
Data from the Federal Election Commission.

The IQA will have seven times more females and 2.7 times more non-whites than Congress. Consequently, the 62 percent of all actual U.S. voters, who are seriously under-represented in Congress, will have fair and equal representation on the IQA. Demographic groups whom Congress pervasively under-represents will be highly motivated to support this Constitutional Amendment.