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1876–2024
Fayette County, Ohio
Fayette County·Ohio

Fayette County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Ohio's sharpest Republican margins outside Appalachia

18762024·38 elections
Fayette County, Ohio · Bwsmith84 (talk) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+55
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
28,876
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pickaway County
OH · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 12,615 votes cast
Trump · R+55
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−55.0%
2,7739,70612,615
2020R
−51.5%
2,9759,47312,612
2016R
−46.4%
2,7397,99511,325
2012R
−21.3%
4,2496,62011,136
2008R
−23.1%
4,4017,10211,718
2004R
−25.9%
4,3347,37611,757
2000R
−25.0%
3,3635,6859,278
1996R
−12.1%
3,6654,8319,607
1992R
−19.2%
2,9764,91610,086
1988R
−40.2%
2,6236,1868,873
1984R
−52.2%
2,1266,8389,021
1980R
−33.3%
2,8105,8279,068
1976R
−12.0%
4,4775,71910,364
1972R
−48.6%
2,3446,9709,515
1968R
−23.1%
2,9665,33910,269
1964D
+14.6%
6,1284,56710,695
1960R
−28.2%
3,9667,08511,051
1956R
−32.0%
3,4496,69610,145
1952R
−27.3%
3,8826,80010,682
1948R
−16.1%
3,5134,8658,395
1944R
−20.1%
3,9455,9339,878
1940R
−6.5%
5,2495,98411,233
1936D
+9.0%
5,8074,84110,689
1932D
+9.5%
5,1574,2549,508
1928R
−31.0%
2,7525,2518,050
1924R
−24.5%
2,6964,5427,536
1920R
−17.6%
3,8125,4469,301
1916R
−2.8%
2,6162,7725,486
1912D
+1.4%
2,2612,1865,504
1908R
−15.2%
2,4513,3435,881
1904R
−27.2%
1,8803,3315,332
1900R
−16.0%
2,4383,3805,904
1896R
−9.9%
2,7483,3576,155
1892R
−16.5%
1,9892,8385,136
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
32.9%
Methodist
5.6%
Baptist
3.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fayette County's R+55.1 margin in 2024 places it among Ohio's most reliably one-sided rural counties, driven by a predominantly white, working-class population centered on Washington Court House, the county seat.

The Republican margin in Fayette County reached its widest at fifty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Fayette County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,275, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 28,876 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pickaway County and Logan County.