Lafayette County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lafayette County, Missouri?
Only 48% of eligible citizens in Lafayette County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 68% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Lafayette County
In the November 2022 midterm, 12,030 of Lafayette County’s 25,214 eligible citizens voted: 47.7% turnout. That’s 3.6 points higher than Missouri overall (44.1%) and 1.7 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 13,184 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 68.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 20.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lafayette County ranks #80 of 115 counties in Missouri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper County | #77 | 47.0% | 2.1 |
| Atchison County | #78 | 47.3% | 2.1 |
| Cass County | #79 | 47.4% | 2.1 |
| Lafayette County | #80 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
| Putnam County | #81 | 47.8% | 2.1 |
| Carter County | #82 | 47.9% | 2.1 |
| Macon County | #83 | 48.1% | 2.1 |
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