Lamar County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Lamar County, Texas?
Only 41% of eligible citizens in Lamar County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 57% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Lamar County
In the November 2022 midterm, 15,368 of Lamar County’s 37,546 eligible citizens voted: 40.9% turnout. That’s about the same as Texas overall (40.8%) and 5.1 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 22,178 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.4 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 56.7%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Lamar County ranks #94 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.
| County | Rank | Turnout | Per vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches County | #91 | 40.5% | 2.5 |
| Grimes County | #92 | 40.8% | 2.4 |
| Ochiltree County | #93 | 40.8% | 2.4 |
| Lamar County | #94 | 40.9% | 2.4 |
| Brazoria County | #95 | 41.0% | 2.4 |
| Cherokee County | #96 | 41.0% | 2.4 |
| Cochran County | #97 | 41.0% | 2.4 |
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