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1876–2024
Madison County, Ohio
Madison County·Ohio

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

One of Ohio's most reliably lopsided rural presidential counties

18762024·38 elections
Madison County, Ohio · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
44,423
2024 ACS
Most similar
Licking County
OH · similarity 0.99
24 precincts · 20,762 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.5%
5,71314,73720,762
2020R
−41.0%
5,69813,83519,855
2016R
−38.7%
4,77911,63117,685
2012R
−19.7%
6,84510,34217,719
2008R
−23.3%
6,53210,60617,510
2004R
−28.2%
6,20311,11717,398
2000R
−24.6%
5,2878,89214,667
1996R
−13.4%
5,0726,87113,421
1992R
−20.4%
3,9986,86514,071
1988R
−41.3%
3,4218,30311,817
1984R
−50.5%
2,9288,97911,987
1980R
−31.7%
3,5657,16611,350
1976R
−18.0%
4,8857,07412,161
1972R
−53.2%
2,4848,37211,064
1968R
−30.1%
2,7805,88210,293
1964D
+3.1%
5,2644,94510,209
1960R
−32.7%
3,6777,25610,933
1956R
−38.6%
2,8756,4839,358
1952R
−32.8%
3,1776,2799,456
1948R
−17.0%
3,3564,7308,094
1944R
−24.3%
3,3745,5468,920
1940R
−14.7%
4,3905,90410,294
1936D
+3.4%
5,1844,84310,130
1932D
+1.0%
4,7224,6319,426
1928R
−37.0%
2,5275,5228,105
1924R
−27.5%
2,6854,8297,792
1920R
−17.7%
3,7695,3979,185
1916R
−2.6%
2,6672,8095,516
1912R
−1.9%
2,1722,2715,236
1908R
−11.2%
2,4303,0515,554
1904R
−19.8%
2,1033,1645,356
1900R
−12.2%
2,4933,1975,752
1896R
−9.1%
2,7513,3086,125
1892R
−5.9%
2,2922,5945,093
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
0.8%
African American
3.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
7.3%
Mainline Protestant
5.4%
Other Christian
4.4%
Methodist
3.9%
Baptist
3.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison County's R+43.7 margin in 2024 places it among Ohio's most one-sided presidential battlegrounds, reflecting a largely rural, small-city electorate centered on London that has shifted steadily away from competitive outcomes over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Madison County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Madison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,045, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 44,423 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 Licking County and Allegany County.