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1876–2024
Seneca County, Ohio
Seneca County·Ohio

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

A north-central Ohio county where Republican margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Seneca County, Ohio · Ndutro · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+37
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
54,770
2024 ACS
Most similar
Huron County
OH · similarity 1.00
51 precincts · 25,404 votes cast
Trump · R+37
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−37.3%
7,76517,24125,404
2020R
−34.2%
8,26617,08625,810
2016R
−30.2%
7,40414,82524,568
2012R
−7.4%
11,35313,24325,609
2008R
−2.7%
13,08713,82327,553
2004R
−18.3%
10,95715,88626,991
2000R
−17.9%
9,51213,86324,351
1996D
+1.4%
10,0449,71323,511
1992R
−1.8%
9,2809,76326,150
1988R
−17.9%
9,50413,70423,430
1984R
−35.0%
7,90516,52024,642
1980R
−29.5%
7,30314,17223,259
1976R
−7.4%
10,07411,73022,516
1972R
−25.1%
8,18013,93922,918
1968R
−13.3%
8,97012,04023,020
1964D
+20.7%
14,5189,53624,054
1960R
−22.4%
10,00115,77225,773
1956R
−47.8%
6,26017,72823,988
1952R
−43.1%
7,06017,75024,810
1948R
−18.1%
7,95411,49319,524
1944R
−41.7%
6,22415,13721,361
1940R
−37.1%
7,46416,27223,736
1936R
−4.4%
8,9829,95322,259
1932D
+13.6%
11,8949,00721,284
1928R
−24.2%
8,13613,36921,587
1924R
−18.5%
6,2909,64118,091
1920R
−10.2%
8,17510,06418,500
1916D
+19.3%
6,4514,30111,161
1912D
+26.6%
5,0822,36210,240
1908D
+10.2%
6,1384,95911,512
1904R
−5.1%
4,7575,29110,420
1900D
+9.4%
5,9464,90411,090
1896D
+11.9%
6,3474,98811,465
1892D
+11.7%
5,3784,19510,110
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
2.0%
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
27.2%
Mainline Protestant
7.0%
Methodist
4.8%
Other Christian
3.5%
Baptist
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Seneca County's mix of small cities like Tiffin and rural farmland anchors a voting pattern that has trended consistently rightward over the past four presidential cycles, with the 2024 margin of R+37.5 among the widest in the state's tier-two counties.

The Republican margin in Seneca County reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1956. The margin in 2024 was thirty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Seneca County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,025, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 54,770 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 Huron County and Stark County.