Fewer than 1 in 5 registered voters cast ballots in Thursday’s election in Hamilton County, continuing a trend of low turnout in recent elections.
Out of more than 230,000 residents registered to vote, 36,625 — or 15.8% — participated in the election, which included races for local, state and federal policymakers and judges.
That’s a 40% decline from the August election in 2020, despite more than 10,000 more voters registering in the county in the past four years. In 2020, 58,860 votes were cast — 26.5% of registered voters.
In the same election in 2016, turnout was 15.6%, almost the same as Thursday’s, election data shows.
(READ MORE: Hamilton County Aug. 1 election results)