New York City Voter Participation History 2008-2018

New York City's Campaign Finance Board provides a record of active voters in 2018 with their voting history from 2008 onward. The dataset includes geographic identifiers from the voter's place of residence for each registration year. It was used for the board's voter participation research and published in the 2019-2020 Voter Analysis Report.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between `PoliticalParty.18` affiliation and `participation_score_2018` across different `CouncilDistrict.15` areas.
• Model geographic shifts in voter registration over time by joining records using `NTA.12`, `NTA.15`, and `NTA.18` neighborhood tabulation areas.
• Investigate temporal voting patterns by examining participation in specific election columns like `GE15` (General Election 2015) and `PR0916` (Primary 2016).
• Assemble a voter profile using features such as `BoroCode.09`, `AssemblyDistrict.18`, and historical `PoliticalParty.10` to `PoliticalParty.18` fields.

Strengths

• Contains voting history for a 10-year period from 2008 to 2018.
• Includes over 30 columns covering geographic, administrative, and election-specific data per voter.

Limitations

• Contains only active voters from 2018, excluding inactive or removed registrants, which prevents calculation of overall election turnout.
• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

data.cityofnewyork.us, originating from the NYC Campaign Finance Board.

Collection Method

Compiled from voter registration and election participation records.

Time Range

2008 to 2018.

Freshness

Data covers up to 2018 and was last updated in the system on 2022-05 09.

Geography

New York City, with geographic codes for boroughs, council districts, and neighborhood tabulation areas.