Lee County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lee County, Iowa?
Only 45% of eligible citizens in Lee County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 64% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Lee County
In the November 2022 midterm, 11,465 of Lee County’s 25,616 eligible citizens voted: 44.8% turnout. That’s 6.5 points lower than Iowa overall (51.3%) and 1.2 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 14,151 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 63.7%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lee County ranks #10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster County | #7 | 42.6% | 2.3 |
| Muscatine County | #8 | 42.8% | 2.3 |
| Henry County | #9 | 44.6% | 2.2 |
| Lee County | #10 | 44.8% | 2.2 |
| Montgomery County | #11 | 45.2% | 2.2 |
| Louisa County | #12 | 45.7% | 2.2 |
| Des Moines County | #13 | 45.9% | 2.2 |
See all 99 Iowa counties ranked →