Carbon County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Carbon County, Pennsylvania?
Only 50% of eligible citizens in Carbon County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 68% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Carbon County
In the November 2022 midterm, 26,264 of Carbon County’s 52,421 eligible citizens voted: 50.1% turnout. That’s 3.8 points lower than Pennsylvania overall (53.9%) and 4.1 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 26,157 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 67.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Carbon County ranks #19 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill County | #16 | 48.9% | 2.0 |
| Snyder County | #17 | 49.1% | 2.0 |
| Clearfield County | #18 | 49.6% | 2.0 |
| Carbon County | #19 | 50.1% | 2.0 |
| Lehigh County | #20 | 50.1% | 2.0 |
| Crawford County | #21 | 50.5% | 2.0 |
| Bradford County | #22 | 50.7% | 2.0 |
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