Yates County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Yates County, New York?
Only 44% of eligible citizens in Yates County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 56% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Yates County
In the November 2022 midterm, 8,268 of Yates County’s 18,978 eligible citizens voted: 43.6% turnout. That’s 1.7 points higher than New York overall (41.9%) and 2.4 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 10,710 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.3 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 55.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 11.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Yates County ranks #17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego County | #14 | 43.3% | 2.3 |
| Orleans County | #15 | 43.4% | 2.3 |
| Oneida County | #16 | 43.6% | 2.3 |
| Yates County | #17 | 43.6% | 2.3 |
| Chemung County | #18 | 43.8% | 2.3 |
| Cattaraugus County | #19 | 44.1% | 2.3 |
| Otsego County | #20 | 44.1% | 2.3 |
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