Penobscot County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Penobscot County, Maine?
Only 55% of eligible citizens in Penobscot County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 70% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Penobscot County
In the November 2022 midterm, 68,647 of Penobscot County’s 125,181 eligible citizens voted: 54.8% turnout. That’s 5.8 points lower than Maine overall (60.6%) and 8.8 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 56,534 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.8 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 69.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 14.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Penobscot County ranks #3 of 16 counties in Maine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aroostook County | #1 | 53.5% | 1.9 |
| Androscoggin County | #2 | 54.0% | 1.9 |
| Penobscot County | #3 | 54.8% | 1.8 |
| Somerset County | #4 | 55.3% | 1.8 |
| Oxford County | #5 | 57.3% | 1.7 |
| Piscataquis County | #6 | 57.3% | 1.7 |
See all 16 Maine counties ranked →