Philly voter turnout rose to 34% this election -- the highest in at least a decade. Here's why

Voter turnout in Philadelphia was significantly higher in the 2025 general election — the first of President Donald Trump’s second term — than it was during the off-year contest in November 2021.

Roughly 34% of registered voters cast a ballot, according to unofficial results posted by the Office of the City Commissioners. That’s the highest percentage for an off-year election in at least a decade.

Four years ago, that figure was about 22%.

“I think what we’re seeing is this trend that all politics are national,” said Lauren Cristella, president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy.


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