Dauphin County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania?
Only 54% of eligible citizens in Dauphin County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 70% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Dauphin County
In the November 2022 midterm, 114,446 of Dauphin County’s 213,089 eligible citizens voted: 53.7% turnout. That’s about the same as Pennsylvania overall (53.9%) and 7.7 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 98,643 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 70.2%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Dauphin County ranks #42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County | #39 | 53.3% | 1.9 |
| Lackawanna County | #40 | 53.6% | 1.9 |
| Lancaster County | #41 | 53.6% | 1.9 |
| Dauphin County | #42 | 53.7% | 1.9 |
| Wayne County | #43 | 53.8% | 1.9 |
| Fulton County | #44 | 54.1% | 1.8 |
| Franklin County | #45 | 54.5% | 1.8 |
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