Cherokee County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Cherokee County, North Carolina?
Only 50% of eligible citizens in Cherokee County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 72% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Cherokee County
In the November 2022 midterm, 12,224 of Cherokee County’s 24,635 eligible citizens voted: 49.6% turnout. That’s 1.8 points higher than North Carolina overall (47.8%) and 3.6 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 12,411 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 72.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 22.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Cherokee County ranks #61 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.
| County | Rank | Turnout | Per vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus County | #58 | 49.1% | 2.0 |
| Nash County | #59 | 49.1% | 2.0 |
| Franklin County | #60 | 49.5% | 2.0 |
| Cherokee County | #61 | 49.6% | 2.0 |
| Stokes County | #62 | 49.7% | 2.0 |
| Currituck County | #63 | 49.8% | 2.0 |
| Person County | #64 | 50.3% | 2.0 |
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