Elections in Ohio
| Elections in Ohio |
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| Year | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2020 | 3,154,834 | 53.18% | 2,679,165 | 45.16% | 98,447 | 1.66% |
| 2016 | 2,841,006 | 51.31% | 2,394,169 | 43.24% | 301,372 | 5.44% |
| 2012 | 2,661,437 | 47.60% | 2,827,709 | 50.58% | 101,788 | 1.82% |
| 2008 | 2,677,820 | 46.80% | 2,940,044 | 51.38% | 103,967 | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 2,859,768 | 50.81% | 2,741,167 | 48.71% | 26,973 | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 2,351,209 | 49.97% | 2,186,190 | 46.46% | 168,058 | 3.57% |
| 1996 | 1,859,883 | 41.02% | 2,148,222 | 47.38% | 526,329 | 11.61% |
| 1992 | 1,894,310 | 38.35% | 1,984,942 | 40.18% | 1,060,712 | 21.47% |
| 1988 | 2,416,549 | 55.00% | 1,939,629 | 44.15% | 37,521 | 0.85% |
| 1984 | 2,678,560 | 58.90% | 1,825,440 | 40.14% | 43,619 | 0.96% |
| 1980 | 2,206,545 | 51.51% | 1,752,414 | 40.91% | 324,644 | 7.58% |
| 1976 | 2,000,505 | 48.65% | 2,011,621 | 48.92% | 99,747 | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 2,441,827 | 59.63% | 1,558,889 | 38.07% | 94,071 | 2.30% |
| 1968 | 1,791,014 | 45.23% | 1,700,586 | 42.95% | 468,098 | 11.82% |
| 1964 | 1,470,865 | 37.06% | 2,498,331 | 62.94% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 2,217,611 | 53.28% | 1,944,248 | 46.72% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1956 | 2,262,610 | 61.11% | 1,439,655 | 38.89% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 2,100,391 | 56.76% | 1,600,367 | 43.24% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1948 | 1,445,684 | 49.24% | 1,452,791 | 49.48% | 37,596 | 1.28% |
| 1944 | 1,582,293 | 50.18% | 1,570,763 | 49.82% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1940 | 1,586,773 | 47.80% | 1,733,139 | 52.20% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1936 | 1,127,855 | 37.44% | 1,747,140 | 57.99% | 137,594 | 4.57% |
| 1932 | 1,227,319 | 47.03% | 1,301,695 | 49.88% | 80,714 | 3.09% |
| 1928 | 1,627,546 | 64.89% | 864,210 | 34.45% | 16,590 | 0.66% |
| 1924 | 1,176,130 | 58.33% | 477,888 | 23.70% | 362,219 | 17.97% |
| 1920 | 1,182,022 | 58.47% | 780,037 | 38.58% | 59,594 | 2.95% |
| 1916 | 514,753 | 44.18% | 604,161 | 51.86% | 46,172 | 3.96% |
| 1912 | 278,168 | 26.82% | 424,834 | 40.96% | 334,092 | 32.21% |
| 1908 | 572,312 | 51.03% | 502,721 | 44.82% | 46,519 | 4.15% |
| 1904 | 600,095 | 59.75% | 344,674 | 34.32% | 59,624 | 5.94% |
| 1900 | 543,918 | 52.30% | 474,882 | 45.66% | 21,273 | 2.05% |
| 1896 | 525,991 | 51.86% | 477,497 | 47.08% | 10,807 | 1.07% |
| 1892 | 405,187 | 47.66% | 404,115 | 47.53% | 40,862 | 4.81% |
| 1888 | 416,054 | 49.51% | 396,455 | 47.18% | 27,852 | 3.31% |
| 1884 | 400,082 | 50.99% | 368,280 | 46.94% | 16,248 | 2.07% |
| 1880 | 375,048 | 51.73% | 340,821 | 47.01% | 9,098 | 1.25% |
| 1876 | 330,698 | 50.21% | 323,182 | 49.07% | 4,769 | 0.72% |
| 1872 | 281,852 | 53.24% | 244,321 | 46.15% | 3,263 | 0.62% |
| 1868 | 280,167 | 54.00% | 238,621 | 46.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1864 | 265,654 | 56.37% | 205,599 | 43.63% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1860 | 221,809 | 51.24% | 187,421 | 43.30% | 23,632 | 5.46% |
| 1856 | 187,497 | 48.51% | 170,874 | 44.21% | 28,126 | 7.28% |
| 1852 | 152,523 | 43.18% | 168,933 | 47.83% | 31,732 | 8.98% |
| 1848 | 138,359 | 42.12% | 154,773 | 47.12% | 35,347 | 10.76% |
| 1844 | 155,113 | 49.68% | 149,061 | 47.74% | 8,050 | 2.58% |
| 1840 | 148,157 | 54.10% | 124,782 | 45.57% | 903 | 0.33% |
| 1836 | 104,958 | 51.87% | 96,238 | 47.56% | 1,137 | 0.56% |
Elections in Ohio are held on a county, state, and federal level. The Republicans are strongest in the rural Northwest, the affluent Cincinnati and Columbus suburbs, and have made gains in Appalachian Southeast Ohio and the industrial, working-class Northeast in the 21st century. The Democrats rely on the state's major cities, and have made gains in educated suburban areas in recent years.
