District of Columbia voter turnout

How many people does one vote speak for in District of Columbia, District of Columbia?

Each vote here counts for 2.5 people

Only 40% of eligible citizens in District of Columbia voted in the 2022 midterm.

2024 presidential: 64% turnout · 1.6 people per vote

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2022 midterm turnout

39.7%

2.5 people per vote

2024 presidential turnout

64.3%

1.6 people per vote

Eligible citizens

506,637

citizens 18+

Didn’t vote in 2022

305,307

eligible citizens

Turnout in District of Columbia

In the November 2022 midterm, 201,330 of District of Columbia’s 506,637 eligible citizens voted: 39.7% turnout. That’s about the same as District of Columbia overall (39.7%) and 6.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 305,307 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.

In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 64.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 24.6 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — register or check your status at vote.org.

Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.