Prairie County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Prairie County, Montana?
Only 59% of eligible citizens in Prairie County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 66% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Small county: the Census estimate behind this number has a wide margin of error, so treat it as approximate.
Turnout in Prairie County
In the November 2022 midterm, 609 of Prairie County’s 1,035 eligible citizens voted: 58.8% turnout. That’s 5.6 points higher than Montana overall (53.2%) and 12.8 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 426 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 66.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 7.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Prairie County ranks #34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead County | #31 | 57.6% | 1.7 |
| Lewis and Clark County | #32 | 58.0% | 1.7 |
| Missoula County | #33 | 58.2% | 1.7 |
| Prairie County | #34 | 58.8% | 1.7 |
| Fallon County | #35 | 58.9% | 1.7 |
| Fergus County | #36 | 59.1% | 1.7 |
| Sanders County | #37 | 60.3% | 1.7 |
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