Blue Earth County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Blue Earth County, Minnesota?
Only 49% of eligible citizens in Blue Earth County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 67% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Blue Earth County
In the November 2022 midterm, 26,509 of Blue Earth County’s 54,542 eligible citizens voted: 48.6% turnout. That’s 10.5 points lower than Minnesota overall (59.1%) and 2.6 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 28,033 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 66.8%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.2 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Blue Earth County ranks #5 of 87 counties in Minnesota 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | #2 | 45.6% | 2.2 |
| Nobles County | #3 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Polk County | #4 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
| Blue Earth County | #5 | 48.6% | 2.1 |
| Mower County | #6 | 50.5% | 2.0 |
| Winona County | #7 | 50.8% | 2.0 |
| Pennington County | #8 | 50.9% | 2.0 |
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