Orange County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Orange County, North Carolina?
Only 59% of eligible citizens in Orange County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 78% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Orange County
In the November 2022 midterm, 66,553 of Orange County’s 112,323 eligible citizens voted: 59.3% turnout. That’s 11.5 points higher than North Carolina overall (47.8%) and 13.3 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 45,770 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 78.2%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Orange County ranks #99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yancey County | #96 | 58.7% | 1.7 |
| Pamlico County | #97 | 58.8% | 1.7 |
| Dare County | #98 | 59.1% | 1.7 |
| Orange County | #99 | 59.3% | 1.7 |
| Chatham County | #100 | 66.1% | 1.5 |
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