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Upshur County voter turnout

How many people does one vote speak for in Upshur County, Texas?

Each vote here counts for 2.2 people

Only 46% of eligible citizens in Upshur County voted in the 2022 midterm.

2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote

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2022 midterm turnout
45.5%
2.2 people per vote
2024 presidential turnout
63.4%
1.6 people per vote
Eligible citizens
31,385
citizens 18+
Didn’t vote in 2022
17,112
eligible citizens
Rank in Texas
#142 of 254
for vote power

Turnout in Upshur County

In the November 2022 midterm, 14,273 of Upshur County’s 31,385 eligible citizens voted: 45.5% turnout. That’s 4.7 points higher than Texas overall (40.8%) and about the same as the national rate (46.0%). With 17,112 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.2 people.

In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 63.4%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 17.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.

Upshur County ranks #142 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.

Counties near Upshur County in the Texas ranking (2022 midterm)
CountyRankTurnoutPer vote
Chambers County#13945.4%2.2
San Jacinto County#14045.4%2.2
Kinney County#14145.5%2.2
Upshur County#14245.5%2.2
Cass County#14345.8%2.2
Hardin County#14445.8%2.2
Jack County#14545.8%2.2

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Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.