OHIO | 18 Electoral Votes
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Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Ohio Secretary of State
Largest counties (28 are 100,000 plus): Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Summit, Montgomery. > Largest cities (100,000-plus): Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, Dayton. > Government
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State
of Ohio Secretary of State Green
Party of OH Columbus
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,644,958. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.6%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2012. Early In-Person Absentee Voting: October 2 - November 5, 2012. |
Total votes cast: 5,632,423. |
Overview:
Ohio, the quintessential battleground state, went to Obama-Biden by
166,214 votes (2.98 percentage
points). 127,528
fewer
votes
were
tallied
in
the
presidential
race
than
in
2008. The
Republican ticket carried 71 counties to 17 for the Democrats. General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Registered Voters: 7,722,180. + |
Democrats Barack
Obama 100%.
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Republicans 66 Delegates: 3 RNC; 22 at-large; 48 by CD (3 x 16 CDs). 2.89% of the 2,286 Delegates. Official Results >
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,541,239. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.7%. About 30% voted absentee: 1,744,753 absentee ballots were issued, of which 1,717,256 (98.4%) were counted...these included over 214,000 voters who voted in person by absentee from Sept. 30-Oct. 24. 206,859 provisional ballots were issued, of which 166,870 (80.7%) were counted. Total Registration: 8,287,665 |
Total votes cast: 5,775,369. |
2008
Overview After an intense campaign, Obama-Biden prevailed in battleground Ohio by 262,224 votes (4.59 percentage points). The Republican ticket carried 66 counties to 22 for the Democrats. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,427,696. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.8%. Total Registration: 7,979,630. Voter registration deadline for the November general election was October 4, 2004. |
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2004
Overview Because of its importance to both campaigns, the Ohio was seen as the Florida of 2004, a must-win state. The candidates made frequent visits, and their allies poured in resources. Intense legal activity in the weeks leading up to Election Day suggested the possibility of Florida-type post-election debacle. The focus led to high turnout; 925,910 more votes were cast in the race for president than in 2000. Although the Kerry campaign held out thin hopes for Ohio as Election Night segued into the morning after, on the afternoon of November 3 Kerry conceded. Nonethess legal activity continued into the post-election period, a recount of sorts occurred, and investigations were begun. Final results following the recount put Bush's plurality at 118,601 votes (2.10 percentage points); the Republican ticket carried 72 counties to 16 for Kerry-Edwards. General Election Details | Photos Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,295,592. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.7%. Total Registration: 7,535,188. |
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2000
Overview This bellweather battleground state which had gone to Clinton-Gore in 1996, returned to the Republican column. Bush won with a plurality of 166,735 votes (3.55 percentage points) and carried 72 counties to 16 for Gore. Historic Maps. General Election Activities |
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