Rusk County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Rusk County, Texas?
Only 40% of eligible citizens in Rusk County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 56% turnout · 1.8 people per vote
Turnout in Rusk County
In the November 2022 midterm, 15,621 of Rusk County’s 39,028 eligible citizens voted: 40.0% turnout. That’s 0.8 points lower than Texas overall (40.8%) and 6.0 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 23,407 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.5 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 55.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.8 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.6 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Rusk County ranks #84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt County | #81 | 39.7% | 2.5 |
| Navarro County | #82 | 39.7% | 2.5 |
| Madison County | #83 | 39.8% | 2.5 |
| Rusk County | #84 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Waller County | #85 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Yoakum County | #86 | 40.0% | 2.5 |
| Orange County | #87 | 40.2% | 2.5 |
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