Sioux County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Sioux County, North Dakota?
Only 24% of eligible citizens in Sioux County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 39% turnout · 2.6 people per vote
Turnout here may look low partly because the Census count of eligible citizens includes people who don't vote locally, such as people in prison, or military personnel and college students registered elsewhere.
Turnout in Sioux County
In the November 2022 midterm, 584 of Sioux County’s 2,443 eligible citizens voted: 23.9% turnout. That’s 17.4 points lower than North Dakota overall (41.3%) and 22.1 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 1,859 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 4.2 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 39.0%, so each ballot spoke for 2.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.1 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Sioux County ranks #1 of 53 counties in North Dakota 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux County | #1 | 23.9% | 4.2 |
| Williams County | #2 | 28.2% | 3.5 |
| Ward County | #3 | 32.9% | 3.0 |
| Rolette County | #4 | 33.9% | 3.0 |
See all 53 North Dakota counties ranked →