Hyde County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Hyde County, South Dakota?
Only 60% of eligible citizens in Hyde County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 71% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Small county: the Census estimate behind this number has a wide margin of error, so treat it as approximate.
Turnout in Hyde County
In the November 2022 midterm, 580 of Hyde County’s 975 eligible citizens voted: 59.5% turnout. That’s 7.2 points higher than South Dakota overall (52.3%) and 13.5 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 395 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 1.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 71.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 11.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Hyde County ranks #45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson County | #42 | 59.0% | 1.7 |
| Marshall County | #43 | 59.1% | 1.7 |
| Clark County | #44 | 59.5% | 1.7 |
| Hyde County | #45 | 59.5% | 1.7 |
| Turner County | #46 | 59.5% | 1.7 |
| Faulk County | #47 | 60.3% | 1.7 |
| Day County | #48 | 60.5% | 1.7 |
See all 66 South Dakota counties ranked →