Buffalo County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Buffalo County, Nebraska?
Only 42% of eligible citizens in Buffalo County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Buffalo County
In the November 2022 midterm, 15,897 of Buffalo County’s 37,778 eligible citizens voted: 42.1% turnout. That’s 5.2 points lower than Nebraska overall (47.3%) and 3.9 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 21,881 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 62.9%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 20.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Buffalo County ranks #9 of 93 counties in Nebraska 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County | #6 | 39.6% | 2.5 |
| Saline County | #7 | 39.9% | 2.5 |
| Wayne County | #8 | 40.5% | 2.5 |
| Buffalo County | #9 | 42.1% | 2.4 |
| Box Butte County | #10 | 42.5% | 2.4 |
| Nemaha County | #11 | 42.8% | 2.3 |
| Colfax County | #12 | 43.7% | 2.3 |
See all 93 Nebraska counties ranked →