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Massachusetts voter turnout by county

Each vote in Massachusetts counts for 2.1 people

48% of eligible Massachusetts citizens voted in the 2022 midterm.

In the 2022 midterm, 2,485,796 of Massachusetts’s 5,155,253 eligible citizens voted (48.2%), so each ballot spoke for 2.1 people. In 2024, turnout was 67.4% (1.5 people per vote). Nationally, 2022 turnout was 46.0%. Vote power is highest in Suffolk County (2.7 people per vote) and lowest in Barnstable County (1.6).

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Massachusetts counties ranked by vote power (2022 midterm)
Suffolk County#12.736.4%1.954.0%
Hampden County#22.539.4%1.759.5%
Bristol County#32.442.3%1.664.1%
Nantucket County#42.246.0%1.566.8%
Worcester County#52.246.0%1.566.1%
Berkshire County#62.146.5%1.565.2%
Hampshire County#72.148.8%1.663.7%
Essex County#82.049.2%1.568.9%
Middlesex County#91.952.6%1.470.8%
Plymouth County#101.953.2%1.374.3%
Norfolk County#111.953.8%1.473.0%
Franklin County#121.855.0%1.473.4%
Dukes County#131.758.9%1.377.0%
Barnstable County#141.662.2%1.378.5%

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Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.