Bureau County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Bureau County, Illinois?
Only 49% of eligible citizens in Bureau County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 62% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Bureau County
In the November 2022 midterm, 12,678 of Bureau County’s 25,652 eligible citizens voted: 49.4% turnout. That’s 4.3 points higher than Illinois overall (45.1%) and 3.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 12,974 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 62.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 13.0 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Bureau County ranks #54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moultrie County | #51 | 49.0% | 2.0 |
| Stephenson County | #52 | 49.1% | 2.0 |
| Mason County | #53 | 49.3% | 2.0 |
| Bureau County | #54 | 49.4% | 2.0 |
| Fulton County | #55 | 49.4% | 2.0 |
| Greene County | #56 | 49.7% | 2.0 |
| Ogle County | #57 | 49.9% | 2.0 |
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