Cook County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Cook County, Illinois?
Only 40% of eligible citizens in Cook County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 58% turnout · 1.7 people per vote
Turnout in Cook County
In the November 2022 midterm, 1,441,922 of Cook County’s 3,590,885 eligible citizens voted: 40.2% turnout. That’s 4.9 points lower than Illinois overall (45.1%) and 5.8 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 2,148,963 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 57.9%, so each ballot spoke for 1.7 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Cook County ranks #3 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 |
| Lawrence County | #5 | 41.5% | 2.4 |
| Jackson County | #6 | 41.8% | 2.4 |
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