Beaufort County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Beaufort County, South Carolina?
Only 47% of eligible citizens in Beaufort County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 68% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Beaufort County
In the November 2022 midterm, 72,129 of Beaufort County’s 152,622 eligible citizens voted: 47.3% turnout. That’s 4.7 points higher than South Carolina overall (42.6%) and 1.3 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 80,493 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 68.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 21.1 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Beaufort County ranks #41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon County | #38 | 45.9% | 2.2 |
| Jasper County | #39 | 46.3% | 2.2 |
| Saluda County | #40 | 47.1% | 2.1 |
| Beaufort County | #41 | 47.3% | 2.1 |
| Charleston County | #42 | 47.7% | 2.1 |
| Calhoun County | #43 | 49.0% | 2.0 |
| Fairfield County | #44 | 50.0% | 2.0 |
See all 46 South Carolina counties ranked →