Ouachita Parish voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana?
Only 36% of eligible citizens in Ouachita Parish voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 55% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Ouachita Parish
In the November 2022 midterm, 42,920 of Ouachita Parish’s 117,787 eligible citizens voted: 36.4% turnout. That’s 4.1 points lower than Louisiana overall (40.5%) and 9.6 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 74,867 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 54.7%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Ouachita Parish ranks #10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tangipahoa Parish | #7 | 35.1% | 2.8 |
| Calcasieu Parish | #8 | 35.4% | 2.8 |
| Terrebonne Parish | #9 | 35.4% | 2.8 |
| Ouachita Parish | #10 | 36.4% | 2.7 |
| Natchitoches Parish | #11 | 36.7% | 2.7 |
| Grant Parish | #12 | 37.8% | 2.6 |
| Morehouse Parish | #13 | 38.2% | 2.6 |
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