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Hopkins Sees 85 Percent Voting Rate in 2012 Election

At individual precincts, between 83 percent and 88 percent of registered voters cast a ballot.

 

Hopkins’ voting rates were a tic higher than Hennepin County’s rates, according to unofficial results from the city clerk.

The city saw 85 percent of registered voters cast ballots on Election Day, a percentage point above the Hennepin County rate.

In all, 9,130 people voted in this year’s election.

Turnout in individual precincts ranged from 88 percent in Precinct 5 on the northern part of the city to 83 percent in Precinct 3 on the southeastern side.

  • Click the PDF above to see a map of precincts.

Meanwhile, Hopkins also had a similar rate of absentee ballot voting to Hennepin County—12 percent to the county’s 11 percent. 

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Precinct Registered at 7 a.m. Registered at polls Total registered Total voting Percent voting
1 1,300 240 1,540 1,299 84%
2 1,782 470 2,252 1,896 84%
3 1,346 325 1,671 1,394 83%
4 1,255 257 1,512 1,286 85%
5 1,395 303 1,698 1,496 88%
6 1,703 390 2,093 1,759 84%
Total 8781 1985 10,766 9,130 85%

 

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