Robert Holden, of the NCAI, said Native American turnout in presidential elections was typically below 50%, the lowest of any ethnic group. According to the thinktank Demos, in the 2008 election, which put Barack Obama into the White House as the first African American president, Native American turnout was 47.5%. Can you imagine if we could get [the Native American vote] up to 75%? We would knock the lights out Robert Holden, NCAIHolden asked: “Can you imagine if we could get [the Native American vote] up to 75%? He has drawn up a map showing that while most Native American candidates come from states with large Native American populations, such as Alaska, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Montana, Native Americans are also in races in Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Kentucky, Oregon and many other states.

Source: The Guardian September 17, 2016 16:33 UTC