Ohio — Elections 1892–2024

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1892–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.2%

DemocraticRepublican

34 presidential elections

Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	43.9%Harris2,533,699	55.1%Trump3,180,116	0.5%Oliver28,200	−11.2%	5,767,788
2020	R	45.2%Biden2,679,165	53.3%Trump3,154,834	1.1%Jorgensen67,569	−8.0%	5,922,202
2016	R	42.7%Clinton2,394,164	50.7%Trump2,841,005	0.8%Stein46,271	−8.0%	5,607,641
2012	D	50.2%Obama2,827,709	47.2%Romney2,661,439	0.9%Johnson49,493	+3.0%	5,634,017
2008	D	51.4%Obama2,940,044	46.8%McCain2,677,820	0.8%Nader46,242	+4.6%	5,721,831
2004	R	48.7%Kerry2,741,167	50.8%Bush2,859,768	0.5%Other26,973	−2.1%	5,627,908
2000	R	46.5%Gore2,186,190	50.0%Bush2,351,209	3.2%Designated148,353	−3.5%	4,705,457
1996	D	47.4%Clinton2,148,222	41.0%Dole1,859,883	10.7%Perot483,207	+6.4%	4,534,434
1992	D	40.2%Clinton1,984,942	38.3%Bush1,894,310	21.0%Perot1,036,426	+1.8%	4,939,964
1988	R	44.1%Dukakis1,939,629	55.0%Bush2,416,549	0.3%Fulani12,017	−10.9%	4,393,699
1984	R	40.1%Mondale1,825,440	58.9%Reagan2,678,559	0.5%Serrette24,180	−18.8%	4,547,619
1980	R	40.9%Carter1,752,414	51.5%Reagan2,206,545	5.9%Anderson254,472	−10.6%	4,283,603
1976	D	48.9%Carter2,011,621	48.7%Ford2,000,505	1.4%McCarthy58,267	+0.3%	4,111,874
1972	R	38.1%McGovern1,558,889	59.6%Nixon2,441,827	2.3%Schmitz94,071	−21.6%	4,094,787
1968	R	42.9%Humphrey1,700,586	45.2%Nixon1,791,014	11.8%Wallace468,098	−2.3%	3,959,698
1964	D	62.9%Johnson2,498,331	37.1%Goldwater1,470,865	0.0%	+25.9%	3,969,196
1960	R	46.7%Kennedy1,944,248	53.3%Nixon2,217,611	0.0%	−6.6%	4,161,859
1956	R	38.9%Stevenson1,439,655	61.1%Eisenhower2,262,610	0.0%	−22.2%	3,702,265
1952	R	43.2%Stevenson1,600,367	56.8%Eisenhower2,100,391	0.0%	−13.5%	3,700,758
1948	D	49.5%Truman1,452,791	49.2%Dewey1,445,684	1.3%Thurmond37,596	+0.2%	2,936,071
1944	R	49.8%Roosevelt1,570,763	50.2%Dewey1,582,293	0.0%	−0.4%	3,153,056
1940	D	52.2%Roosevelt1,733,139	47.8%Willkie1,586,773	0.0%	+4.4%	3,319,912
1936	D	58.0%Roosevelt1,747,140	37.4%Landon1,127,855	4.6%Lemke137,463	+20.6%	3,012,458
1932	D	49.9%Roosevelt1,301,695	47.0%Hoover1,227,319	3.1%Thomas80,714	+2.8%	2,609,728
1928	R	34.5%Smith864,210	64.9%Hoover1,627,546	0.7%Thomas16,590	−30.4%	2,508,346
1924	R	23.7%Davis477,888	58.3%Coolidge1,176,130	18.0%La Follette362,219	−34.6%	2,016,237
1920	R	38.6%Cox780,037	58.5%Harding1,182,022	2.9%Debs59,594	−19.9%	2,021,653
1916	D	51.9%Wilson604,161	44.2%Hughes514,753	4.0%Benson46,172	+7.7%	1,165,086
1912	D	41.0%Wilson424,834	26.8%Taft278,168	32.2%Roosevelt334,112	+14.1%	1,037,114
1908	R	44.8%Bryan502,721	51.0%Taft572,312	4.1%Debs46,519	−6.2%	1,121,552
1904	R	34.3%Parker344,674	59.7%Roosevelt600,095	5.9%Debs59,624	−25.4%	1,004,393
1900	R	45.7%Bryan474,882	52.3%McKinley543,918	2.0%Woolley21,273	−6.6%	1,040,073
1896	R	47.1%Bryan477,497	51.9%McKinley525,991	1.1%Palmer10,807	−4.8%	1,014,295
1892	R	47.5%Cleveland404,115	47.7%Harrison405,187	4.8%Weaver40,862	−0.1%	850,164

2026 election

On the ballot

Governoropen seat

Vivek RamaswamynomineeAmy Actonnominee

OPEN seat: incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is term-limited (no third consecutive term). Vivek Ramaswamy won the Republican primary (Trump-endorsed; only nominal opposition). Former Ohio Dept. of Health director Amy Acton won the Democratic primary unopposed. Earlier-speculated Democrats Tim Ryan and Sherrod Brown did not run.

