Macon County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Macon County, Tennessee?
Only 25% of eligible citizens in Macon County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 54% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout here may look low partly because the Census count of eligible citizens includes people who don't vote locally, such as people in prison, or military personnel and college students registered elsewhere.
Turnout in Macon County
In the November 2022 midterm, 4,705 of Macon County’s 18,951 eligible citizens voted: 24.8% turnout. That’s 7.6 points lower than Tennessee overall (32.4%) and 21.2 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 14,246 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 4.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 54.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 29.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Macon County ranks #8 of 95 counties in Tennessee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County | #5 | 24.3% | 4.1 |
| Lauderdale County | #6 | 24.3% | 4.1 |
| Montgomery County | #7 | 24.7% | 4.1 |
| Macon County | #8 | 24.8% | 4.0 |
| Union County | #9 | 25.3% | 3.9 |
| Claiborne County | #10 | 25.4% | 3.9 |
| Hardeman County | #11 | 26.0% | 3.8 |
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