Suffolk city voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Suffolk city, Virginia?
Only 50% of eligible citizens in Suffolk city voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 72% turnout · 1.4 people per vote
Turnout in Suffolk city
In the November 2022 midterm, 36,796 of Suffolk city’s 73,793 eligible citizens voted: 49.9% turnout. That’s 2.1 points higher than Virginia overall (47.8%) and 3.9 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 36,997 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 72.3%, so each ballot spoke for 1.4 people. Midterm turnout here ran 22.4 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Suffolk city ranks #85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Charles City County | #88 | 50.7% | 2.0 |
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