Carbon County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Carbon County, Montana?
Only 64% of eligible citizens in Carbon County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 80% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Carbon County
In the November 2022 midterm, 5,833 of Carbon County’s 9,163 eligible citizens voted: 63.7% turnout. That’s 10.5 points higher than Montana overall (53.2%) and 17.7 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 3,330 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.6 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 79.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Carbon County ranks #48 of 56 counties in Montana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Grass County | #45 | 62.7% | 1.6 |
| Powder River County | #46 | 63.0% | 1.6 |
| Jefferson County | #47 | 63.6% | 1.6 |
| Carbon County | #48 | 63.7% | 1.6 |
| Liberty County | #49 | 65.8% | 1.5 |
| Madison County | #50 | 66.0% | 1.5 |
| McCone County | #51 | 68.3% | 1.5 |
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