Mitchell County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Mitchell County, Texas?
Only 26% of eligible citizens in Mitchell County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 36% turnout · 2.8 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 Mitchell County
In the November 2022 midterm, 1,781 of Mitchell County’s 6,941 eligible citizens voted: 25.7% turnout. That’s 15.1 points lower than Texas overall (40.8%) and 20.3 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 5,160 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.9 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 36.2%, so each ballot spoke for 2.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 10.5 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Mitchell County ranks #2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County | #1 | 25.6% | 3.9 |
| Mitchell County | #2 | 25.7% | 3.9 |
| Coryell County | #3 | 25.9% | 3.9 |
| Bee County | #4 | 26.6% | 3.8 |
| Walker County | #5 | 26.6% | 3.8 |
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