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1876–2024
Putnam County, Ohio
Putnam County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Putnam County, Ohio · Art Anderson · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+68
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
34,314
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grant County
WV · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 19,840 votes cast
Trump · R+68
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−68.4%
2,99616,57619,840
2020R
−66.3%
3,19516,41219,921
2016R
−62.8%
2,92214,96119,161
2012R
−50.5%
4,31813,72118,612
2008R
−41.7%
5,28113,07218,680
2004R
−52.9%
4,39214,37018,849
2000R
−50.6%
4,06312,83717,344
1996R
−26.7%
4,9729,29416,158
1992R
−31.6%
3,9629,33817,004
1988R
−46.9%
4,00411,18315,301
1984R
−57.3%
3,19411,93615,251
1980R
−42.3%
3,7429,75214,193
1976R
−18.1%
5,0357,33212,710
1972R
−36.1%
3,7298,18512,342
1968R
−30.2%
3,5307,18812,105
1964D
+14.7%
7,0145,22112,235
1960R
−6.2%
6,0396,83412,873
1956R
−40.8%
3,5388,40811,946
1952R
−37.7%
3,7998,39812,197
1948D
+1.1%
5,1145,00610,148
1944R
−43.6%
3,1458,00411,149
1940R
−42.0%
3,6558,94612,601
1936D
+13.1%
5,7864,15112,517
1932D
+37.3%
8,0783,64611,879
1928D
+1.2%
5,6675,53711,254
1924D
+4.0%
4,7954,37710,465
1920R
−4.9%
4,6735,1579,899
1916D
+30.9%
4,2942,2436,628
1912D
+46.8%
4,0001,0006,410
1908D
+31.4%
4,8362,4837,485
1904D
+17.9%
4,1452,8537,226
1900D
+27.1%
4,9432,8177,848
1896D
+31.8%
5,3032,7288,099
1892D
+27.2%
4,1772,3146,860
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
Catholic & Orthodox
58.7%
Other Christian
4.5%
Methodist
3.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Baptist
2.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Putnam County's R+68.7 margin in 2024 places it among the most one-sided counties in the state, a pattern rooted in its densely rural, heavily German-Catholic agricultural communities along the Auglaize River corridor.

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

Putnam County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,928, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 34,314 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 Grant County and Butler County.