Haywood County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Haywood County, North Carolina?
Only 53% of eligible citizens in Haywood County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 74% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Haywood County
In the November 2022 midterm, 26,768 of Haywood County’s 50,780 eligible citizens voted: 52.7% turnout. That’s 4.9 points higher than North Carolina overall (47.8%) and 6.7 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 24,012 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 74.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 21.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Haywood County ranks #76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Alexander County | #79 | 53.1% | 1.9 |
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