Lake County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lake County, California?
Only 40% of eligible citizens in Lake County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 54% turnout · 1.9 people per vote
Turnout in Lake County
In the November 2022 midterm, 20,131 of Lake County’s 49,770 eligible citizens voted: 40.4% turnout. That’s 1.5 points lower than California overall (41.9%) and 5.6 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 29,639 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 53.8%, so each ballot spoke for 1.9 people. Midterm turnout here ran 13.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lake County ranks #16 of 58 counties in California for vote power (#1 has the lowest turnout, so each vote there counts for the most people).
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — register or check your status at vote.org.
| County | Rank | Turnout | Per vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislaus County | #13 | 37.4% | 2.7 |
| Madera County | #14 | 37.9% | 2.6 |
| Lassen County | #15 | 39.3% | 2.5 |
| Lake County | #16 | 40.4% | 2.5 |
| Del Norte County | #17 | 40.7% | 2.5 |
| Solano County | #18 | 41.2% | 2.4 |
| Monterey County | #19 | 42.2% | 2.4 |
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