Anderson County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Anderson County, South Carolina?
Only 40% of eligible citizens in Anderson County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 62% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Anderson County
In the November 2022 midterm, 63,791 of Anderson County’s 158,866 eligible citizens voted: 40.2% turnout. That’s 2.4 points lower than South Carolina overall (42.6%) and 5.8 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 95,075 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 61.9%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 21.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Anderson County ranks #17 of 46 counties in South Carolina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgefield County | #14 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Hampton County | #15 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Richland County | #16 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Anderson County | #17 | 40.2% | 2.5 |
| Florence County | #18 | 40.3% | 2.5 |
| Dorchester County | #19 | 40.5% | 2.5 |
| Orangeburg County | #20 | 40.6% | 2.5 |
See all 46 South Carolina counties ranked →