Voter Registration Data

[maneesha sane]

Hi all - 

I am looking for historic and current counts of voter registration, ideally by city council district, or something that can be coerced like ward and division data.

The closest I found was this data set for voter counts: 

A few questions about this:

• This only goes up to 2018 primary election.  Is  data since then available?
• This includes data by ward and by precinct.  I'm not familiar with elections being designated by precinct.  What does this mean?
• Is data by both ward and division available?  I can tell what wards and divisions are in each city council district so that would be useful to get counts of voter registration by city council district.  

Thank you! 

[Robert Cheetham]

Hi Maneesha. I don't have an answer about the City's data, but the Commonwealth of PA makes available a full export of all voter registration data for $20 from https://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspx

In terms of the terminology, "precinct" and "ward division" are synonymous in Philadelphia. Precinct is a more common term across the US, but Philadelphia calls them "ward divisions". 

Best,

Robert

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[maneesha sane]

Thanks Robert.  

Right now I'm not interested in individual state-wide data, so I was hoping the aggregate Philadelphia data might be available somewhere.

If "precinct" is synonymous with "ward division" how do I translate the 3-4 digit "precinct" id into the ward and division? 

If I can get ward and division data here, that would be great.  

Then I'm just looking for how to get data for the past 5 years (and keeping it current).  

- Maneesha 

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[Robert Cheetham]

Maneesha,

The 4 digit ID in the DIVISION_NUM field is a combination of the Ward ID (2 digits) and the Division ID (2 digits). 

Best,

Robert

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