Brown County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Brown County, Illinois?
Only 37% of eligible citizens in Brown County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 47% turnout · 2.1 people per vote
Turnout in Brown County
In the November 2022 midterm, 1,911 of Brown County’s 5,203 eligible citizens voted: 36.7% turnout. That’s 8.4 points lower than Illinois overall (45.1%) and 9.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 3,292 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 47.2%, so each ballot spoke for 2.1 people. Midterm turnout here ran 10.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Brown County ranks #1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County | #1 | 36.7% | 2.7 |
| Vermilion County | #2 | 39.9% | 2.5 |
| Cook County | #3 | 40.2% | 2.5 |
| Morgan County | #4 | 41.4% | 2.4 |
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