Butler County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Butler County, Kansas?
Only 48% of eligible citizens in Butler County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 64% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Butler County
In the November 2022 midterm, 23,756 of Butler County’s 50,065 eligible citizens voted: 47.5% turnout. That’s about the same as Kansas overall (47.3%) and 1.5 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 26,309 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 64.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 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.
Butler County ranks #39 of 105 counties in Kansas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis County | #36 | 46.6% | 2.1 |
| Sumner County | #37 | 46.9% | 2.1 |
| Gray County | #38 | 47.4% | 2.1 |
| Butler County | #39 | 47.5% | 2.1 |
| Cloud County | #40 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
| Scott County | #41 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
| McPherson County | #42 | 48.1% | 2.1 |
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