Non-Hispanic whites in Maryland make up a greater percentage of those eligible to vote than their share of the overall population, while all other races and Hispanic groups have smaller shares of the voter-eligible population. That finding comes from recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau which estimates citizen voting age populations by non-Hispanic race and Hispanic origin.
Hispanics are an ethnic designation, not a racial designation, and can be any race. They are not included in the race categories in order to avoid double counting. (more…)