Pulaski County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Pulaski County, Missouri?
Only 23% of eligible citizens in Pulaski County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 38% turnout · 2.6 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 Pulaski County
In the November 2022 midterm, 9,320 of Pulaski County’s 40,999 eligible citizens voted: 22.7% turnout. That’s 21.4 points lower than Missouri overall (44.1%) and 23.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 31,679 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 4.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 37.9%, so each ballot spoke for 2.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.2 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Pulaski County ranks #1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County | #1 | 22.7% | 4.4 |
| Pemiscot County | #2 | 29.2% | 3.4 |
| Dunklin County | #3 | 31.5% | 3.2 |
| Mississippi County | #4 | 31.5% | 3.2 |
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