Elections in Ohio

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Elections in Ohio are held on a county, state, and federal level. The Republicans are strongest in the rural Northwest, the affluent Cincinnati and Columbus suburbs, and have made gains in Appalachian Southeast Ohio and the industrial, working-class Northeast in the 21st century. The Democrats rely on the state's major cities, and have made gains in educated suburban areas in recent years. In recent years, Ohio has trended Republican and is considered a reliable state for Republicans, which currently hold all state and Senate seats as well hold a majority in the congressional delegate. The state was strongly Republican from the party's inception, as it voted Republican in every election from 1856 to 1908. The northern Union-aligned part of the state kept the state Republican, and consistently narrowed edged out the Democratic and Appalachia-influenced southern Ohio. From 1896 till 2020, however, Ohio has voted for the winning candidate, except for Franklin D Roosevelt in 1944, John F Kennedy...

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