| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 376,385 | 195,165 | 581,515 | |
| 2020 | D | 416,176 | 202,699 | 625,670 | |
| 2016 | D | 398,271 | 184,211 | 617,350 | |
| 2012 | D | 447,273 | 190,660 | 650,437 | |
| 2008 | D | 458,422 | 199,880 | 667,299 | |
| 2004 | D | 448,503 | 221,600 | 673,777 | |
| 2000 | D | 359,913 | 192,099 | 574,782 | |
| 1996 | D | 341,357 | 163,770 | 561,892 | |
| 1992 | D | 337,548 | 187,186 | 640,241 | |
| 1988 | D | 353,401 | 242,439 | 601,117 | |
| 1984 | D | 362,626 | 284,094 | 651,633 | |
| 1980 | D | 307,448 | 254,883 | 614,682 | |
| 1976 | D | 349,186 | 255,594 | 623,222 | |
| 1972 | R | 317,670 | 329,493 | 659,751 | |
| 1968 | D | 363,540 | 238,791 | 673,839 | |
| 1964 | D | 492,911 | 196,436 | 689,347 | |
| 1960 | D | 429,030 | 288,056 | 717,086 | |
| 1956 | R | 304,558 | 353,474 | 658,032 | |
| 1952 | R | 324,962 | 329,465 | 654,427 | |
| 1948 | D | 257,958 | 214,889 | 490,628 | |
| 1944 | D | 330,659 | 217,824 | 548,483 | |
| 1940 | D | 347,118 | 209,070 | 556,188 | |
| 1936 | D | 311,117 | 128,947 | 475,418 | |
| 1932 | D | 185,731 | 166,337 | 370,578 | |
| 1928 | R | 166,188 | 194,508 | 364,108 | |
| 1924 | R | 24,000 | 130,169 | 264,066 | |
| 1920 | R | 70,518 | 148,857 | 231,279 | |
| 1916 | D | 71,533 | 51,287 | 128,900 | |
| 1912 | D | 43,610 | 14,176 | 102,624 | |
| 1908 | R | 39,954 | 56,344 | 101,729 | |
| 1904 | R | 24,202 | 57,367 | 91,256 | |
| 1900 | R | 42,440 | 45,299 | 90,288 | |
| 1896 | R | 37,542 | 42,993 | 81,490 | |
| 1892 | D | 29,543 | 26,657 | 58,414 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Home to Cleveland and a dense ring of inner suburbs, Cuyahoga delivers reliably lopsided Democratic presidential margins — D+31.4 in 2024 — making it the single largest vote reservoir for statewide Democratic candidates in Ohio.
The Democratic margin in Cuyahoga County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-three points in 1964; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points, still in line with the county's long pattern.
Cuyahoga County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,468, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Berkshire County and Philadelphia County.
