What Super Tuesday Voters Look Like, in 1 Chart

This year, 31 percent of the American electorate consists of Hispanic, Asian, and African Americans, as well as other races. That’s a higher share of minorities who are eligible to vote than ever before in U.S. history. This diversity comes through in a new chart from the Pew Research Center, which uses census data to present a one-stop demographic profile of voters in the Super Tuesday states:

The biggest takeaway here is that the large black populations in Southern states are going to play a huge role in the outcomes of the caucuses and primaries for the Democratic party on Tuesday. In five out of the 12 states, blacks account for at least 15 percent of the electorate. Georgia leads this list with 31 percent black voters, followed by Alabama (26 percent), Virginia (19 percent), Tennessee (16 percent), and Arkansas (15 percent).