Voter turnout

See statistics and maps showing how Minneapolis voters turned out to vote.

2020 early voting data

We've had record breaking early voting and requests for mail ballots. Take a look at our interactive dashboards with data from this year.

Minneapolis voter turnout varies depending on the type of election. This graph show turnout in presidential, midterm and municipal election years.

Turnout is highest in presidential election years, but even in midterm and municipal election years our turnout is higher than the national average.

The average voter turnout varies across Minneapolis.

We looked at the average turnout of registered voters in Minneapolis precincts across three General Elections:

The citywide average turnout was 65.7%.

Explore data from previous elections—view interactive graphs, maps or download the data.

Year	Date	Data
2020	Aug. 11	State Primary data
	March 3	Presidential Nomination Primary data Presidential Nomination Primary interactive data
	Feb. 4	District 60A Special General Election data
	Jan. 21	District 60A Special Primary Election data
2018	Nov. 6	2018 General Election data 2018 General Election interactive data
2018	Aug. 14	2018 Primary Election data 2018 Primary Election interactive data
2017	Nov. 7	2017 Municipal Election data
2016	Nov. 8	2016 General Election data 2016 General Election interactive data
2016	Aug. 9	2016 Primary Election data
2014	Nov. 4	2014 General Election data
2014	Aug. 12	2014 Primary Election data
2013	Nov. 5	2013 Municipal Election data
2012	Nov. 6	2012 General Election data
2012	Aug. 14	2012 Primary Election data
2010	Nov. 2	2010 General Election data
2010	Aug. 10	2010 Primary Election data
2009	Nov. 3	2009 Municipal Election data
2008	Nov. 4	2008 General Election data
2008	Sept. 9	2008 Primary Election data
2006	Nov. 7	2006 General Election data
2006	Sept. 6	2006 Primary Election data
2005	Nov. 8	2005 General Election data
2005	Sept. 13	2005 Primary Election data
2004	Nov. 2	2004 General Election data
2004	Sept. 14	2004 Primary Election data