El Paso County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in El Paso County, Colorado?
Only 52% of eligible citizens in El Paso County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 69% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in El Paso County
In the November 2022 midterm, 284,319 of El Paso County’s 550,470 eligible citizens voted: 51.7% turnout. That’s 5.7 points lower than Colorado overall (57.4%) and 5.7 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 266,151 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 69.2%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
El Paso County ranks #10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County | #7 | 49.7% | 2.0 |
| Morgan County | #8 | 50.7% | 2.0 |
| Prowers County | #9 | 51.1% | 2.0 |
| El Paso County | #10 | 51.7% | 1.9 |
| Pueblo County | #11 | 52.4% | 1.9 |
| Weld County | #12 | 52.7% | 1.9 |
| Otero County | #13 | 52.9% | 1.9 |
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