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Voter Participation

Sunday, May 12, 2013

MAP: Hopkins Helps Minnesota to 3rd Place Voter Turnout Rates

The community had an 83.7 percent of registered voters cast a ballot in the 2012 election.

Hopkins had a high voter turnout in the 2012 election for a state that is itself already well above the national average. Minnesota fell to third in the country—behind only Mississippi and Wisconsin, according to data the U.S. Census Bureau made public Wednesday evening. Although it had the highest levels in the country of voter turnout in the 2008 election, the 73.2 percent of citizens who voted here in 2012 is still comfortably above the national average of 61.8. (The Census Bureau’s rates are different from those from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, which lists a 76.11 percent voter turnout rate. The Census Bureau’s rate for Minnesota is listed as having a margin of error of ± 2.1 percent.) The Census Bureau didn’t provide …

Friday, November 16, 2012

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. Meanwhile, Hopkins also had a similar rate of absentee ballot voting to Hennepin County—12 percent to the county’s 11 percent.  ***   Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our free daily newsletter | Check out Patch’s Pinterest boards

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