Cuyahoga County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?
Only 43% of eligible citizens in Cuyahoga County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 60% turnout · 1.7 people per vote
Turnout in Cuyahoga County
In the November 2022 midterm, 410,267 of Cuyahoga County’s 958,739 eligible citizens voted: 42.8% turnout. That’s 3.5 points lower than Ohio overall (46.3%) and 3.2 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 548,472 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.3 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 60.1%, so each ballot spoke for 1.7 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Cuyahoga County ranks #28 of 88 counties in Ohio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | #25 | 42.7% | 2.3 |
| Seneca County | #26 | 42.7% | 2.3 |
| Allen County | #27 | 42.8% | 2.3 |
| Cuyahoga County | #28 | 42.8% | 2.3 |
| Meigs County | #29 | 43.1% | 2.3 |
| Richland County | #30 | 43.1% | 2.3 |
| Clark County | #31 | 43.4% | 2.3 |
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