Nevada has the lowest midterm turnout in the Mountain West
About half of eligible voters skip midterms. In Nevada, even more stay home.
Since 1980, about 63% of voting-age citizens have voted for president and about 48% have voted in midterms, a usual drop of about 15 points, according to Census data. A few elections have broken that pattern.
The drop is not the same for every group. Older, higher-income, and more educated people are more likely to vote in midterms. Younger people, Hispanic citizens, and people with less education vote at lower rates. White voters turn out at the highest rate. Asian turnout falls the most from a presidential year.
Nevada’s midterm turnout was below the national rate. In 2022, 54.7% of active registered voters cast a ballot, down from 77.3% in the 2020 presidential election, according to the Nevada Secretary of State. On the Census count of citizens old enough to vote, Nevada’s 2022 turnout was 50.9%. That ranked 31st in the country and last among Mountain West states.
