Rapides Parish voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Rapides Parish, Louisiana?
Only 42% of eligible citizens in Rapides Parish voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 57% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Rapides Parish
In the November 2022 midterm, 39,079 of Rapides Parish’s 93,870 eligible citizens voted: 41.6% turnout. That’s 1.1 points higher than Louisiana overall (40.5%) and 4.4 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 54,791 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 56.9%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Rapides Parish ranks #30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winn Parish | #27 | 40.9% | 2.4 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | #28 | 41.1% | 2.4 |
| Lafourche Parish | #29 | 41.4% | 2.4 |
| Rapides Parish | #30 | 41.6% | 2.4 |
| St. Mary Parish | #31 | 41.6% | 2.4 |
| Franklin Parish | #32 | 42.2% | 2.4 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | #33 | 42.5% | 2.4 |
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