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1876–2024
Medina County, Ohio
Medina County·Ohio

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

A Cleveland-area suburb that has drifted steadily deeper into the Republican column

18762024·38 elections
Medina County, Ohio · Brenda · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
183,660
2024 ACS
Most similar
Susquehanna County
PA · similarity 0.99
121 precincts · 107,517 votes cast
Trump · R+25
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−24.7%
39,77166,308107,517
2020R
−23.4%
39,80064,598105,825
2016R
−24.3%
32,18254,81093,198
2012R
−12.7%
38,78550,41891,401
2008R
−8.0%
40,92448,18990,652
2004R
−14.0%
36,27248,19684,878
2000R
−16.0%
26,63537,34966,883
1996R
−4.1%
23,72726,12059,086
1992R
−8.4%
18,99524,09060,601
1988R
−21.0%
19,50529,96249,874
1984R
−31.5%
15,89730,69046,944
1980R
−26.5%
13,57324,72342,050
1976R
−7.8%
16,25119,06636,249
1972R
−32.0%
10,64321,01032,411
1968R
−18.2%
9,19414,08926,933
1964D
+18.1%
14,72910,22124,950
1960R
−24.4%
9,79616,12325,919
1956R
−40.8%
6,36515,15521,520
1952R
−40.8%
6,07114,43320,504
1948R
−29.4%
5,1339,46214,717
1944R
−26.7%
6,00310,37516,378
1940R
−20.2%
6,72210,11616,838
1936D
+0.8%
7,4007,28315,058
1932R
−13.6%
5,8417,75314,074
1928R
−59.9%
2,3579,51011,950
1924R
−49.3%
1,8446,7569,971
1920R
−36.8%
3,1206,84610,122
1916D
+3.9%
2,9842,7545,885
1912D
+25.1%
2,1086855,674
1908R
−17.5%
2,3783,4275,979
1904R
−39.5%
1,5173,6325,353
1900R
−19.1%
2,3603,5106,026
1896R
−15.5%
2,5753,5336,164
1892R
−17.2%
2,1223,0625,458
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%
English
0.5%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
17.7%
Other Christian
8.2%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
Methodist
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Medina County sits at the southern edge of the Cleveland metro, where exurban growth has accompanied a consistent rightward trend—its 2024 presidential margin of R+24.8 reflects a pattern that has widened each cycle since 2008.

The Republican margin in Medina County reached its widest at sixty points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Medina County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $94,968, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 183,660 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 Susquehanna County and Bradford County.