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Election 2020 Results

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2020 presidential election in Ohio

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Joe Biden (Democrat) in Ohio in 2020, 53.3% to 45.2%, a margin of 8.0 points and 475,669 votes.

Ohio voted 12.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2016, when Donald Trump also won.

Republicans led in 81 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Franklin, cast 630,253 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.4 points. The closest was Mahoning, where 2,264 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Donald Trump won Republican 3,154,834 53.3%
Joe Biden Democratic 2,679,165 45.2%
All other candidates 88,203 1.5%
Total5,922,202

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Franklin 409,134 64.9% 211,232 33.5% 9,887 630,253 D+31.4
Cuyahoga 416,167 66.5% 202,693 32.4% 6,623 625,483 D+34.1
Hamilton 246,264 57.2% 177,888 41.3% 6,599 430,751 D+15.9
Summit 151,667 54.1% 124,832 44.5% 3,891 280,390 D+9.6
Montgomery 135,059 50.3% 129,028 48.1% 4,301 268,388 D+2.2
Lucas 115,414 57.5% 81,768 40.8% 3,385 200,567 D+16.8
Stark 75,901 40.0% 111,090 58.5% 2,846 189,837 R+18.5
Butler 69,613 37.3% 114,391 61.3% 2,670 186,674 R+24.0
Lorain 75,671 48.1% 79,524 50.5% 2,211 157,406 R+2.4
Warren 46,072 33.9% 87,991 64.7% 2,038 136,101 R+30.8
Lake 55,517 42.5% 73,281 56.2% 1,692 130,490 R+13.6
Delaware 57,737 45.8% 66,357 52.7% 1,922 126,016 R+6.8
Mahoning 57,639 48.5% 59,903 50.4% 1,402 118,944 R+1.9
Clermont 34,090 30.9% 74,563 67.5% 1,784 110,437 R+36.6
Medina 39,801 37.6% 64,600 61.1% 1,410 105,811 R+23.4
Trumbull 44,517 44.1% 55,185 54.7% 1,269 100,971 R+10.6
Licking 33,057 35.1% 59,511 63.2% 1,592 94,160 R+28.1
Greene 34,803 39.3% 52,080 58.8% 1,722 88,605 R+19.5
Fairfield 31,224 37.5% 50,796 61.0% 1,256 83,276 R+23.5
Portage 35,663 43.0% 45,992 55.5% 1,201 82,856 R+12.5
Wood 30,616 45.3% 35,757 52.9% 1,203 67,576 R+7.6
Clark 24,064 37.5% 38,994 60.8% 1,073 64,131 R+23.3
Richland 17,639 29.4% 41,470 69.2% 849 59,958 R+39.7
Miami 15,668 27.0% 41,382 71.4% 921 57,971 R+44.4
Geauga 21,204 37.9% 34,148 61.0% 666 56,018 R+23.1
Wayne 16,660 30.7% 36,758 67.7% 838 54,256 R+37.0
Columbiana 13,359 26.8% 35,726 71.7% 769 49,854 R+44.9
Allen 14,149 29.5% 33,118 69.0% 728 47,995 R+39.5
Ashtabula 16,498 37.4% 26,893 60.9% 755 44,146 R+23.5
Tuscarawas 12,891 29.3% 30,463 69.2% 656 44,010 R+39.9
Muskingum 11,972 29.6% 27,869 68.9% 622 40,463 R+39.3
Erie 17,493 43.4% 22,160 55.0% 674 40,327 R+11.6
Hancock 11,757 30.3% 26,309 67.9% 690 38,756 R+37.5
Union 11,144 33.3% 21,671 64.8% 635 33,450 R+31.5
Jefferson 10,018 30.1% 22,828 68.5% 458 33,304 R+38.5
