Nueces County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Nueces County, Texas?
Only 35% of eligible citizens in Nueces County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 48% turnout · 2.1 people per vote
Turnout in Nueces County
In the November 2022 midterm, 89,305 of Nueces County’s 253,006 eligible citizens voted: 35.3% turnout. That’s 5.5 points lower than Texas overall (40.8%) and 10.7 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 163,701 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.8 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 48.1%, so each ballot spoke for 2.1 people. Midterm turnout here ran 12.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Nueces County ranks #47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wells County | #44 | 34.7% | 2.9 |
| Ward County | #45 | 34.9% | 2.9 |
| Castro County | #46 | 35.3% | 2.8 |
| Nueces County | #47 | 35.3% | 2.8 |
| Pecos County | #48 | 35.5% | 2.8 |
| Midland County | #49 | 35.6% | 2.8 |
| Concho County | #50 | 35.7% | 2.8 |
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