Just over half of Berks County’s registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s midterm election.
According to data from the Berks County Office of Election Services, turnout for the contest was 52%.
A voter leaves the polls at the Laureldale Borough Hall on election day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
That number is down slightly from the past two midterms. In 2022, more than 58% of registered voters in the county cat ballots, while in 2018 turnout was 55%.
A total of 143,855 of the county’s 275,939 registered voters took part in the election. Of those,115,924 (80.5%) voted in person on Tuesday and 27,931 (19.5%) voted by mail.
A breakdown of turnout by party was not immediately available.
Tuesday’s midterm election asked voters to pick their choice for governor, lieutenant governor, representative in Congress, half of all state Senate seats and all seats in the state House.