Hennepin County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Hennepin County, Minnesota?
Only 62% of eligible citizens in Hennepin County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 77% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Hennepin County
In the November 2022 midterm, 575,529 of Hennepin County’s 930,648 eligible citizens voted: 61.8% turnout. That’s 2.7 points higher than Minnesota overall (59.1%) and 15.8 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 355,119 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.6 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 77.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.6 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Hennepin County ranks #71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Medicine County | #68 | 61.2% | 1.6 |
| Cass County | #69 | 61.6% | 1.6 |
| Big Stone County | #70 | 61.7% | 1.6 |
| Hennepin County | #71 | 61.8% | 1.6 |
| Hubbard County | #72 | 61.9% | 1.6 |
| Scott County | #73 | 61.9% | 1.6 |
| Traverse County | #74 | 62.0% | 1.6 |
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