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1876–2024
Clark County, Ohio
Clark County·Ohio

Clark County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A mid-sized manufacturing county that has swung sharply rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Clark County, Ohio · Tysto · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+29
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
135,158
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hernando County
FL · similarity 0.98
76 precincts · 63,206 votes cast
Trump · R+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.4%
21,84740,40363,206
2020R
−23.3%
24,07639,03264,212
2016R
−18.9%
23,32835,20562,756
2012R
−0.8%
31,29731,82065,104
2008R
−2.5%
31,95833,63466,987
2004R
−2.0%
33,53534,94168,807
2000D
+0.6%
27,98427,66057,559
1996D
+9.7%
27,89022,29757,802
1992D
+4.2%
26,69224,01163,538
1988R
−16.8%
23,24732,72956,503
1984R
−25.4%
21,15435,83157,744
1980R
−8.5%
22,63027,23754,015
1976R
−1.1%
26,13526,74554,660
1972R
−26.4%
19,72534,44755,750
1968D
+0.5%
24,02923,74854,491
1964D
+28.4%
34,27519,11253,387
1960R
−15.3%
22,45630,58853,044
1956R
−23.9%
17,68028,76746,447
1952R
−13.8%
20,78627,46448,250
1948R
−3.7%
17,23618,54835,917
1944D
+0.3%
22,36222,20744,569
1940D
+11.2%
25,88820,68146,569
1936D
+25.0%
26,13815,48342,540
1932R
−4.6%
17,31419,02836,952
1928R
−44.0%
10,31626,66637,183
1924R
−39.0%
8,41520,34030,615
1920R
−16.7%
14,09719,86934,540
1916D
+0.7%
8,8488,71518,293
1912R
−4.9%
5,2176,03616,693
1908R
−14.2%
6,5298,91716,834
1904R
−31.8%
4,5659,35515,084
1900R
−16.7%
6,2438,80615,361
1896R
−9.0%
6,3827,66714,228
1892R
−7.7%
5,2556,21412,402
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
6.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
11.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.6%
Baptist
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.8%
Methodist
3.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Clark County, anchored by Springfield, shifted from a presidential battleground in the early 2000s to a nearly 30-point Republican margin in 2024, tracking broader working-class realignment across Ohio's mid-sized industrial cities.

The Republican margin in Clark County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Clark County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,132, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 135,158 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hernando County and Madison County.