Only about 65 percent of Americans 18 and older are registered to vote, according to U.S. census data from 2012, and only about 58 percent actually vote. Why vote if you hate everything on the ballot? Here are five reasons to voice those issues with a vote. In the 2012 election, Asian Americans voted at a rate of 47 percent and Latinos at 48 percent, while African Americans voted at a rate of 66 percent, slightly above Whites at 64 percent. Gore won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote by five votes.