Pitkin County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Pitkin County, Colorado?
Only 69% of eligible citizens in Pitkin County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 81% turnout · 1.2 people per vote
Turnout in Pitkin County
In the November 2022 midterm, 9,581 of Pitkin County’s 13,815 eligible citizens voted: 69.4% turnout. That’s 12.0 points higher than Colorado overall (57.4%) and 23.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 4,234 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 80.8%, so each ballot spoke for 1.2 people. Midterm turnout here ran 11.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Pitkin County ranks #55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Cheyenne County | #56 | 69.6% | 1.4 |
| Archuleta County | #57 | 69.7% | 1.4 |
| Gilpin County | #58 | 70.0% | 1.4 |
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