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1876–2024
Darke County, Ohio
Darke County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Darke County, Ohio · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+65
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
51,594
2024 ACS
Most similar
Shelby County
OH · similarity 1.00
43 precincts · 27,112 votes cast
Trump · R+65
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−65.1%
4,58322,23427,112
2020R
−63.7%
4,73122,00427,134
2016R
−60.2%
4,47020,01225,821
2012R
−44.1%
6,82618,10825,590
2008R
−36.1%
7,96417,29025,838
2004R
−39.8%
7,84618,30626,313
2000R
−30.4%
7,74114,81723,267
1996R
−8.4%
8,87110,79823,032
1992R
−16.7%
7,01611,09824,426
1988R
−36.7%
6,85114,91421,954
1984R
−46.6%
5,90416,37922,494
1980R
−23.4%
7,63512,77321,958
1976R
−7.6%
9,90111,58021,953
1972R
−34.7%
6,53413,86221,096
1968R
−17.5%
7,37110,92620,315
1964D
+18.3%
12,4338,58121,014
1960R
−29.1%
7,71514,04821,763
1956R
−30.6%
7,13813,44720,585
1952R
−28.6%
7,59713,67021,267
1948R
−1.0%
8,7708,95617,813
1944R
−16.2%
8,03611,13519,171
1940R
−7.2%
9,65111,14720,798
1936D
+13.5%
11,1148,37520,283
1932D
+14.3%
11,1228,28419,889
1928R
−33.5%
5,82211,76517,734
1924R
−10.7%
7,3169,16617,321
1920R
−6.0%
8,4599,55218,162
1916D
+17.2%
6,1864,32210,865
1912D
+18.8%
5,0273,10710,209
1908D
+12.4%
6,3914,95111,623
1904R
−1.6%
5,0305,20310,562
1900D
+10.6%
6,0034,83411,038
1896D
+16.6%
6,1514,38410,619
1892D
+12.6%
4,9163,7379,344
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
14.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
12.3%
Methodist
6.0%
Mainline Protestant
5.6%
Baptist
5.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 54.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Darke County's agricultural flatlands in Ohio's western corner have produced some of the state's widest presidential margins, with the 2024 gap reaching 65 points — a figure that places it among the most one-sided counties in the Midwest.

The Republican margin in Darke County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Darke County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,486, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 51,594 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 Shelby County and Preble County.