Roanoke County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Roanoke County, Virginia?
Only 49% of eligible citizens in Roanoke County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 75% turnout · 1.3 people per vote
Turnout in Roanoke County
In the November 2022 midterm, 37,404 of Roanoke County’s 75,661 eligible citizens voted: 49.4% turnout. That’s 1.6 points higher than Virginia overall (47.8%) and 3.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 38,257 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 75.1%, so each ballot spoke for 1.3 people. Midterm turnout here ran 25.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Roanoke County ranks #84 of 133 counties in Virginia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsylvania County | #81 | 49.2% | 2.0 |
| Rockingham County | #82 | 49.2% | 2.0 |
| Gloucester County | #83 | 49.3% | 2.0 |
| Roanoke County | #84 | 49.4% | 2.0 |
| Suffolk city | #85 | 49.9% | 2.0 |
| Bath County | #86 | 50.0% | 2.0 |
| Floyd County | #87 | 50.2% | 2.0 |
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