Lafayette Parish voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana?
Only 40% of eligible citizens in Lafayette Parish voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 61% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Lafayette Parish
In the November 2022 midterm, 72,444 of Lafayette Parish’s 181,226 eligible citizens voted: 40.0% turnout. That’s 0.5 points lower than Louisiana overall (40.5%) and 6.0 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 108,782 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 61.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 21.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lafayette Parish ranks #26 of 64 counties in Louisiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauregard Parish | #23 | 39.7% | 2.5 |
| Allen Parish | #24 | 39.8% | 2.5 |
| Livingston Parish | #25 | 39.9% | 2.5 |
| Lafayette Parish | #26 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Winn Parish | #27 | 40.9% | 2.4 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | #28 | 41.1% | 2.4 |
| Lafourche Parish | #29 | 41.4% | 2.4 |
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