Voter Participation

Voter Participation measures the proportion of residents who are eligible to vote who voted in the last election. Eligible residents are, U.S. citizens age 18 years or older who have not been convicted of a felony or who have a felony conviction record discharged, expired or completed. Voter participation was calculated using data from the City of Minneapolis Election and Voter Services about voter participation in the 2013 General U.S. Election.

Exercising the right to vote is a proxy for engagement with the larger community. Community engagement is linked to factors such as social support. Social support affects health. People involved in electoral participation are less likely to report poor or fair health. Voter Participation is in the Social Cohesion domain.

Neighborhoodsort ascending Indicator Value Rank
Windom Park 28.5% 36
Windom 24.3% 50
Willard - Hay 21.2% 57
Whittier 16.4% 70
West Calhoun 25.5% 44
Wenonah 24.5% 47
Webber - Camden 18.4% 63
Waite Park 29.7% 31
Victory 27.7% 40
Ventura Village 17.4% 68
University of Minnesota 4.6% 85
Tangletown 44.1% 9
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 14.6% 78
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 17.7% 67
Standish 33.0% 29
St. Anthony West 34.7% 24
St. Anthony East 24.5% 47
Shingle Creek 18.1% 65
Sheridan 28.3% 37
Seward 34.1% 26
Regina 29.3% 33
Prospect Park - East River Road 15.4% 75
Powderhorn Park 29.6% 32
Phillips West 21.3% 55
Page 47.7% 4
Northrop 40.5% 12
Northeast Park 25.9% 43
North Loop 26.9% 41
Nicollet Island - East Bank 28.9% 35
Near - North 20.2% 58
Morris Park 23.9% 51
Minnehaha 35.2% 23
Midtown Phillips 14.7% 77
Mid - City Industrial 10.1% 84
McKinley 11.2% 82
Marshall Terrace 22.6% 53
Marcy Holmes 13.0% 80
Lynnhurst 52.7% 2
Lyndale 18.1% 65
Lowry Hill East 21.3% 55
Lowry Hill 36.4% 19
Loring Park 19.8% 59
Longfellow 27.9% 39
Logan Park 23.4% 52
Linden Hills 44.9% 7
Lind - Bohanon 15.5% 73
King Field 37.7% 16
Kenwood 54.0% 1
Kenny 44.4% 8
Keewaydin 35.6% 21
Jordan 16.8% 69
Humboldt Industrial Area 0.0% 86
Howe 38.0% 14
Holland 18.2% 64
Hiawatha 36.4% 19
Hawthorne 15.5% 73
Harrison 14.9% 76
Hale 42.7% 11
Fulton 49.2% 3
Folwell 16.0% 72
Field 34.1% 26
Ericsson 37.8% 15
Elliot Park 12.1% 81
East Phillips 13.3% 79
East Isles 31.3% 30
East Harriet 47.5% 5
East Calhoun (ECCO) 29.1% 34
Downtown West 19.8% 59
Downtown East 37.2% 17
Diamond Lake 35.6% 21
Corcoran 26.8% 42
Cooper 43.8% 10
Como 11.1% 83
Columbia Park 22.4% 54
Cleveland 19.6% 61
Central 16.2% 71
Cedar Riverside 25.3% 46
Cedar - Isles - Dean 36.6% 18
Camden Industrial 0.0% 86
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 25.5% 44
Bryn - Mawr 47.0% 6
Bryant 19.6% 61
Bottineau 28.3% 37
Beltrami 24.5% 47
Bancroft 33.5% 28
Audubon Park 34.2% 25
Armatage 38.3% 13

Key Citations:
1. Cummins, S., M. Stafford, S. Macintyre, M. Marmot, and A. Ellaway. “Neighbourhood environment and its association with self-rated health: evidence from Scotland and England.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 59, no. 3 (March 2005): 207–213.

2. Kim, Daniel, and Ichiro Kawachi. “A multilevel analysis of key forms of community- and individual-level social capital as predictors of self-rated health in the United States.” Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 83, no. 5 (September 2006): 813–826.

Stretch versions: The basic version of the voter participation data will be for precincts. The “stretch” version would be to geocode the addresses and create census-tract level indicators.