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.

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

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.