{"id":5061941,"date":"2023-09-06T23:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illatinonews.com\/?p=5061941"},"modified":"2023-09-06T23:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:00:58","slug":"new-report-shocking-low-turnout-by-black-and-latino-voters-in-this-years-chicago-mayoral-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/illn\/2023\/09\/06\/new-report-shocking-low-turnout-by-black-and-latino-voters-in-this-years-chicago-mayoral-race\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Shocking Low Turnout by Black and Latino Voters in this Year\u2019s Chicago Mayoral Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Brandon Johnson\u2019s election this past April as Chicago\u2019s new mayor has been hailed across the country as an electrifying victory by progressive Democrats. But a detailed analysis of vote tallies \u2013 one that I and Matthew Wilson of the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago conducted \u2013 has found a startling gap in voter turnout along racial and ethnic lines in Chicago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our review of all 1,291 voting precincts throughout the city revealed that a mere 29 percent of registered Black voters and just 20.5 percent of registered Latinos cast a ballot in the April run-off, a far lower figure than the 61.1 percent of Chicago\u2019s registered white voters who turned out. For Latinos, in particular, these figures become even more disturbing given that a significant percentage of Latinx resident aged 18 and over are either legal permanent residents or undocumented, and thus are ineligible to vote. Our analysis concluded that just 1 of every 10 Latinos over the age of 18 voted in this year\u2019s Chicago mayoral runoff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
We further estimate that 54.4 percent of those Latinos who did participate cast their ballot for Johnson\u2019s opponent Paul Vallas, as did more than 70 percent of Asian voters, but that Johnson achieved his slim victory by capturing 88 percent support from Black voters and a substantial minority \u2013 34 percent \u2013 of white voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more details on the racial and ethnic voting patterns in this election, how those trends compare to the historic 1983 victory of Harold Washington, and possible lessons to be learned from the data, see the full report here: New Great Cities Institute Report \u2013 \u201cChicago\u2019s 2023 Mayoral Race: A Progressive Victory Amidst Shocking Low Turnout by Black and Latino Voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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