Portage County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Portage County, Ohio?
Only 47% of eligible citizens in Portage County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 64% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Portage County
In the November 2022 midterm, 60,481 of Portage County’s 129,535 eligible citizens voted: 46.7% turnout. That’s about the same as Ohio overall (46.3%) and 0.7 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 69,054 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 64.2%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Portage County ranks #54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Wert County | #51 | 46.2% | 2.2 |
| Paulding County | #52 | 46.4% | 2.2 |
| Monroe County | #53 | 46.5% | 2.2 |
| Portage County | #54 | 46.7% | 2.1 |
| Logan County | #55 | 47.0% | 2.1 |
| Sandusky County | #56 | 47.0% | 2.1 |
| Wood County | #57 | 47.1% | 2.1 |
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