Kootenai County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Kootenai County, Idaho?
Only 44% of eligible citizens in Kootenai County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 69% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Kootenai County
In the November 2022 midterm, 62,296 of Kootenai County’s 140,010 eligible citizens voted: 44.5% turnout. That’s 2.5 points higher than Idaho overall (42.0%) and 1.5 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 77,714 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 68.8%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 24.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Kootenai County ranks #25 of 44 counties in Idaho 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County | #22 | 42.2% | 2.4 |
| Clark County | #23 | 43.4% | 2.3 |
| Benewah County | #24 | 43.9% | 2.3 |
| Kootenai County | #25 | 44.5% | 2.2 |
| Latah County | #26 | 46.2% | 2.2 |
| Oneida County | #27 | 47.0% | 2.1 |
| Ada County | #28 | 47.2% | 2.1 |
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