Kanawha County voter turnout
How many people does one vote speak for in Kanawha County, West Virginia?
Only 34% of eligible citizens in Kanawha County voted in the 2022 midterm.
2024 presidential: 54% turnout · 1.9 people per vote
Turnout in Kanawha County
In the November 2022 midterm, 47,551 of Kanawha County’s 140,364 eligible citizens voted: 33.9% turnout. That’s about the same as West Virginia overall (33.5%) and 12.1 points lower than the national rate (46.0%). With 92,813 eligible citizens sitting it out, each ballot cast spoke for 3.0 people.
In the 2024 presidential election, turnout was 53.6%, so each ballot spoke for 1.9 people. Midterm turnout here ran 19.7 points below the presidential year, which is why every vote in a midterm like 2026 carries extra weight.
Kanawha County ranks #28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas County | #25 | 33.4% | 3.0 |
| Randolph County | #26 | 33.4% | 3.0 |
| Lewis County | #27 | 33.6% | 3.0 |
| Kanawha County | #28 | 33.9% | 3.0 |
| Clay County | #29 | 34.1% | 2.9 |
| Summers County | #30 | 34.7% | 2.9 |
| Marion County | #31 | 35.0% | 2.9 |
See all 55 West Virginia counties ranked →