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Catawba County voter turnout

How many people does one vote speak for in Catawba County, North Carolina?

Each vote here counts for 2.2 people

Only 45% of eligible citizens in Catawba County voted in the 2022 midterm.

2024 presidential: 71% turnout · 1.4 people per vote

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2022 midterm turnout
45.3%
2.2 people per vote
2024 presidential turnout
71.0%
1.4 people per vote
Eligible citizens
122,710
citizens 18+
Didn’t vote in 2022
67,144
eligible citizens
Rank in North Carolina
#30 of 100
for vote power

Turnout in Catawba County

In the November 2022 midterm, 55,566 of Catawba County’s 122,710 eligible citizens voted: 45.3% turnout. That’s 2.5 points lower than North Carolina overall (47.8%) and 0.7 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 67,144 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.

In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 71.0%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 25.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.

Catawba County ranks #30 of 100 counties in North Carolina 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.

Counties near Catawba County in the North Carolina ranking (2022 midterm)
CountyRankTurnoutPer vote
Montgomery County#2745.0%2.2
Bertie County#2845.2%2.2
Davidson County#2945.2%2.2
Catawba County#3045.3%2.2
Randolph County#3145.4%2.2
Rockingham County#3245.4%2.2
Caswell County#3345.5%2.2

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Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.