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1876–2024
Fulton County, Ohio
Fulton County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Fulton County, Ohio · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+42
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
42,240
2024 ACS
Most similar
Williams County
OH · similarity 1.00
29 precincts · 22,564 votes cast
Trump · R+42
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−42.2%
6,37415,89322,564
2020R
−39.8%
6,66415,73122,770
2016R
−35.4%
6,06913,70921,602
2012R
−12.4%
9,07311,73821,440
2008R
−8.1%
9,90011,68922,013
2004R
−24.7%
8,22413,64021,954
2000R
−25.1%
6,80511,54618,896
1996R
−11.4%
6,6628,70317,907
1992R
−14.8%
5,5768,35818,804
1988R
−33.4%
5,07610,23015,428
1984R
−45.7%
4,21711,41215,730
1980R
−37.7%
3,9729,51914,707
1976R
−23.5%
4,8507,89112,949
1972R
−39.0%
3,6158,38712,234
1968R
−36.7%
3,3387,81712,188
1964R
−3.2%
5,6045,97311,577
1960R
−49.5%
3,2749,69512,969
1956R
−55.0%
2,6229,03011,652
1952R
−56.4%
2,5659,19111,756
1948R
−41.7%
2,6726,5239,230
1944R
−58.7%
2,1478,25810,405
1940R
−54.8%
2,5308,65311,183
1936R
−25.1%
3,5826,15210,224
1932D
+2.0%
4,6734,4879,344
1928R
−56.1%
1,7886,4168,253
1924R
−50.8%
1,3334,9517,118
1920R
−49.1%
2,0496,1118,271
1916R
−7.7%
2,5072,9335,537
1912D
+16.6%
1,8059295,265
1908R
−25.1%
2,1313,6085,892
1904R
−41.3%
1,4483,5935,198
1900R
−20.6%
2,2623,4575,811
1896R
−13.2%
2,4643,2275,764
1892R
−17.5%
1,9192,8085,074
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
19.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.4%
Mainline Protestant
12.6%
Methodist
4.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Baptist
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Fulton County, anchored by Wauseon in the northwest corner of Ohio, posts some of the state's widest presidential margins, reflecting a heavily rural, agricultural electorate with limited urban counterweight.

The Republican margin in Fulton County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1944. The margin in 2024 was forty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Fulton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $72,864, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 42,240 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 Williams County and Henry County.