Palo Alto County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Palo Alto County, Iowa?
Only 54% of eligible citizens in Palo Alto County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 74% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Palo Alto County
In the November 2022 midterm, 3,602 of Palo Alto County’s 6,734 eligible citizens voted: 53.5% turnout. That’s 2.2 points higher than Iowa overall (51.3%) and 7.5 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 3,132 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 74.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 20.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Palo Alto County ranks #62 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County | #59 | 53.4% | 1.9 |
| Carroll County | #60 | 53.5% | 1.9 |
| Mitchell County | #61 | 53.5% | 1.9 |
| Palo Alto County | #62 | 53.5% | 1.9 |
| Polk County | #63 | 53.5% | 1.9 |
| Tama County | #64 | 53.5% | 1.9 |
| Hamilton County | #65 | 53.6% | 1.9 |
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