Donovan Slack

USA TODAY

A lot of attention has been paid this presidential campaign to the ranks of women, African American and Latino voters.

But there is another voting bloc that could have significant sway in November: Voters with disabilities.

They will make up nearly 16% of eligible voters, according to a new report from Rutgers University.

Professors Lisa Schur and Douglas Kruse project there will be 35.4 million eligible voters with disabilities, including cognitive, physical or hearing impairment.

That would outnumber eligible African American voters (28.7 million) and Latino voters (29.5 million).

“These figures show that people with disabilities constitute a sizeable share of the electorate, so their votes could influence election outcomes,” Schur and Kruse wrote. “A key question of course is how many of them will actually vote.”

People with disabilities often report facing problems voting, but a majority nevertheless reported casting ballots in 2012, and their turnout was only roughly 6 percentage points lower than voters without disabilities.

Here’s how their ranks have grown in recent presidential elections, per the Rutgers report:

2008:

31.9 million

15.4% of eligible voters

2012:

33.1 million

15.3%

2016:

35.4 million

15.7%

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