Seward County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Seward County, Kansas?
Only 25% of eligible citizens in Seward County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 39% turnout · 2.5 people per vote
Turnout here may look low partly because the Census count of eligible citizens includes people who don't vote locally, such as people in prison, or military personnel and college students registered elsewhere.
Turnout in Seward County
In the November 2022 midterm, 2,944 of Seward County’s 11,592 eligible citizens voted: 25.4% turnout. That’s 21.9 points lower than Kansas overall (47.3%) and 20.6 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 8,648 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 39.4%, so each ballot spoke for 2.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 14.0 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Seward County ranks #1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seward County | #1 | 25.4% | 3.9 |
| Geary County | #2 | 25.9% | 3.9 |
| Riley County | #3 | 31.7% | 3.2 |
| Ford County | #4 | 32.2% | 3.1 |
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