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Leslie County voter turnout

How many people does one vote speak for in Leslie County, Kentucky?

Each vote here counts for 2.8 people

Only 36% of eligible citizens in Leslie County voted in the 2022 midterm.

2024 presidential: 54% turnout · 1.8 people per vote

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2022 midterm turnout
36.0%
2.8 people per vote
2024 presidential turnout
54.5%
1.8 people per vote
Eligible citizens
7,994
citizens 18+
Didn’t vote in 2022
5,114
eligible citizens
Rank in Kentucky
#15 of 120
for vote power

Turnout in Leslie County

In the November 2022 midterm, 2,880 of Leslie County’s 7,994 eligible citizens voted: 36.0% turnout. That’s 7.4 points lower than Kentucky overall (43.4%) and 10.0 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 5,114 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.8 people.

In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 54.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.

Leslie County ranks #15 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.

Counties near Leslie County in the Kentucky ranking (2022 midterm)
CountyRankTurnoutPer vote
Knox County#1235.1%2.8
Letcher County#1335.3%2.8
Perry County#1435.7%2.8
Leslie County#1536.0%2.8
Laurel County#1636.2%2.8
Morgan County#1736.2%2.8
Powell County#1836.7%2.7

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Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.