Wayne County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Wayne County, Mississippi?
Only 40% of eligible citizens in Wayne County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Wayne County
In the November 2022 midterm, 5,831 of Wayne County’s 14,458 eligible citizens voted: 40.3% turnout. That’s 8.4 points higher than Mississippi overall (31.9%) and 5.7 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 8,627 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 63.1%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 22.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Wayne County ranks #70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke County | #67 | 39.3% | 2.5 |
| Choctaw County | #68 | 39.5% | 2.5 |
| Attala County | #69 | 39.7% | 2.5 |
| Wayne County | #70 | 40.3% | 2.5 |
| Montgomery County | #71 | 40.4% | 2.5 |
| Noxubee County | #72 | 40.8% | 2.5 |
| Smith County | #73 | 41.8% | 2.4 |
See all 82 Mississippi counties ranked →