Nebraska voter turnout at 53%: high numbers in Clay County, low in Hall, Dawson counties

53% of Nebraska's registered voters turned out to participate in yesterday's general election.

November 9, 2022Updated: November 9, 2022
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

KEARNEY, NE — 53% of Nebraska's registered voters turned out to participate in yesterday's general election.

That number falls well short of the Secretary of State's prediction of 58%, which was also the turnout in the 2018 election. It remains significantly higher than turnout rates in midterm elections in 2014 and 2010.

10,496 Adams County residents voted, or 54%. 52% of Buffalo County residents voted and only 45% turned out in Hall County. Clay County posted the highest voter turnout in the area and was among the highest in the state at 69%. Hall County’s turnout rate was the sixth lowest and Dawson County’s was third-lowest among Nebraska’s 93 counties.

Adams - 10,496 voted, 54.04%

Buffalo - 16,180, 52.4%

Clay - 2,845, 68.57%

Custer - 4,470, 57.45%

Dawson - 5,650, 41.5%

Hall - 15,428, 45.34%

Hamilton - 2,509, 54.4%

Howard - 2,509, 54.4%

Kearney - 2,592, 56.94%

Merrick - 3,426, 66.67%

Phelps - 3,746, 60.57%

Sherman - 1,283, 61.89%

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