Smith County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Smith County, Texas?
Only 44% of eligible citizens in Smith County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 60% turnout · 1.7 people per vote
Turnout in Smith County
In the November 2022 midterm, 76,251 of Smith County’s 171,788 eligible citizens voted: 44.4% turnout. That’s 3.6 points higher than Texas overall (40.8%) and 1.6 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 95,537 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.3 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 60.5%, so each ballot spoke for 1.7 people. Midterm turnout here ran 16.1 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Smith County ranks #129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Zandt County | #126 | 44.2% | 2.3 |
| Knox County | #127 | 44.3% | 2.3 |
| Randall County | #128 | 44.3% | 2.3 |
| Smith County | #129 | 44.4% | 2.3 |
| Freestone County | #130 | 44.6% | 2.2 |
| Fort Bend County | #131 | 44.8% | 2.2 |
| Martin County | #132 | 44.8% | 2.2 |
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