Columbia County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Columbia County, Pennsylvania?
Only 46% of eligible citizens in Columbia County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 61% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Columbia County
In the November 2022 midterm, 24,745 of Columbia County’s 53,402 eligible citizens voted: 46.3% turnout. That’s 7.6 points lower than Pennsylvania overall (53.9%) and about the same as the national rate (46.0%). With 28,657 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 61.0%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 14.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Columbia County ranks #6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County | #3 | 45.0% | 2.2 |
| Northumberland County | #4 | 45.6% | 2.2 |
| McKean County | #5 | 46.1% | 2.2 |
| Columbia County | #6 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Fayette County | #7 | 46.4% | 2.2 |
| Greene County | #8 | 46.7% | 2.1 |
| Clinton County | #9 | 47.0% | 2.1 |
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