Boone County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Boone County, Illinois?
Only 46% of eligible citizens in Boone County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 64% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Boone County
In the November 2022 midterm, 17,532 of Boone County’s 37,733 eligible citizens voted: 46.5% turnout. That’s 1.4 points higher than Illinois overall (45.1%) and 0.5 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 20,201 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 64.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Boone County ranks #29 of 102 counties in Illinois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County | #26 | 46.1% | 2.2 |
| Christian County | #27 | 46.2% | 2.2 |
| St. Clair County | #28 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Boone County | #29 | 46.5% | 2.2 |
| Cass County | #30 | 46.5% | 2.2 |
| Wabash County | #31 | 46.5% | 2.2 |
| Jefferson County | #32 | 46.7% | 2.1 |
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