How Ohio has voted since 1960

Ohio has 17 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 6 times and Republican 11 times. It has backed the national winner in 15 of 17 elections, missing in 1960 and 2020. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 11.2 points, 9.7 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 65.4% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 24th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Republican in every election since 2016. Its closest result was in 1976, when Jimmy Carter won it by 11,116 votes.

  1. 1960Nixon+6.6
  2. 1964Johnson+25.9
  3. 1968Nixon+2.3
  4. 1972Nixon+21.6
  5. 1976Carter+0.3
  6. 1980Reagan+10.6
  7. 1984Reagan+18.7
  8. 1988Bush+10.9
  9. 1992Clinton+1.8
  10. 1996Clinton+6.4
  11. 2000Bush+3.6
  12. 2004Bush+2.1
  13. 2008Obama+4.6
  14. 2012Obama+3.0
  15. 2016Trump+8.1
  16. 2020Trump+8.0
  17. 2024Trump+11.2

Each box is one election: the winner in Ohio and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

7:30 p.m. ET

Polls close at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Also closing at 7:30 p.m. ET: NC, WV.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 10 Republicans, 5 Democrats

All 15 members
  1. 1 Greg Landsman (D)
  2. 2 David J. Taylor (R)
  3. 3 Joyce Beatty (D)
  4. 4 Jim Jordan (R)
  5. 5 Robert E. Latta (R)
  6. 6 Michael A. Rulli (R)
  7. 7 Max L. Miller (R)
  8. 8 Warren Davidson (R)
  9. 9 Marcy Kaptur (D)
  10. 10 Michael R. Turner (R)
  11. 11 Shontel M. Brown (D)
  12. 12 Troy Balderson (R)
  13. 13 Emilia Strong Sykes (D)
  14. 14 David P. Joyce (R)
  15. 15 Mike Carey (R)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Ohio margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Ohio in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+301960: R+6.6 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+25.9 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+2.3 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+21.6 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+0.3 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+10.6 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+18.7 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+10.9 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+1.8 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+6.4 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+3.6 (nation D+0.5)'002004: R+2.1 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+4.6 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+3.0 (nation D+3.9)'122016: R+8.1 (nation D+2.1)'162020: R+8.0 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+11.2 (nation R+1.5)'24

Ohio margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 81 of Ohio's 88 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 7.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Franklin County598,225D+28.4→R 3.0
Cuyahoga County576,520D+31.4→R 2.7
Hamilton County410,085D+14.9→R 1.0
Summit County273,571D+7.0→R 2.6
Montgomery County254,837D+0.5→R 1.8
Lucas County190,609D+12.6→R 4.2
Stark County184,193R+21.9→R 3.4
Butler County183,197R+26.3→R 2.3
Lorain County159,007R+5.7→R 3.3
Warren County139,619R+31.5→R 0.7

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Mahoning County (7.5), Trumbull County (6.2), Clark County (6.2); toward the Democrat, Union County (1.9), Clermont County (0.9), Delaware County (0.2) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 43.9%2,533,699Trump 55.1%3,180,1160.9%R+11.2R+1.565.4%17
2020 Donald TrumpTrump lostBiden 45.2%2,679,165Trump 53.3%3,154,8341.5%R+8.0D+4.567.1%18
2016 Donald TrumpTrumpClinton 43.6%2,394,164Trump 51.7%2,841,0054.8%R+8.1D+2.164.0%18
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 50.7%2,827,621Romney 47.7%2,661,4071.6%D+3.0D+3.965.1%18
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 51.5%2,940,044McCain 46.9%2,677,8201.6%D+4.6D+7.367.8%20
2004 George W. BushBushKerry 48.7%2,741,165Bush 50.8%2,859,7640.5%R+2.1R+2.568.1%20
2000 George W. BushBushGore 46.4%2,183,628Bush 50.0%2,350,3633.6%R+3.6D+0.557.9%21
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 47.4%2,148,222Dole 41.0%1,859,883Perot 10.7%D+6.4D+8.556.6%21
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 40.2%1,984,942Bush 38.4%1,894,310Perot 21.0%D+1.8D+5.662.5%21
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 44.2%1,939,629Bush 55.0%2,416,5490.9%R+10.9R+7.757.2%23
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 40.0%1,825,440Reagan 58.7%2,678,5591.3%R+18.7R+18.260.3%23
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 40.9%1,752,414Reagan 51.5%2,206,545Anderson 5.9%R+10.6R+9.757.4%25
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 48.9%2,011,621Ford 48.7%2,000,5052.4%D+0.3D+2.1—25
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 38.1%Nixon 59.6%2.3%R+21.6R+23.2—25
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 43.0%Nixon 45.2%Wallace 11.8%R+2.3R+0.7—26
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 62.9%Goldwater 37.1%0.0%D+25.9D+22.6—26
1960 Richard NixonNixon lostKennedy 46.7%Nixon 53.3%0.0%R+6.6D+0.2—25

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 2519601950 census
  • 261964–19681960 census
  • 251972–19801970 census
  • 231984–19881980 census
  • 211992–20001990 census
  • 202004–20082000 census
  • 182012–20202010 census
  • 172024–20282020 census
  • 172032–2040projected

Projected: Ohio's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 17. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Ohio cast electoral votes in 39 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1804. It backed the eventual president in 31 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican25+22.2✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican25+13.5✓
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic25+0.2✓
1944Thomas E. Dewey Republican25+0.4–
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic26+4.4✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic26+21.5✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic26+2.9✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican24+30.6✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican24+34.7✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican24+20.5✓
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic24+8.0✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic24+14.3✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican23+6.5✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican23+27.0✓
1900William McKinley Republican23+6.8✓
1896William McKinley Republican23+5.1✓
1892Benjamin Harrison RepublicanSplit: Harrison 22, Cleveland 123+0.1–
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican23+2.5✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican23+4.1–
1880James A. Garfield Republican22+4.8✓
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican22+1.1✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican22+7.1✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican21+8.0✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican21+12.7✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican23+10.0✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican23+4.3–
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic23+5.2✓
1848Lewis Cass Democratic23+4.9–
1844Henry Clay Whig23+2.0–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig21+8.9✓
1836William Henry Harrison Whig21+4.3–
1832Andrew Jackson Democratic21+3.0✓
1828Andrew Jackson Democratic16+3.2✓
1824Henry Clay Democratic-Republican16+1.5–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1812James Madison Democratic-Republican7—✓
1808James Madison Democratic-Republican3—✓
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican3—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.