Ross 10,557 31.7% 22,279 66.9% 461 33,297 R+35.2
Belmont 9,138 27.6% 23,559 71.2% 382 33,079 R+43.6
Scioto 9,080 28.3% 22,608 70.6% 353 32,041 R+42.2
Washington 9,243 28.9% 22,307 69.6% 481 32,031 R+40.8
Knox 8,589 27.4% 22,339 71.2% 459 31,387 R+43.8
Sandusky 10,597 35.2% 18,897 62.8% 579 30,073 R+27.6
Pickaway 7,303 25.8% 20,590 72.9% 359 28,252 R+47.0
Lawrence 7,489 26.6% 20,306 72.2% 328 28,123 R+45.6
Marion 8,269 29.7% 19,023 68.4% 526 27,818 R+38.7
Huron 7,759 28.5% 18,956 69.7% 469 27,184 R+41.2
Darke 4,731 17.4% 22,005 81.1% 393 27,129 R+63.7
Ashland 6,542 24.8% 19,409 73.5% 450 26,401 R+48.7
Athens 14,772 56.7% 10,861 41.7% 414 26,047 D+15.0
Seneca 8,266 32.0% 17,085 66.2% 451 25,802 R+34.2
Auglaize 4,651 18.0% 20,798 80.7% 324 25,773 R+62.7
Shelby 4,465 17.7% 20,421 80.9% 360 25,246 R+63.2
Ottawa 9,006 37.5% 14,625 60.9% 366 23,997 R+23.4
Mercer 4,030 17.0% 19,452 81.9% 271 23,753 R+64.9
Logan 5,055 21.6% 17,964 76.9% 341 23,360 R+55.3
Fulton 6,664 29.3% 15,731 69.1% 370 22,765 R+39.8
Preble 4,493 20.6% 17,022 78.1% 294 21,809 R+57.4
Brown 4,380 20.8% 16,478 78.1% 236 21,094 R+57.4
Crawford 4,916 23.8% 15,436 74.6% 331 20,683 R+50.9
Clinton 4,697 22.9% 15,489 75.5% 337 20,523 R+52.6
Champaign 5,062 25.4% 14,587 73.1% 315 19,964 R+47.7
Putnam 3,195 16.0% 16,410 82.4% 308 19,913 R+66.4
Madison 5,709 28.7% 13,869 69.7% 316 19,894 R+41.0
Highland 3,800 19.3% 15,682 79.7% 194 19,676 R+60.4
Defiance 5,981 30.9% 13,038 67.3% 350 19,369 R+36.4
Williams 4,842 26.0% 13,452 72.1% 355 18,649 R+46.2
Morrow 4,048 21.9% 14,076 76.3% 327 18,451 R+54.3
Guernsey 4,577 25.1% 13,407 73.6% 244 18,228 R+48.4
Coshocton 4,125 24.6% 12,324 73.6% 289 16,738 R+49.0
Perry 4,099 24.6% 12,359 74.1% 217 16,675 R+49.5
Van Wert 3,067 20.5% 11,651 77.9% 243 14,961 R+57.4
Jackson 3,311 22.4% 11,308 76.4% 173 14,792 R+54.1
Henry 4,062 27.5% 10,479 71.0% 218 14,759 R+43.5
Carroll 3,252 22.9% 10,747 75.6% 211 14,210 R+52.7
Hocking 3,880 28.1% 9,739 70.5% 202 13,821 R+42.4
Gallia 2,990 21.7% 10,646 77.1% 164 13,800 R+55.5
Hardin 3,062 23.1% 9,948 75.1% 236 13,246 R+52.0
Holmes 1,995 15.4% 10,798 83.4% 150 12,943 R+68.0
Fayette 2,975 23.6% 9,472 75.1% 164 12,611 R+51.5
Pike 3,110 25.1% 9,156 73.8% 144 12,410 R+48.7
Adams 2,156 17.8% 9,870 81.3% 119 12,145 R+63.5
Wyandot 2,733 24.0% 8,463 74.3% 193 11,389 R+50.3
Meigs 2,492 22.8% 8,315 75.9% 143 10,950 R+53.2
Paulding 2,213 23.4% 7,086 74.9% 162 9,461 R+51.5
Harrison 1,768 23.1% 5,791 75.7% 95 7,654 R+52.6
Monroe 1,605 22.5% 5,463 76.4% 80 7,148 R+54.0
Morgan 1,725 25.2% 5,041 73.6% 81 6,847 R+48.4
Noble 1,170 18.4% 5,135 81.0% 38 6,343 R+62.5
Vinton 1,332 22.1% 4,634 76.9% 63 6,029 R+54.8

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0