Salt Lake County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Salt Lake County, Utah?
Only 47% of eligible citizens in Salt Lake County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 63% turnout · 1.6 people per vote
Turnout in Salt Lake County
In the November 2022 midterm, 381,195 of Salt Lake County’s 809,053 eligible citizens voted: 47.1% turnout. That’s about the same as Utah overall (47.0%) and 1.1 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 427,858 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 63.0%, so each ballot spoke for 1.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Salt Lake County ranks #10 of 29 counties in Utah 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah County | #7 | 45.7% | 2.2 |
| Sanpete County | #8 | 46.5% | 2.2 |
| Duchesne County | #9 | 47.1% | 2.1 |
| Salt Lake County | #10 | 47.1% | 2.1 |
| Box Elder County | #11 | 48.2% | 2.1 |
| Washington County | #12 | 48.9% | 2.0 |
| Davis County | #13 | 49.5% | 2.0 |
See all 29 Utah counties ranked →