Numbers that Tell the Story of the 2022 Midterms
Comparing other races
Here is a very brief summary of important numbers and efforts from 2022:
Turnout for the 2022 midterm was in line with historical low levels of turnout for midterm elections; not much different than 2014 or previous midterms. In 2018, "the Blue Wave" turnout was an anomaly but shows that energized voters do turn out.
Turnout always increases in a presidential election year, so 2024 is that much more important. The next BIG opportunity is just around the corner!
In 2022, voter turnout in Congressional District 22 (CD 22) was only 34.04% of registered voters. Statewide turnout was only 50.8%, 14% below 2018.
CD 22 Democratic candidate Rudy Salas won 56.3% of the vote in Kern County, where CVM funded two of our groups (DG and DHAF) in our fall campaign.
Incumbency mattered. All congressional incumbents in California won their races. In 2024, Rudy Salas, Democrat will be running against David Valadao, Republican again.
Redistricting slowed down the ground game and greatly impacted CD 22 so we have new demographics to consider.
- Fresno County was removed from the district.
- Tulare County’s share of CD 22 grew to 25%.
- Kern County is now 63.5% of the district.
- Kings County is 11.5%.
Want to know more? This graph sheds light on CD 22. The numbers give us a valuable view of 2022 midterm election data, city by city, and helped us decide which groups to fund.