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1876–2024
Geauga County, Ohio
Geauga County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most reliably Republican suburban counties

18762024·38 elections
Geauga County, Ohio · Chris Light · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+24
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
95,481
2024 ACS
Most similar
Snyder County
PA · similarity 1.00
78 precincts · 55,189 votes cast
Trump · R+24
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−24.0%
20,60433,84455,189
2020R
−23.1%
21,20134,14356,021
2016R
−24.5%
17,56930,22751,580
2012R
−21.1%
19,65930,58951,806
2008R
−15.3%
21,25029,09651,245
2004R
−20.9%
19,85030,37050,442
2000R
−23.7%
15,32725,41742,600
1996R
−14.1%
14,14319,66239,089
1992R
−16.6%
11,46618,20040,518
1988R
−30.2%
11,87422,33934,608
1984R
−37.9%
9,95422,36932,754
1980R
−27.2%
9,54217,76230,204
1976R
−17.3%
10,44915,00426,269
1972R
−35.2%
7,32915,62423,577
1968R
−17.6%
7,82511,85722,908
1964D
+12.9%
12,2129,42321,635
1960R
−18.9%
8,52212,49121,013
1956R
−39.0%
4,81810,97115,789
1952R
−36.2%
4,2078,97513,182
1948R
−29.9%
2,9605,5358,622
1944R
−23.7%
3,2645,2958,559
1940R
−23.6%
3,3185,3718,689
1936R
−3.0%
3,4003,6207,314
1932R
−22.3%
2,3963,8366,454
1928R
−55.4%
1,1804,1615,378
1924R
−58.8%
6353,3754,662
1920R
−54.4%
1,0813,7224,853
1916R
−14.3%
1,3451,8063,218
1912D
+9.3%
8735793,178
1908R
−44.3%
9822,5963,646
1904R
−65.2%
5442,7623,400
1900R
−42.1%
1,1172,8164,036
1896R
−37.6%
1,2602,8074,116
1892R
−45.8%
7582,2673,295
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%
Italian
4.0%
African American
0.8%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
34.0%
Other Christian
29.5%
Mainline Protestant
4.5%
Methodist
3.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 27.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Geauga sits northeast of Cleveland with a largely rural and exurban character that has produced Republican presidential margins above 20 points in each of the last several cycles, making it a consistent anchor of the party's strength in the state's northeast corner.

The Republican margin in Geauga County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was twenty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Geauga County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $107,860, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 95,481 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 Snyder County and Shenandoah County.