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

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.