Story County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Story County, Iowa?
Only 47% of eligible citizens in Story County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Story County
In the November 2022 midterm, 36,972 of Story County’s 79,012 eligible citizens voted: 46.8% turnout. That’s 4.5 points lower than Iowa overall (51.3%) and 0.8 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 42,040 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 63.1%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Story County ranks #16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines County | #13 | 45.9% | 2.2 |
| Emmet County | #14 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Marshall County | #15 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Story County | #16 | 46.8% | 2.1 |
| Decatur County | #17 | 47.1% | 2.1 |
| Clinton County | #18 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
| Davis County | #19 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
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