Baltimore Voters
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Baltimore City Community Statistical Areas
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Voter Registration
Youth Vote
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Bottom 20 Communities by Youth Voter Turnout in 2020
| Community | Age | Primary (%) | General (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned – Jail | 18-35 | 6 | 44 |
| Midway/Coldstream | 18-35 | 27 | 50 |
| Southwest Baltimore | 18-35 | 24 | 50 |
| Madison/East End | 18-35 | 32 | 52 |
| Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park | 18-35 | 28 | 52 |
| Southern Park Heights | 18-35 | 32 | 52 |
| Clifton-Berea | 18-35 | 32 | 53 |
| Brooklyn/Curtis Bay/Hawkins Point | 18-35 | 23 | 54 |
| Poppleton/The Terraces/Hollins Market | 18-35 | 35 | 54 |
| Greater Rosemont | 18-35 | 33 | 55 |
| Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop | 18-35 | 37 | 55 |
| Upton/Druid Heights | 18-35 | 29 | 55 |
| Belair-Edison | 18-35 | 38 | 57 |
| Westport/Mount Winans/Lakeland | 18-35 | 32 | 57 |
| Allendale/Irvington/S. Hilton | 18-35 | 35 | 58 |
| Cherry Hill | 18-35 | 32 | 58 |
| Greenmount East | 18-35 | 34 | 58 |
| Edmondson Village | 18-35 | 40 | 59 |
| Greater Mondawmin | 18-35 | 36 | 59 |
| Claremont/Armistead | 18-35 | 32 | 60 |
This table shows Communities and their respective youth voter turnout for presidential primary and presidential general elections of 2020. We see that the youth voter turnout for presidential general elections is consistently and significantly higher compared to the presidential primary elections. Communities are sorted based on voter turnout for presidential general elections. From the table, we see that there is least voter turnout from people in jail.
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Voter Registration
Here, we are looking at the concentration of registered voters between the ages of 18 and 35 (as of Election Day 2020).
Turnout in 2020 Primary
Youth turnout in the 2020 Primary was under 50% and quite low for some CSAs.
Turnout in 2020 General
Youth turnout in the general election was higher but hovered near 50% in many CSAs.
Youth Population
BNIA data from 2019 shows the percent of youth population (18-24) in each CSA. Please note this age range is narrower than our definition of the youth vote above. There is a noticeably higher population of youth in North Baltimore/Guilford/Homeland, Greater Charles Village/Barclay, and Northwood according to this data. Note that the range of youth population on this map is 0-30%.
BNIA Indicators
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Transportation
In this chart, we have walk score on x-axis, percentage of households without vehicles on the y-axis and voter turnout is indicated by the size of the bubble. Walk score is calculated by mapping out the distance to amenities in nine different categories (grocery stores, restaurants, shopping, coffee shops, banks, parks, schools, book stores/libraries, and entertainment) and are weighted according to importance. As we would expect, the communities with high walk score and high percentage of households without vehicles have lower voter turnout. Therefore, the communities represented by small bubbles at the top right corner of the below visualization can be targeted for higher voter turnout by the provision of transportation services.
Top 20 Communities by walk score and vehicle availability
| Community | Households without vehicle availability (%) | Walk score |
|---|---|---|
| Oldtown/Middle East | 60.9 | 90.8 |
| Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park | 60.4 | 80.8 |
| Upton/Druid Heights | 57.1 | 86.5 |
| Southwest Baltimore | 54.9 | 81.4 |
| Cherry Hill | 53.9 | 46.7 |
| Madison/East End | 52.3 | 88.8 |
| Greenmount East | 51.8 | 82.4 |
| Southern Park Heights | 51.1 | 60.8 |
| Poppleton/The Terraces/Hollins Market | 49.2 | 87.8 |
| Midway/Coldstream | 45.1 | 74.3 |
| Clifton-Berea | 44.5 | 72.2 |
| Penn North/Reservoir Hill | 42.9 | 77.0 |
| Greater Rosemont | 40.9 | 68.0 |
| Harbor East/Little Italy | 40.4 | 94.2 |
| Midtown | 39.5 | 89.4 |
| The Waverlies | 37.3 | 73.2 |
| Downtown/Seton Hill | 37.2 | 95.7 |
| Greater Mondawmin | 37.1 | 67.3 |
| Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop | 35.7 | 72.8 |
| Greater Charles Village/Barclay | 35.1 | 87.1 |
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Internet Access
From this visualization we can see that access to internet is directly proportional to youth voter turnout. Therefore, in the communities with low access to internet services, alternative strategies to increase awareness should be sought out.
Lowest 20 communities for internet access
| Community | households without internet access (%) |
|---|---|
| Sandtown-Winchester/Harlem Park | 38.8 |
| Greater Rosemont | 37.5 |
| Pimlico/Arlington/Hilltop | 37.0 |
| Greenmount East | 35.2 |
| Midway/Coldstream | 35.1 |
| Brooklyn/Curtis Bay/Hawkins Point | 34.7 |
| Southern Park Heights | 34.1 |
| Greater Mondawmin | 32.9 |
| Oldtown/Middle East | 32.6 |
| Clifton-Berea | 32.3 |
| Upton/Druid Heights | 31.6 |
| Southwest Baltimore | 30.3 |
| Cherry Hill | 29.6 |
| Howard Park/West Arlington | 28.3 |
| Dickeyville/Franklintown | 28.2 |
| Morrell Park/Violetville | 27.9 |
| Dorchester/Ashburton | 27.6 |
| Glen-Fallstaff | 27.4 |
| Edmondson Village | 27.1 |
| Penn North/Reservoir Hill | 27.0 |
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Education
From this visualization, we can see that youth voter turnout is inversely proportional to high school drop out rate.
Local Business
Voter turnout is directly proportional to the number of neighborhood businesses (per 1,000 residents). Based on the below visualization we could hypothesize that where there are more local business establishments, people are more concerned about public policy and thus active in elections.