Meade County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Meade County, South Dakota?
Only 50% of eligible citizens in Meade County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 62% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Meade County
In the November 2022 midterm, 11,876 of Meade County’s 23,805 eligible citizens voted: 49.9% turnout. That’s 2.4 points lower than South Dakota overall (52.3%) and 3.9 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 11,929 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 61.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 11.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Meade County ranks #20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman County | #17 | 49.4% | 2.0 |
| Yankton County | #18 | 49.5% | 2.0 |
| Brown County | #19 | 49.9% | 2.0 |
| Meade County | #20 | 49.9% | 2.0 |
| Codington County | #21 | 50.4% | 2.0 |
| Walworth County | #22 | 51.1% | 2.0 |
| Minnehaha County | #23 | 51.7% | 1.9 |
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