Wheeler County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Wheeler County, Georgia?
Only 30% of eligible citizens in Wheeler County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 37% turnout · 2.7 people per vote
Turnout here may look low partly because the Census count of eligible citizens includes people who don't vote locally, such as people in prison, or military personnel and college students registered elsewhere.
Turnout in Wheeler County
In the November 2022 midterm, 1,826 of Wheeler County’s 6,140 eligible citizens voted: 29.7% turnout. That’s 20.8 points lower than Georgia overall (50.5%) and 16.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 4,314 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 37.1%, so each ballot spoke for 2.7 people. Midterm turnout here ran 7.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Wheeler County ranks #2 of 159 counties in Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee County | #1 | 13.7% | 7.3 |
| Wheeler County | #2 | 29.7% | 3.4 |
| Liberty County | #3 | 32.6% | 3.1 |
| Charlton County | #4 | 33.5% | 3.0 |
| Long County | #5 | 34.3% | 2.9 |
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