Gilmer County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Gilmer County, West Virginia?
Only 27% of eligible citizens in Gilmer County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 39% turnout · 2.6 people per vote
Turnout here may look low partly because the Census count of eligible citizens includes people who don't vote locally, such as people in prison, or military personnel and college students registered elsewhere.
Turnout in Gilmer County
In the November 2022 midterm, 1,626 of Gilmer County’s 6,006 eligible citizens voted: 27.1% turnout. That’s 6.4 points lower than West Virginia overall (33.5%) and 18.9 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 4,380 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.7 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 39.0%, so each ballot spoke for 2.6 people. Midterm turnout here ran 11.9 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Gilmer County ranks #4 of 55 counties in West 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell County | #1 | 21.6% | 4.6 |
| Logan County | #2 | 24.7% | 4.0 |
| Wyoming County | #3 | 25.1% | 4.0 |
| Gilmer County | #4 | 27.1% | 3.7 |
| Webster County | #5 | 28.4% | 3.5 |
| Monongalia County | #6 | 29.8% | 3.4 |
| Cabell County | #7 | 29.9% | 3.3 |
See all 55 West Virginia counties ranked →