Union County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Union County, North Carolina?
Only 52% of eligible citizens in Union County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 80% turnout · 1.2 people per vote
Turnout in Union County
In the November 2022 midterm, 90,103 of Union County’s 173,457 eligible citizens voted: 51.9% turnout. That’s 4.1 points higher than North Carolina overall (47.8%) and 5.9 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 83,354 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 80.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.2 people. Midterm turnout here ran 28.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Union County ranks #71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin County | #68 | 51.0% | 2.0 |
| Lincoln County | #69 | 51.1% | 2.0 |
| Camden County | #70 | 51.2% | 2.0 |
| Union County | #71 | 51.9% | 1.9 |
| Hyde County | #72 | 52.0% | 1.9 |
| Jones County | #73 | 52.0% | 1.9 |
| Bladen County | #74 | 52.1% | 1.9 |
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