Walworth County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Walworth County, South Dakota?
Only 51% of eligible citizens in Walworth County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 61% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Walworth County
In the November 2022 midterm, 2,053 of Walworth County’s 4,014 eligible citizens voted: 51.1% turnout. That’s 1.2 points lower than South Dakota overall (52.3%) and 5.1 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 1,961 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 61.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 10.3 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Walworth County ranks #22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pennington County | #24 | 52.0% | 1.9 |
| Butte County | #25 | 52.4% | 1.9 |
See all 66 South Dakota counties ranked →