Johnson County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Johnson County, Kentucky?
Only 33% of eligible citizens in Johnson County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 56% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Johnson County
In the November 2022 midterm, 5,643 of Johnson County’s 17,234 eligible citizens voted: 32.7% turnout. That’s 10.7 points lower than Kentucky overall (43.4%) and 13.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 11,591 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 55.8%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 23.1 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Johnson County ranks #5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Breathitt County | #8 | 34.0% | 2.9 |
See all 120 Kentucky counties ranked →