Ohio

Ohio was the first state admitted under the Northwest Ordinance, entering the Union in March, 1803. It participated in its first presidential election in 1804. Ohio has been a major battleground in recent elections due to the closeness of the vote and its wealth of electoral votes (currently 18). This was particularly true in 2004, when the state put George W. Bush over the top in a close 2 percent victory over John Kerry. 2016 saw Donald Trump defeat Hillary Clinton by over 8 points, the largest here there since 1988. Trump won over Joe Biden by a nearly identical amount in 2020.

The Buckeye State has proved itself to be a remarkably good presidential bellwether, although the 13 election streak of siding with the winner was broken in 2020. Ohio has been growing more slowly than the rest of the country and it has lost about 1/3 of its electoral vote clout since the 1960s. It will lose an additional electoral vote in 2024.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2020

17
2024

2020 ELECTION

Trump Wins
2020 Ohio Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020

45.2%

53.3%

2016

43.6%

51.7%

2012

50.7%

47.7%

2008

51.5%

46.9%

2004

48.7%

50.8%

2000

46.4%

50.0%

1996

47.4%

41.0%

1992

40.2%

38.4%

1988

44.2%

55.0%

1984

40.1%

58.9%

1980

40.9%

51.5%

1976

48.9%

48.7%

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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

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Electoral College Votes

Democratic-Republican

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Whig

Republican

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

Gray indicates available electoral votes that were either not cast or cast for a candidate not on the ballot.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class	1986	1988	1992	1994	1998	2000	2004	2006	2010	2012	2016	2018	2022

1		D		R		R		D		D		D

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3	D		D		R		R		R		R		R

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D
2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
4	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
12	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
14	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
16	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
18	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R
19	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D
21	D	D	D

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1986. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

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2022

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

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ELECTORAL VOTES

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Presidential Voting History

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U.S. Senate Voting History

U.S. House Voting History

Governor Voting History

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District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D
2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
4	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
12	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
14	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
16	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
18	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R
19	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D
21	D	D	D

District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D
2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
4	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
12	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
14	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
16	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
18	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R
19	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D
21	D	D	D

District	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022
1	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D
2	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
3	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
4	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
5	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
6	R	R	R	D	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
8	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
9	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
12	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
13	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
14	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
15	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
16	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
17	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
18	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R
19	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R
20	D	D	D
21	D	D	D