Buena Vista County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Buena Vista County, Iowa?
Only 41% of eligible citizens in Buena Vista County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 61% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Buena Vista County
In the November 2022 midterm, 5,145 of Buena Vista County’s 12,512 eligible citizens voted: 41.1% turnout. That’s 10.2 points lower than Iowa overall (51.3%) and 4.9 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 7,367 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 60.7%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 19.6 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Buena Vista County ranks #3 of 99 counties in Iowa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury County | #1 | 39.4% | 2.5 |
| Crawford County | #2 | 40.7% | 2.5 |
| Buena Vista County | #3 | 41.1% | 2.4 |
| Pottawattamie County | #4 | 41.5% | 2.4 |
| Page County | #5 | 42.1% | 2.4 |
| Wapello County | #6 | 42.2% | 2.4 |
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