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Fayette County in presidential elections, 1852-2024

Fayette County has voted in 44 presidential elections in this record, from 1852 to 2024. It went Republican 39 times, Democratic 4 times and Whig once. It has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1968, 15 in a row; the last Democrat to carry it was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, by 14.6 points. In 2024 Donald J Trump won it with 77.21% of the vote, a 55.1-point margin over Kamala D Harris. Measured as the Republican share minus the Democratic share, the county was 43.9 points more Republican than Ohio, and it ranked 22nd of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.

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What 44 elections add up to

Each line is worked out from the table further down. "Margin" there is the winner's share minus the runner-up's; "lean" is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

With the nation
Fayette County voted for the candidate who won the presidency in 29 of 44 elections, 32nd among Ohio's 88 counties by that count (tied with 9 others). The most recent miss was 2020, when it voted for Donald J Trump and the country elected Joe Biden.
With Ohio
It voted the same way as Ohio as a whole in 35 of 44 elections. The last time it parted from the state was 2012: Mitt Romney carried the county, Barack H. Obama carried Ohio.
Years it changed sides
The party carrying the county changed 7 times: in 1856, 1912, 1916, 1932, 1940, 1964 and 1968.
Closest result
1912: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) over William Howard Taft by 1.36 points, 75 votes.
Widest result
2024: Donald J Trump (Republican) with 77.21%, 55.1 points ahead of Kamala D Harris.
Biggest move toward the Republicans
From 1964 to 1968 the margin moved 37.7 points toward the Republicans, from D+14.6 to R+23.1. Lean counts only the two major parties; George Wallace (American Independent) took 19.1% in 1968.
Biggest move toward the Democrats
From 1960 to 1964 the margin moved 42.8 points toward the Democrats, from R+28.2 to D+14.6.
Outside the two parties
H. Ross Perot (Independent) took 21.44% in 1992, 2,162 votes, the largest share any candidate outside the two major parties has won in the county.
Where it stands among the 88
Ranked by margin each year, from most Republican (1st) to most Democratic, the county stood highest in 1972 (5th of 88, R+48.6) and lowest in 1932 (60th of 88, D+9.5). Since 2000 it has moved from 30th to 22nd.
Votes and turnout
2,280 votes were counted for president in 1852 and 12,571 in 2024. Turnout in 2024 was 72.68% of registered voters, 61st among the 88 counties (Ohio: 71.71%).

Every election at a glance

One bar per election, oldest at the left; bar height is the winning margin, color the winner's party. The dot rows mark the years the county matched Ohio's winner and the nation's. Each bar opens that year's full count.

