Politics of Ohio
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Year | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Third party | |||
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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% |
Political control of
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The state was strongly Republican from the party's inception, voting Republican in every election from 1856 to 1908. The northern Union-aligned part of the state kept the state Republican, and consistently narrowly 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 a key
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]
Additionally, Ohio's presidential electoral vote total has been declining for decades. Ohio lost two
Ohio's large population has long made the state a major influence in politics. Seven presidents have been from Ohio, all Republicans: William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding.[4]
Parties
As of September 19, 2019, there were two recognized political parties in Ohio.[citation needed]
Democratic | |
Republican |
Party registration as of October 1, 2021 | |||||
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Party | Total voters | Percentage | |||
Unaffiliated | 6,196,547 | 77.6% | |||
Democratic | 947,027 | 11.8% | |||
Republican | 836,080 | 10.4% | |||
Total | 7,979,654 | 100% |
There are also two deregistered parties that have active executive committees.
The Greens | |
Libertarian |
Federal representation
Following each decennial census, the General Assembly, with the approval of the governor, draws the U.S. congressional district lines for Ohio's 15 seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Ohio Apportionment Board draws state legislative district lines. Ohio currently has 15 House districts In the 118th Congress, 5 of Ohio's seats are held by Democrats and 10 are held by Republicans. There are as follows:
- Ohio's 1st congressional district represented by Greg Landsman (D)
- Ohio's 2nd congressional district represented by Brad Wenstrup (R)
- Ohio's 3rd congressional district represented by Joyce Beatty (D)
- Ohio's 4th congressional district represented by Jim Jordan (R)
- Ohio's 5th congressional district represented by Bob Latta (R)
- Ohio's 6th congressional district represented by Bill Johnson (R)
- Ohio's 7th congressional district represented by Max Miller (R)
- Ohio's 8th congressional district represented by Warren Davidson (R)
- Ohio's 9th congressional district represented by Marcy Kaptur (D)
- Ohio's 10th congressional district represented by Mike Turner (R)
- Ohio's 11th congressional district represented by Shontel Brown (D)
- Ohio's 12th congressional district represented by Troy Balderson (R)
- Ohio's 13th congressional district represented by Emilia Sykes (D)
- Dave Joyce(R)
- Ohio's 15th congressional district represented by Mike Carey (R)
Ohio's two United States Senators are Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican J. D. Vance, serving since 2007 and 2023, respectively.
Ohio is part of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in the federal judiciary. The district's cases are appealed to the Cincinnati-based United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
See also
- Government of Ohio
- Elections in Ohio
- Political Party Strength in Ohio
- Ohio Democratic Party
- Ohio Republican Party
- Libertarian Party of Ohio
- Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Green Party of Ohio
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Coffey, Daniel J., John C. Green, David B. Cohen and Stephen C. Brooks. 2011. Buckeye Battleground: Ohio, Campaigns and Elections in the Twenty-First Century. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press
External links
- Politics of Ohio at Curlie