Chester County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Chester County, South Carolina?
Only 39% of eligible citizens in Chester County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Chester County
In the November 2022 midterm, 9,599 of Chester County’s 24,784 eligible citizens voted: 38.7% turnout. That’s 3.9 points lower than South Carolina overall (42.6%) and 7.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 15,185 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.6 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 62.8%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 24.1 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Chester County ranks #10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurens County | #7 | 38.3% | 2.6 |
| Marion County | #8 | 38.3% | 2.6 |
| Spartanburg County | #9 | 38.6% | 2.6 |
| Chester County | #10 | 38.7% | 2.6 |
| Dillon County | #11 | 38.7% | 2.6 |
| Sumter County | #12 | 39.0% | 2.6 |
| Berkeley County | #13 | 39.4% | 2.5 |
See all 46 South Carolina counties ranked →