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Ellis County voter turnout

How many people does one vote speak for in Ellis County, Texas?

Each vote here counts for 2.2 people

Only 46% of eligible citizens in Ellis County voted in the 2022 midterm.

2024 presidential: 68% turnout · 1.5 people per vote

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2022 midterm turnout
46.1%
2.2 people per vote
2024 presidential turnout
67.6%
1.5 people per vote
Eligible citizens
147,177
citizens 18+
Didn’t vote in 2022
79,370
eligible citizens
Rank in Texas
#150 of 254
for vote power

Turnout in Ellis County

In the November 2022 midterm, 67,807 of Ellis County’s 147,177 eligible citizens voted: 46.1% turnout. That’s 5.3 points higher than Texas overall (40.8%) and about the same as the national rate (46.0%). With 79,370 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.

In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 67.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 21.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.

Ellis County ranks #150 of 254 counties in Texas 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.

Counties near Ellis County in the Texas ranking (2022 midterm)
CountyRankTurnoutPer vote
McCulloch County#14745.9%2.2
Montgomery County#14845.9%2.2
Upton County#14945.9%2.2
Ellis County#15046.1%2.2
Jasper County#15146.2%2.2
Uvalde County#15246.6%2.1
Lee County#15346.7%2.1

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Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.