Chaffee County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Chaffee County, Colorado?
Only 69% of eligible citizens in Chaffee County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 84% turnout · 1.2 people per vote
Turnout in Chaffee County
In the November 2022 midterm, 11,801 of Chaffee County’s 17,092 eligible citizens voted: 69.0% turnout. That’s 11.6 points higher than Colorado overall (57.4%) and 23.0 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 5,291 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 84.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.2 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Chaffee County ranks #52 of 64 counties in Colorado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park County | #49 | 66.1% | 1.5 |
| Sedgwick County | #50 | 66.9% | 1.5 |
| Baca County | #51 | 68.2% | 1.5 |
| Chaffee County | #52 | 69.0% | 1.4 |
| Douglas County | #53 | 69.0% | 1.4 |
| Routt County | #54 | 69.2% | 1.4 |
| Pitkin County | #55 | 69.4% | 1.4 |
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