Mills County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Mills County, Iowa?
Only 50% of eligible citizens in Mills County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 74% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Mills County
In the November 2022 midterm, 5,649 of Mills County’s 11,195 eligible citizens voted: 50.5% turnout. That’s 0.8 points lower than Iowa overall (51.3%) and 4.5 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 5,546 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 74.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 23.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Mills County ranks #35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union County | #32 | 50.2% | 2.0 |
| Hardin County | #33 | 50.3% | 2.0 |
| Monona County | #34 | 50.4% | 2.0 |
| Mills County | #35 | 50.5% | 2.0 |
| Fayette County | #36 | 50.8% | 2.0 |
| Van Buren County | #37 | 50.8% | 2.0 |
| Osceola County | #38 | 51.2% | 2.0 |
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