Orange County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Orange County, New York?
Only 44% of eligible citizens in Orange County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Orange County
In the November 2022 midterm, 124,142 of Orange County’s 280,061 eligible citizens voted: 44.3% turnout. That’s 2.4 points higher than New York overall (41.9%) and 1.7 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 155,919 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.3 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 62.7%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Orange County ranks #23 of 62 counties in New York 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otsego County | #20 | 44.1% | 2.3 |
| Chautauqua County | #21 | 44.3% | 2.3 |
| Clinton County | #22 | 44.3% | 2.3 |
| Orange County | #23 | 44.3% | 2.3 |
| Seneca County | #24 | 44.3% | 2.3 |
| Broome County | #25 | 44.4% | 2.3 |
| Cayuga County | #26 | 45.1% | 2.2 |
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