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Ohio’s Final 2020 Early Voting Numbers

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The early voting in Ohio was record-breaking, as it was in many parts of the US. More than 100.5 million people voted early, which includes absentee ballots and in-person voting. In Ohio, 3,411,463 people voted early, far outpacing 2016’s 1,798,277. The 2020 total represents nearly 62% of the ALL votes in 2016, a huge turnout. The state is now expecting full turnout to exceed 75% of registered voters, something that hasn’t happened since 1992’s record 77% turnout. Could this election exceed even that record? It’s certainly possible.

All data provided here is from the Secretary of State.

Total Early Votes by County Ranked and % of 2016’s Total Vote
1. Cuyahoga: 356,917 58.62%
2. Franklin: 347,877 59.21%
3. Hamilton: 243,992 59.64%
4. Montgomery: 152,310 58.61%
5. Summit: 148,180 56.92%
6. Butler: 108,884 62.22%
7. Stark: 101,725 57.74%
8. Lorain: 96,278 68.50%
9. Lucas: 93,770 47.16%
10. Warren: 88,405 74.72%
11. Delaware: 85,863 81.28%
12. Lake: 81,876 69.87%
13. Mahoning: 66,991 57.77%
14. Medina: 63,844 69.27%
15. Licking: 60,736 72.63%
16. Trumbull: 58,015 60.01%
17. Fairfield: 54,178 73.66%
18. Clermont: 52,831 52.85%
19. Greene: 51,731 62.37%
20. Portage: 46,399 60.45%
21. Clark: 40,124 64.83%
22. Wood: 39,793 61.38%
23. Richland: 37,681 67.99%
24. Miami: 35,955 67.72%
25. Geauga: 33,540 66.20%
26. Wayne: 29,577 58.90%
27. Tuscarawas: 26,234 63.05%
28. Union: 23,871 86.19%
29. Allen: 23,838 51.56%
30. Muskingum: 23,824 63.97%
31. Ashtabula: 23,069 56.02%
32. Hancock: 22,909 59.64%
33. Erie: 22,714 59.99%
34. Columbiana: 22,018 47.36%
35. Washington: 20,797 69.01%
36. Ross: 20,755 67.90%
37. Knox: 19,634 67.87%
38. Belmont: 19,486 62.19%
39. Marion: 18,629 70.36%
40. Scioto: 18,599 59.99%
41. Jefferson: 18,078 55.78%
42. Logan: 16,522 76.10%
43. Sandusky: 16,490 58.30%
44. Ashland: 16,254 65.71%
45. Darke: 15,949 62.30%
46. Huron: 15,794 63.17%
47. Athens: 15,562 52.38%
48. Pickaway: 15,420 61.90%
49. Mercer: 15,350 70.36%
50. Shelby: 14,320 60.09%
51. Lawrence: 14,237 53.14%
52. Auglaize: 13,951 58.63%
53. Seneca: 13,906 57.50%
54. Defiance: 13,169 71.77%
55. Crawford: 13,053 67.53%
56. Ottawa: 12,639 56.46%
57. Fulton: 12,635 59.17%
58. Madison: 12,037 69.09%
59. Putnam: 12,011 63.70%
60. Clinton: 12,002 63.96%
61. Brown: 11,781 59.86%
62. Champaign: 11,645 63.83%
63. Preble: 11,371 54.98%
64. Carroll: 11,334 86.20%
65. Williams: 11,163 64.50%
66. Coshocton: 11,034 70.46%
67. Van Wert: 10,593 76.93%
68. Jackson: 10,513 76.31%
69. Guernsey: 10,363 62.25%
70. Morrow: 10,280 61.60%
71. Highland: 9,887 53.19%
72. Hocking: 9,508 73.54%
73. Perry: 9,371 62.06%
74. Meigs: 9,150 91.13%
75. Henry: 9,019 64.18%
76. Pike: 8,902 74.49%
77. Holmes: 8,105 72.98%
78. Gallia: 8,104 62.32%
79. Hardin: 7,515 60.83%
80. Adams: 7,162 62.76%
81. Fayette: 7,132 63.50%
82. Wyandot: 6,782 63.75%
83. Paulding: 5,744 63.16%
84. Harrison: 5,368 75.55%
85. Morgan: 4,490 69.32%
86. Noble: 4,339 71.85%
87. Monroe: 4,157 60.66%
88. Vinton: 3,423 61.79%

County early voting average versus 2016’s Total: 61.62%

Early reports suggest very heavy turnout so far for Election Day.

To follow the results, here are some useful links:
Columbus Dispatch Results Map
US Election Atlas
Hamilton County Voting Live



An Examination of Franklin County Voting History

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**Added data for the 2016 election.

With the presidential election just a few months ago, I thought it might be interesting to look at how Franklin County has voted over time. I went back to the presidential election of 1976 as that is the earliest I could find individual county totals.

First, let’s look at the total number of votes that were for the Democratic candidates vs the total number of votes for the Republican candidate.
An examination of Franklin County voting history
As the graph above shows, the number of Democratic votes has gradually been rising, and first surpassed Republican votes in the 1996 election. Meanwhile, Republican votes have more or less held steady, seeing no appreciable gains or declines over the course of the period of record.

What about votes as a %? For this, I was able to go back a bit further in the records.

This graph shows a very similar story, only a bit more stark, with Republicans clearly losing its share of the vote over the period with Democrats gaining.

Not only are the voting habits of the county changing, but Franklin County’s share of the statewide vote is also growing. In the graph below, Franklin County is compared to Cincinnati’s Hamilton County and Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County showing the % share of total statewide votes for each. Franklin County’s has been steadily rising over time, while both other counties have lost some share over the period.

And it is also becoming a bigger player in the statewide % of Democratic votes.

If these trends continue, Columbus’ Franklin County may end up passing Cuyahoga County not only as the most “Blue” county in the state, but the most influential county as well.