Wapello County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Wapello County, Iowa?
Only 42% of eligible citizens in Wapello County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 59% turnout · 1.7 people per vote
Turnout in Wapello County
In the November 2022 midterm, 10,510 of Wapello County’s 24,880 eligible citizens voted: 42.2% turnout. That’s 9.1 points lower than Iowa overall (51.3%) and 3.8 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 14,370 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 59.1%, so each ballot spoke for 1.7 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Wapello County ranks #6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Webster County | #7 | 42.6% | 2.3 |
| Muscatine County | #8 | 42.8% | 2.3 |
| Henry County | #9 | 44.6% | 2.2 |
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