Clay County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Clay County, Kentucky?
Only 31% of eligible citizens in Clay County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 48% turnout · 2.1 people per vote
Turnout in Clay County
In the November 2022 midterm, 4,925 of Clay County’s 15,679 eligible citizens voted: 31.4% turnout. That’s 12.0 points lower than Kentucky overall (43.4%) and 14.6 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 10,754 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.2 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 47.9%, so each ballot spoke for 2.1 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Clay County ranks #4 of 120 counties in Kentucky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin County | #1 | 29.5% | 3.4 |
| Christian County | #2 | 30.6% | 3.3 |
| Fulton County | #3 | 30.6% | 3.3 |
| Clay County | #4 | 31.4% | 3.2 |
| Johnson County | #5 | 32.7% | 3.1 |
| McCreary County | #6 | 33.3% | 3.0 |
| Lawrence County | #7 | 33.5% | 3.0 |
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