Lake County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lake County, Ohio?
Only 51% of eligible citizens in Lake County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 70% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Lake County
In the November 2022 midterm, 94,339 of Lake County’s 183,503 eligible citizens voted: 51.4% turnout. That’s 5.1 points higher than Ohio overall (46.3%) and 5.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 89,164 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 70.1%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 18.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lake County ranks #79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County | #76 | 50.5% | 2.0 |
| Darke County | #77 | 50.9% | 2.0 |
| Fulton County | #78 | 51.0% | 2.0 |
| Lake County | #79 | 51.4% | 1.9 |
| Union County | #80 | 51.8% | 1.9 |
| Auglaize County | #81 | 53.6% | 1.9 |
| Medina County | #82 | 54.6% | 1.8 |
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