Lake of the Woods County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota?
Only 59% of eligible citizens in Lake of the Woods County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 76% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Lake of the Woods County
In the November 2022 midterm, 1,828 of Lake of the Woods County’s 3,078 eligible citizens voted: 59.4% turnout. That’s about the same as Minnesota overall (59.1%) and 13.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 1,250 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 76.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lake of the Woods County ranks #56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley County | #53 | 59.0% | 1.7 |
| Fillmore County | #54 | 59.4% | 1.7 |
| Itasca County | #55 | 59.4% | 1.7 |
| Lake of the Woods County | #56 | 59.4% | 1.7 |
| Jackson County | #57 | 59.5% | 1.7 |
| Houston County | #58 | 59.9% | 1.7 |
| Steele County | #59 | 60.0% | 1.7 |
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