Brookings County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Brookings County, South Dakota?
Only 47% of eligible citizens in Brookings County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 56% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Brookings County
In the November 2022 midterm, 12,427 of Brookings County’s 26,512 eligible citizens voted: 46.9% turnout. That’s 5.4 points lower than South Dakota overall (52.3%) and 0.9 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 14,085 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 56.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 9.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Brookings County ranks #10 of 66 counties in South Dakota 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Homme County | #7 | 45.0% | 2.2 |
| Beadle County | #8 | 45.2% | 2.2 |
| Mellette County | #9 | 45.5% | 2.2 |
| Brookings County | #10 | 46.9% | 2.1 |
| Bennett County | #11 | 47.8% | 2.1 |
| Charles Mix County | #12 | 48.3% | 2.1 |
| Davison County | #13 | 48.3% | 2.1 |
See all 66 South Dakota counties ranked →