DeSoto County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in DeSoto County, Mississippi?
Only 25% of eligible citizens in DeSoto County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 56% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout here may look low partly because the Census count of eligible citizens includes people who don't vote locally, such as people in prison, or military personnel and college students registered elsewhere.
Turnout in DeSoto County
In the November 2022 midterm, 34,539 of DeSoto County’s 139,990 eligible citizens voted: 24.7% turnout. That’s 7.2 points lower than Mississippi overall (31.9%) and 21.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 105,451 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 4.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 56.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 31.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
DeSoto County ranks #3 of 82 counties in Mississippi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunica County | #1 | 20.6% | 4.9 |
| Prentiss County | #2 | 24.6% | 4.1 |
| DeSoto County | #3 | 24.7% | 4.1 |
| Oktibbeha County | #4 | 24.9% | 4.0 |
| Sunflower County | #5 | 25.0% | 4.0 |
| Coahoma County | #6 | 25.2% | 4.0 |
See all 82 Mississippi counties ranked →