Pennsylvania voters with a recorded 2024 general-election vote history as a share of registered voters in the Department of State's finalized statewide summary.
General and primary turnout comparison
General: Nov. 5, 2024 · Primary: May 19, 2026- General election turnout
- 77.11%
- Primary election turnout
- 21.34%
Both rates use the Department of State's statewide vote-history count divided by registered voters, so the numerator and denominator definitions are consistent across elections.- Pennsylvania's partisan primary is generally limited to registered Democratic and Republican voters, although other voters can participate where a ballot question or concurrent special election applies.
- The primary denominator includes all registered voters, including people not eligible for either major-party nomination ballot, so it is a statewide participation rate rather than a rate among party-eligible voters.
Official participation totals
- General-election voters
- 7,074,630
- General-election registered voters
- 9,175,132
- 2026 primary voters
- 1,910,961
- 2026 primary registered voters
- 8,956,108
How it was measured: FactVote divides 7,074,630 voters with a recorded 2024 general-election vote history by 9,175,132 registered voters. The comparison divides 1,910,961 voters in the certified 2026 primary vote-history summary by 8,956,108 registered voters; both rates are rounded to two decimals.
Keep in mind- Registered-voter turnout is not the same as voting-eligible-population or voting-age-population turnout.
- Primary eligibility differs from general-election eligibility, and one election's participation rate does not measure election security, accessibility, administrative quality, or public trust.
Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.