Stearns County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Stearns County, Minnesota?
Only 56% of eligible citizens in Stearns County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 74% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Stearns County
In the November 2022 midterm, 65,485 of Stearns County’s 117,709 eligible citizens voted: 55.6% turnout. That’s 3.5 points lower than Minnesota overall (59.1%) and 9.6 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 52,224 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.8 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 73.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.0 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Stearns County ranks #23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becker County | #20 | 54.8% | 1.8 |
| Clearwater County | #21 | 55.4% | 1.8 |
| Freeborn County | #22 | 55.6% | 1.8 |
| Stearns County | #23 | 55.6% | 1.8 |
| Kanabec County | #24 | 55.8% | 1.8 |
| Ramsey County | #25 | 55.9% | 1.8 |
| Martin County | #26 | 56.0% | 1.8 |
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