Gates County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Gates County, North Carolina?
Only 52% of eligible citizens in Gates County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 71% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Gates County
In the November 2022 midterm, 4,306 of Gates County’s 8,271 eligible citizens voted: 52.1% turnout. That’s 4.3 points higher than North Carolina overall (47.8%) and 6.1 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 3,965 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 70.9%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Gates County ranks #75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde County | #72 | 52.0% | 1.9 |
| Jones County | #73 | 52.0% | 1.9 |
| Bladen County | #74 | 52.1% | 1.9 |
| Gates County | #75 | 52.1% | 1.9 |
| Haywood County | #76 | 52.7% | 1.9 |
| Macon County | #77 | 52.8% | 1.9 |
| Moore County | #78 | 52.9% | 1.9 |
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