Wayne County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Wayne County, Michigan?
Only 49% of eligible citizens in Wayne County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 66% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Wayne County
In the November 2022 midterm, 627,508 of Wayne County’s 1,291,520 eligible citizens voted: 48.6% turnout. That’s 9.5 points lower than Michigan overall (58.1%) and 2.6 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 664,012 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 17.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Wayne County ranks #5 of 83 counties in Michigan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella County | #2 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Gratiot County | #3 | 46.8% | 2.1 |
| Branch County | #4 | 48.0% | 2.1 |
| Wayne County | #5 | 48.6% | 2.1 |
| St. Joseph County | #6 | 49.2% | 2.0 |
| Chippewa County | #7 | 49.4% | 2.0 |
| Lake County | #8 | 49.4% | 2.0 |
See all 83 Michigan counties ranked →