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U.S. Senate

Sherrod BrownnomineeJon HustednomineeWilliam Redpathnominee

SPECIAL (Class 3, Vance→VP). Husted (R, appointed) running. Sherrod Brown (D) won primary ~89.4%.

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Source · Akashic 2026 forecast.

Congressional elections · 469 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0. Seat totals count district winners; vote shares aggregate every district.
Seats won	D %	R %	Total
D 5 · R 10	42.8%	55.7%	5,570,784
D 5 · R 10	43.6%	56.4%	4,109,711
D 4 · R 12	42.5%	56.5%	5,761,540
D 4 · R 12	47.3%	52.0%	4,406,358

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	46.5%2,650,949	50.1%2,857,383	5,704,620
2022	R	46.9%1,939,489	53.0%2,192,114	4,133,342
2018	D	53.4%2,355,923	46.6%2,053,963	4,409,886
2016	R	37.2%1,996,908	58.0%3,118,567	5,374,053
2012	D	50.7%2,762,690	44.7%2,435,712	5,449,018
2010	R	39.4%1,503,297	56.9%2,168,742	3,814,450
2006	D	56.2%2,257,369	43.8%1,761,037	4,018,406
2004	R	36.1%1,961,171	63.9%3,464,356	5,425,527
2000	R	35.9%1,595,066	59.9%2,665,512	4,448,015
1998	R	43.5%1,482,054	56.5%1,922,087	3,404,141
1994	R	39.2%1,348,213	53.4%1,836,556	3,436,800
1992	D	51.0%2,444,419	42.3%2,028,300	4,793,953
1988	D	57.0%2,480,038	43.0%1,872,716	4,352,754
1986	D	62.5%1,949,208	37.5%1,171,893	3,121,101
1982	D	56.7%1,923,767	41.1%1,396,790	3,395,463
1980	D	69.5%2,770,786	28.6%1,137,695	3,984,893
1976	D	49.5%1,941,113	46.5%1,823,774	3,920,613

voter registration

Registered voters

Total registered voters, over time

Registered voters

Voter registration in Ohio
Year	Total registered
2016	7,861,025
2018	8,070,917
2020	8,073,829
2022	8,029,950
2024	8,074,098

Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAVS)

Monroe County backed Obama by nine points in 2008; in 2024 it voted Republican by sixty.

A streak, then a break: Backed the national winner every cycle 1964–2016; went R+8.0 in 2020 against the national result and R+11.2 in 2024 · MIT Election Lab
The three Cs: Cuyahoga (Cleveland) D+31.4, Franklin (Columbus) D+28.4, Hamilton (Cincinnati) D+14.9 — seven of 88 counties went Democratic · MIT Election Lab 2024
The growing county: Franklin cast 598,225 votes — the most of any Ohio county, ahead of Cuyahoga’s 576,520 — and still moves toward the Democrats · MIT Election Lab 2024
Appalachia’s long swing: Monroe County: D+9.2 for Obama in 2008 → R+59.7 in 2024, a shift of nearly 70 points · MIT Election Lab
The poles in 2024: Cuyahoga the bluest at D+31.4; Holmes, in the Amish country, the reddest at R+69.2 · MIT Election Lab 2024
Two open offices in 2026: DeWine term-limited — Ramaswamy (R) vs Acton (D) for governor; Vance’s seat, held by appointee Husted (R), draws former Sen. Brown (D) · Akashic 2026 forecast

Political twins — states

The states whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Missouri

69.1twin score

% Latino% Whitemedian income

Iowa

56.9twin score

12-yr trend2020 margincollege share≠ population scale

Pennsylvania

53.3twin score

population scale% Whiteelasticity≠ Puerto Rican ancestry

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Ohio vote in 2024?

In 2024, Ohio voted Republican by 11.2 points (R+11.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,767,788 votes cast, 2,533,699 went Democratic and 3,180,116 went Republican.

When did Ohio last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Ohio voted Democratic was 2012.

How many people live in Ohio?

Ohio has a population of 11,810,293 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Ohio?

Median household income in Ohio is $71,389 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.

What is the political history of Ohio?

Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.

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