Oktibbeha County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi?
Only 25% of eligible citizens in Oktibbeha County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 44% turnout · 2.3 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 Oktibbeha County
In the November 2022 midterm, 10,245 of Oktibbeha County’s 41,210 eligible citizens voted: 24.9% turnout. That’s 7.0 points lower than Mississippi overall (31.9%) and 21.1 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 30,965 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 4.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 43.8%, so each ballot spoke for 2.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Oktibbeha County ranks #4 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 |
| Harrison County | #7 | 26.6% | 3.8 |
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