Chesapeake city voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Chesapeake city, Virginia?
Only 47% of eligible citizens in Chesapeake city voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 68% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Chesapeake city
In the November 2022 midterm, 88,645 of Chesapeake city’s 186,988 eligible citizens voted: 47.4% turnout. That’s about the same as Virginia overall (47.8%) and 1.4 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 98,343 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.1 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 68.2%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 20.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Chesapeake city ranks #70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst County | #67 | 47.3% | 2.1 |
| Cumberland County | #68 | 47.3% | 2.1 |
| Charlottesville city | #69 | 47.4% | 2.1 |
| Chesapeake city | #70 | 47.4% | 2.1 |
| Virginia Beach city | #71 | 47.4% | 2.1 |
| Charlotte County | #72 | 48.0% | 2.1 |
| Caroline County | #73 | 48.1% | 2.1 |
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