Primary Election Voter Turnout Tops 27% In Escambia County

August 20, 2026

More than 25,000 Escambia County residents voted in person on Tuesday, pushing the overall primary election voter turnout over 27%, according to the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections.

Complete, but unofficial numbers show a 27.23% turnout of 55,619 voters.

Of those, 25,562 (45.96%) voted in person on primary day. There were 15,209 (27.35%) ballots voted by mail and 14,793 (26.4%) cast during early voting at 10 sites.

There were 35,521 Republican voters, 18,134 Democratic voters, 4,252 with no party affiliation and 712 “other.”

Statewide, the primary turnout was just over 25% with 3.36 million votes cast out of 13.5 million registered voters.

Pictured: North Escambia voting precincts on election day – Walnut Hill (top), International Paper (first below), Quintette Community Center (second below), Gonzalez Baptist Church (third below) and First Baptist Church of Bratt (bottom). NorthEscambia.com photos by William Reynolds and Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge.

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2 Responses to “Primary Election Voter Turnout Tops 27% In Escambia County”

  1. LookOut! on August 24th, 2026 12:24 pm

    People generally get the government they deserve. With 73% of qualified voters failing to vote don’t be surprised that what you get is much more of the same. The worst is yet to come.

  2. Whisperjet on August 21st, 2026 11:07 am

    ….absolutely pitiful …27 % ???
    Too many Americans don’t give a cra….
    about the freedoms we have ….you people who don’t have time to
    Vote are a complete disgrace …
    Do you live in a cave or what…
    I got some news for you ….if you don’t get informed
    vote in November , you will have no one to blame
    except your self…Act like AMERICANS AND DO YOUR duty..
    Wake up before you loose those Freedoms……





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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News