- Lead
- 17,444
- Total
- 59,089
- vs nation
- R+28.0
Ohio 46th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,948
- Total
- 58,781
- vs nation
- R+31.6
- Lead
- 16,124
- Total
- 52,921
- vs nation
- R+32.6
- Lead
- 14,504
- Total
- 51,138
- vs nation
- R+32.2
- Lead
- 13,546
- Total
- 52,177
- vs nation
- R+33.2
- Lead
- 17,688
- Total
- 50,258
- vs nation
- R+32.7
- Lead
- 13,378
- Total
- 40,985
- vs nation
- R+33.2
- Lead
- 8,127
- Total
- 36,516
- vs nation
- R+30.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 121,9922024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,007 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 121 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,2202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.9 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.1 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, OH · twin score 93.1
presidential history
Party record book
Ohio 46th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Samuel J. Tilden1876
62.9%
1,722 votes · D+25.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1888 · 61.0%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
74.3%
23,548 votes · R+49.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 70.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
21,008votes
35.7% of the vote · R+27.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 20,593 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
38,037votes
64.4% of the vote · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 36,956 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+26.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+0.8 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +22.8 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+33.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.0 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +33.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 35.9%19,774 | 64.1%35,362 | 55,136 |
| 2020 | R | 35.7%19,991 | 64.3%35,941 | 55,932 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+29.5, this district sits well outside competitive territory, reflecting the heavily Republican alignment characteristic of Ohio's rural and exurban legislative map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.9 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 49.1 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.5 points.
A population of 121,992, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,220 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 3.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Ohio 46th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/39046/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.