West Baton Rouge Parish voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana?
Only 48% of eligible citizens in West Baton Rouge Parish voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 66% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in West Baton Rouge Parish
In the November 2022 midterm, 10,104 of West Baton Rouge Parish’s 20,869 eligible citizens voted: 48.4% turnout. That’s 7.9 points higher than Louisiana overall (40.5%) and 2.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 10,765 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 66.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
West Baton Rouge Parish ranks #56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Parish | #53 | 48.1% | 2.1 |
| Evangeline Parish | #54 | 48.4% | 2.1 |
| St. Helena Parish | #55 | 48.4% | 2.1 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | #56 | 48.4% | 2.1 |
| Bienville Parish | #57 | 48.9% | 2.0 |
| Jackson Parish | #58 | 49.8% | 2.0 |
| Iberville Parish | #59 | 53.0% | 1.9 |
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