Lackawanna County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania?
Only 54% of eligible citizens in Lackawanna County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 70% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Lackawanna County
In the November 2022 midterm, 89,073 of Lackawanna County’s 166,089 eligible citizens voted: 53.6% turnout. That’s about the same as Pennsylvania overall (53.9%) and 7.6 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 77,016 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 16.6 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lackawanna County ranks #40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren County | #37 | 53.0% | 1.9 |
| Cambria County | #38 | 53.3% | 1.9 |
| 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 |
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