you don t try to catch. .will get away. seize the summer with up to 40% off hotels from travelocity. this is a fox news alert. it is election night and it is a cliff hanger. right now we are awaiting the result of primaries in seven states. keeping eye on all the key races. mississippi republican primary runoff six term g.o.p. battling. john roberts is live in jackson. john? hey, good evening to you, greta. polls closing here in just under 15 minutes. the fact that senator thad cochran six terms in the senate is even in this position is stunning. never faced a primary challenger. last minute somewhat competitive he won with 64.1% of the vote. this sun charted territory for him. what he needs to do is get out a lot of votes left on
republicans may want to suppress their own efforts. well, we ll see how these numbers look out. in 2012, a year ago, for the first time in that election, black voter turnout passed that of white, 66.2% of eligible black voters cast ballots. 64.1 non-hispanic whites cast ballots. the percentage of turnout was better. the old days of doing registration so blacks could catch up to whites because of past history has succeeded to a point. the only person who did a better point of black voter registration was frank rizzo in philadelphia. the black felt so much he was anti-their interesting they went out and voted. we re going see a movement, a strong movement of not only african-americans, but other minorities in america come together, devise ways to get
take a look at the 2012 election turnout numbers, which really is inspiring. this is the first time this has ever happened in a census. you see. here is the reason why the republicans may want to suppress their own efforts. well, we ll see how these numbers look out. in 2012, a year ago, for the first time in that election, black voter turnout passed that of white, 66.2% of eligible black voters cast ballots. 64.1 non-hispanic whites cast ballots. the percentage of turnout was better. the old days of doing registration so blacks could catch up to whites because of past history has succeeded to a point. the only person who did a better point of black voter registration was frank rizzo in philadelphia. the black felt so much he was anti-their interesting they went out and voted.
innovation of allowing registration during the early voting period. all of those mechanisms were used more heavily by african-american voters. and in fact, president obama carried north carolina in 2008. not on election day, but during the early voting period. well, let me look at this, gene. the only good news here is in the 2012 election for the first time in census history, black voters turned out over whites. 66.2% cast ballots this past year. 64.1% of eligible non-hvrpz whites cast ballots. that s down from 66%. when there is an african-american candidate for president, the black percentage of political activism has beaten the whites. this is the first. i m not sure it s an enduring pattern, but it did happen for the first time. that s kind of the question, chris. there s anecdotal evidence that
i want to show you something really incredible. something that is the key to understanding voter turnout in past and future elections and shows the differences in turnout between black and white men in 2012. okay? so, you see according to census data 64.1% of black men turned out to vote. that s fairly high. but, and this is the important part, when you account for the hundreds of thousands of black men who are not in prison but have been stripped of their right to vote as punishment for their crimes, the percentage of eligible black men who voted shoots up to 68%. a 6% jump. a rate that, interestingly, is much, much higher than white men. it so disproportionally affects black men. this week we have a big victory out of the state of virginia. this letter sent by governor bob mcdonnell puts in place a restoration process of voting