Where People Don't Vote
"Voter turnout" usually counts registered voters who cast a ballot. Voting rates among those who could vote — adult US citizens — are even lower. Here's the picture for the last mayoral election in 2009. (Not registered? Here's how.)
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28%+
28%+
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- 17%+
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- 24%+
- 28%+
Using address information from the NYC Board of Elections voter rolls, WNYC determined how many people voted in 2009 municipal elections (primary, runoff and general) in each census tract. We then compared that number to the estimated number of adult citizens in each tract, according to the US Census 2011 5-Year American Community Survey. Our data and more details.
Notes
Felons, who cannot vote, are not considered in the calculations for this map. Also, because NYC address information and official census tract demarcations can be imprecise in spots, voters who live on some tract borders may be counted in a neighboring tract instead.
https://project.wnyc.org/non-voters
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Where People Don't Vote
"Voter turnout" usually counts registered voters who cast a ballot. Voting rates among those who could vote — adult US citizens — are even lower. Here's the picture for the last mayoral election in 2009. (Not registered? Here's how.)