- Lead
- 43,331
- Total
- 404,066
- vs nation
- R+9.3
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 36,952
- Total
- 415,120
- vs nation
- R+13.4
- Lead
- 45,449
- Total
- 399,257
- vs nation
- R+13.5
- Lead
- 23,488
- Total
- 404,266
- vs nation
- R+9.7
- Lead
- 13,123
- Total
- 415,675
- vs nation
- R+10.4
- Lead
- 29,617
- Total
- 413,626
- vs nation
- R+4.7
- Lead
- 18,535
- Total
- 339,032
- vs nation
- R+6.0
- Lead
- 10,514
- Total
- 332,744
- vs nation
- R+5.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+10.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 816,0802024 5-year
- Population density
- 637 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,282 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $71,9842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37.2 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · twin score 86.9
presidential history
Party record book
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
62.7%
167,288 votes · D+25.4
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 57.8%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
66.7%
97,372 votes · R+34.0
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 63.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
197,909votes
47.6% of the vote · R+3.2
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 191,134 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
222,477votes
53.6% of the vote · R+8.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 221,642 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+12.0pts D vs U.S.
Place R+14.2 · U.S. R+26.2
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · +7.1 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+18.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+0.9 · U.S. D+17.8
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +16.5 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 38.4%147,725 | 61.6%237,094 | 384,819 |
| 2020 | R | 39.8%163,602 | 60.2%247,660 | 411,262 |
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 559,452 |
| 2018 | 574,033 |
| 2020 | 566,547 |
| 2022 | 563,213 |
| 2024 | 574,504 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4,272 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −8,342 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −1,387 |
| 2012 | −2,496 |
| 2013 | −3,559 |
| 2014 | −3,413 |
| 2015 | −3,870 |
| 2016 | −1,260 |
| 2017 | −438 |
| 2018 | +442 |
| 2019 | +896 |
| 2021 | −8 |
| 2022 | −245 |
| 2023 | +568 |
| 2024 | +2,156 |
| 2025 | +4,272 |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base anchors a defense economy that complicates the area's traditional manufacturing identity, and the metro's mix of urban Dayton precincts and fast-growing suburban Warren County townships has kept countywide margins competitive across recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.2 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.7 points.
A population of 816,080, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,984 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN and Columbus, OH.
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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