Pierce County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Pierce County, Washington?
Only 49% of eligible citizens in Pierce County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 65% turnout · 1.5 people per vote
Turnout in Pierce County
In the November 2022 midterm, 332,387 of Pierce County’s 676,964 eligible citizens voted: 49.1% turnout. That’s 5.5 points lower than Washington overall (54.6%) and 3.1 points higher than the national rate (46.0%). With 344,577 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 2.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 64.9%, so each ballot spoke for 1.5 people. Midterm turnout here ran 15.8 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Pierce County ranks #6 of 39 counties in Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitman County | #3 | 41.4% | 2.4 |
| Adams County | #4 | 41.7% | 2.4 |
| Grant County | #5 | 44.0% | 2.3 |
| Pierce County | #6 | 49.1% | 2.0 |
| Grays Harbor County | #7 | 49.7% | 2.0 |
| Asotin County | #8 | 50.9% | 2.0 |
| Walla Walla County | #9 | 52.1% | 1.9 |
See all 39 Washington counties ranked →