- Lead
- 25,166
- Total
- 53,200
- vs nation
- R+45.8
Ohio 78th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,384
- Total
- 54,481
- vs nation
- R+47.4
- Lead
- 21,177
- Total
- 52,893
- vs nation
- R+42.1
- Lead
- 14,679
- Total
- 54,398
- vs nation
- R+30.8
- Lead
- 13,219
- Total
- 56,449
- vs nation
- R+30.7
- Lead
- 19,172
- Total
- 55,108
- vs nation
- R+32.3
- Lead
- 16,970
- Total
- 48,901
- vs nation
- R+35.2
- Lead
- 9,972
- Total
- 48,847
- vs nation
- R+28.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 113,2872024 5-year
- Population density
- 189 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 600 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,5702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26.1 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.9 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 99, IL · twin score 96.3
presidential history
Party record book
Ohio 78th 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
59.9%
4,318 votes · D+20.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Winfield S. Hancock, 1880 · 57.7%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
73.7%
37,344 votes · R+47.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 73.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
21,011votes
37.2% of the vote · R+23.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 20,880 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
38,951votes
73.2% of the vote · R+47.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 38,523 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
William J. Bryan1908
+19.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+10.1 · U.S. R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +18.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+47.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +45.8 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 | 28.0%14,534 | 72.0%37,363 | 51,897 |
| 2020 | R | 26.9%14,087 | 73.1%38,206 | 52,293 |
With a 47.3-point Republican presidential margin, this district ranks among the state's most heavily one-sided constituencies, a pattern typical of rural southeastern Ohio where decades of demographic and economic shifts have reshaped the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.9 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.3 points.
A population of 113,287, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,570 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 99 and State House District 85.
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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