Voter Turnout by State

2018 and 2022

Turnout is the University of Florida Election Lab’s voting-eligible-population (VEP) turnout rate: total ballots cast divided by the estimated population eligible to vote. An asterisk (*) indicates that the state had a U.S. Senate or governor’s race in that year decided by less than 6 percentage points.

State 2018 VEP turnout 2022 VEP turnout
United States50.05%46.12%
Alabama47.18%37.53%
Alaska54.19%50.46%
Arizona47.89%*49.29%*
Arkansas41.55%41.75%
California48.93%42.98%
Colorado62.07%58.35%
Connecticut54.62%*49.01%
Delaware51.40%42.88%
Florida54.43%*48.75%
Georgia54.45%*52.23%*
Hawaii39.06%40.63%
Idaho49.77%42.79%
Illinois51.27%45.95%
Indiana46.88%*37.48%
Iowa57.66%*52.45%
Kansas50.95%*47.89%*
Kentucky48.80%44.93%
Louisiana44.98%42.09%
Maine60.37%60.75%
Maryland54.26%46.35%
Massachusetts54.78%48.96%
Michigan57.62%59.13%
Minnesota64.21%60.64%
Mississippi43.71%32.69%
Missouri53.45%*49.78%
Montana62.13%*53.60%
Nebraska51.63%48.55%
Nevada46.80%*46.10%*
New Hampshire54.39%56.25%
New Jersey53.68%41.17%
New Mexico46.74%46.42%
New York45.26%42.58%
North Carolina49.51%47.84%*
North Dakota58.67%42.12%
Ohio51.03%*47.20%
Oklahoma42.26%39.89%
Oregon61.22%62.85%*
Pennsylvania51.75%54.61%*
Rhode Island48.09%44.09%
South Carolina45.15%42.85%
South Dakota53.10%*53.06%
Tennessee45.11%33.48%
Texas45.80%*41.75%
Utah51.51%47.35%
Vermont55.73%55.82%
Virginia54.47%47.73%
Washington59.11%55.09%
West Virginia42.36%*35.51%
Wisconsin61.74%*60.32%*
Wyoming48.18%45.37%

* Contested statewide race = U.S. Senate or governor’s race decided by less than 6 percentage points.

Source: University of Florida Election Lab. 2018 General Election Turnout Rates | 2022 General Election Turnout Rates