The state was strongly Republican from the party's inception, as it voted Republican in every election from 1856 to 1908. The northern Union-aligned part of the state kept the state Republican, and consistently narrowed edged out the Democratic and Appalachia-influenced southern Ohio. Since 1896, however, Ohio has voted for the winning candidate, except for Franklin D Roosevelt in 1944, John F Kennedy in 1960, and Joe Biden in 2020. This was due to Democratic gains in the northeastern part of the state. The state has not backed a losing candidate in consecutive elections since 1848. Due to a close split in party registration, it has been key battleground state. No Republican has ever been elected president without winning Ohio. In 2004, Ohio was the tipping point state, as Bush won the state with 51% of the vote, giving him its 20 electoral votes and the margin he needed in the Electoral College for re-election. The state was closely contested in 2008 and 2012, with Barack Obama winning narrowly on both occasions. Ohio has been a bellwether state in presidential elections.
Since 2016, Ohio's bellwether status has been questioned given that Donald Trump won it by 8 points, the largest margin for each party since 1988, and then won the state by a similar margin in 2020 despite losing nationwide.[2][3]
In a 2020 study, Ohio was ranked as the 17th hardest state for citizens to vote in.[4]
Federal elections
[edit]- House: 1964, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022
- Senate: 1964, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022
- Presidential primary: 2008 Democratic 2008 Republican 2012 Republican 2016 Democratic 2016 Republican 2020 Democratic 2020 Republican
State elections
[edit]- Ohio Attorney General elections
- Ohio State Auditor elections
- Ohio gubernatorial elections
- Ohio lieutenant gubernatorial elections
- Ohio Secretary of State elections
- Ohio Supreme Court elections
- Ohio State Treasurer elections
Local elections
[edit]- City Council of Cincinnati, Ohio elections
- City Commission of Dayton, Ohio elections
- Politics of Dayton, Ohio
- Montgomery County, Ohio elections
Election security
[edit]In the leadup to the 2020 Ohio elections, by February 2020, eight Ohio counties had failed to complete an election security checklist required by Ohio's top election official. One county, Van Wert County Board of Elections, was placed on administrative oversight because it provided no plan for complying with the directive.[5]
See also
[edit]- 2024 Ohio elections
- Ohio Ballot Board
- Political party strength in Ohio
- Golden Week (Ohio)
- United States presidential elections in Ohio
- Women's suffrage in Ohio
References
[edit]- ^ Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Ohio". US Election Atlas. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
- ^ No longer mirror of US, Ohio's electoral bellwether quiets Associated Press. November 14, 2020.
- ^ Political Scientist Says Ohio Is No Longer A Bellwether, Swing, Or Battleground State Statehouse News Bureau. November 5, 2020.
- ^ J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (15 Dec 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4): 503–509. doi:10.1089/elj.2020.0666. S2CID 225139517.
- ^ 8 Ohio counties fail to meet election security deadline dispatch.com February 5, 2020 [dead link]
External links
[edit]- Elections & Voting at the Ohio Secretary of State official website
- Ohio at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Ohio", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Ohio: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Ohio". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Ohio 2019 & 2020 Elections", OpenSecrets. (Also: 1995 & 1996, 1997 & 1998, 1999 & 2000, 2001 & 2002, 2003 & 2004, 2005 & 2006, 2007 & 2008, 2009 & 2010, 2011 & 2012, 2013 & 2014, 2015 & 2016, 2017 & 2018).
- Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Ohio elections
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020
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