Harding County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Harding County, South Dakota?
77% of eligible citizens in Harding County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 94% turnout · 1.1 people per vote
Small county: the Census estimate behind this number has a wide margin of error, so treat it as approximate.
Turnout in Harding County
In the November 2022 midterm, 679 of Harding County’s 877 eligible citizens voted: 77.4% turnout. That’s 25.1 points higher than South Dakota overall (52.3%) and 31.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 198 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.3 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 93.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.1 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.1 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Harding County ranks #66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haakon County | #63 | 71.9% | 1.4 |
| Douglas County | #64 | 72.7% | 1.4 |
| Jones County | #65 | 72.8% | 1.4 |
| Harding County | #66 | 77.4% | 1.3 |
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