Presidential election results by margin, FayetteFayette's presidential margin has run from 1852 to 2024; bar height is the winning margin, color the winning party.1852: Winfield Scott (W), 14.4-point margin1852: missed Ohio’s winner1852: missed the nation1856: John C. Frémont (R), 13.4-point margin1856: matched Ohio’s winner1856: missed the nation1860: Abraham Lincoln (R), 11.7-point margin1860: matched Ohio’s winner1860: matched the nation1864: Abraham Lincoln (NU), 19.7-point margin1864: matched Ohio’s winner1864: matched the nation1868: Ulysses S. Grant (R), 17.8-point margin1868: matched Ohio’s winner1868: matched the nation1872: Ulysses S. Grant (R), 16.1-point margin1872: matched Ohio’s winner1872: matched the nation1876: Rutherford B. Hayes (R), 12.8-point margin1876: matched Ohio’s winner1876: matched the nation1880: James A. Garfield (R), 14.5-point margin1880: matched Ohio’s winner1880: matched the nation1884: James G. Blaine (R), 18.8-point margin1884: matched Ohio’s winner1884: missed the nation1888: Benjamin Harrison (R), 19.8-point margin1888: matched Ohio’s winner1888: matched the nation1892: Benjamin Harrison (R), 16.5-point margin1892: matched Ohio’s winner1892: missed the nation1896: William McKinley (R), 9.9-point margin1896: matched Ohio’s winner1896: matched the nation1900: William McKinley (R), 16.0-point margin1900: matched Ohio’s winner1900: matched the nation1904: Theodore Roosevelt (R), 27.2-point margin1904: matched Ohio’s winner1904: matched the nation1908: William Howard Taft (R), 15.2-point margin1908: matched Ohio’s winner1908: matched the nation1912: Woodrow Wilson (D), 1.4-point margin1912: matched Ohio’s winner1912: matched the nation1916: Charles Evans Hughes (R), 2.8-point margin1916: missed Ohio’s winner1916: missed the nation1920: Warren G. Harding (R), 17.6-point margin1920: matched Ohio’s winner1920: matched the nation1924: Calvin Coolidge (R), 24.5-point margin1924: matched Ohio’s winner1924: matched the nation1928: Herbert Hoover (R), 31.0-point margin1928: matched Ohio’s winner1928: matched the nation1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D), 9.5-point margin1932: matched Ohio’s winner1932: matched the nation1936: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D), 9.0-point margin1936: matched Ohio’s winner1936: matched the nation1940: Wendell Willkie (R), 6.5-point margin1940: missed Ohio’s winner1940: missed the nation1944: Thomas E. Dewey (R), 20.1-point margin1944: matched Ohio’s winner1944: missed the nation1948: Thomas E. Dewey (R), 16.1-point margin1948: missed Ohio’s winner1948: missed the nation1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), 27.3-point margin1952: matched Ohio’s winner1952: matched the nation1956: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), 32.0-point margin1956: matched Ohio’s winner1956: matched the nation1960: Richard Nixon (R), 28.2-point margin1960: matched Ohio’s winner1960: missed the nation1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (D), 14.6-point margin1964: matched Ohio’s winner1964: matched the nation1968: Richard Nixon (R), 23.1-point margin1968: matched Ohio’s winner1968: matched the nation1972: Richard Nixon (R), 48.6-point margin1972: matched Ohio’s winner1972: matched the nation1976: Gerald Ford (R), 12.0-point margin1976: missed Ohio’s winner1976: missed the nation1980: Ronald Reagan (R), 33.3-point margin1980: matched Ohio’s winner1980: matched the nation1984: Ronald Reagan (R), 52.2-point margin1984: matched Ohio’s winner1984: matched the nation1988: George H.W. Bush (R), 40.2-point margin1988: matched Ohio’s winner1988: matched the nation1992: George H.W. Bush (R), 19.2-point margin1992: missed Ohio’s winner1992: missed the nation1996: Robert Dole (R), 12.1-point margin1996: missed Ohio’s winner1996: missed the nation2000: George W. Bush (R), 25.0-point margin2000: matched Ohio’s winner2000: matched the nation2004: George W. Bush (R), 25.9-point margin2004: matched Ohio’s winner2004: matched the nation2008: John McCain (R), 23.1-point margin2008: missed Ohio’s winner2008: missed the nation2012: Mitt Romney (R), 21.5-point margin2012: missed Ohio’s winner2012: missed the nation2016: Donald Trump (R), 47.1-point margin2016: matched Ohio’s winner2016: matched the nation2020: Donald J Trump (R), 51.5-point margin2020: matched Ohio’s winner2020: missed the nation2024: Donald J Trump (R), 55.1-point margin2024: matched Ohio’s winner2024: matched the nation1852187218921912193219521972199220122024
Presidential election results by margin, FayetteFayette's presidential margin has run from 1852 to 2024; bar height is the winning margin, color the winning party.Source: Wikipedia · as of 2026-09-18 · Download this chart
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
YearWinnerPartyMarginMatched Ohio's winnerMatched the nation
1852Winfield ScottW14.4 pointsmissedmissed
1856John C. FrémontR13.4 pointsmatchedmissed
1860Abraham LincolnR11.7 pointsmatchedmatched
1864Abraham LincolnNU19.7 pointsmatchedmatched
1868Ulysses S. GrantR17.8 pointsmatchedmatched
1872Ulysses S. GrantR16.1 pointsmatchedmatched
1876Rutherford B. HayesR12.8 pointsmatchedmatched
1880James A. GarfieldR14.5 pointsmatchedmatched
1884James G. BlaineR18.8 pointsmatchedmissed
1888Benjamin HarrisonR19.8 pointsmatchedmatched
1892Benjamin HarrisonR16.5 pointsmatchedmissed
1896William McKinleyR9.9 pointsmatchedmatched
1900William McKinleyR16.0 pointsmatchedmatched
1904Theodore RooseveltR27.2 pointsmatchedmatched
1908William Howard TaftR15.2 pointsmatchedmatched
1912Woodrow WilsonD1.4 pointsmatchedmatched
1916Charles Evans HughesR2.8 pointsmissedmissed
1920Warren G. HardingR17.6 pointsmatchedmatched
1924Calvin CoolidgeR24.5 pointsmatchedmatched
1928Herbert HooverR31.0 pointsmatchedmatched
1932Franklin D. RooseveltD9.5 pointsmatchedmatched
1936Franklin D. RooseveltD9.0 pointsmatchedmatched
1940Wendell WillkieR6.5 pointsmissedmissed
1944Thomas E. DeweyR20.1 pointsmatchedmissed
1948Thomas E. DeweyR16.1 pointsmissedmissed
1952Dwight D. EisenhowerR27.3 pointsmatchedmatched
1956Dwight D. EisenhowerR32.0 pointsmatchedmatched
1960Richard NixonR28.2 pointsmatchedmissed
1964Lyndon B. JohnsonD14.6 pointsmatchedmatched
1968Richard NixonR23.1 pointsmatchedmatched
1972Richard NixonR48.6 pointsmatchedmatched
1976Gerald FordR12.0 pointsmissedmissed
1980Ronald ReaganR33.3 pointsmatchedmatched
1984Ronald ReaganR52.2 pointsmatchedmatched
1988George H.W. BushR40.2 pointsmatchedmatched
1992George H.W. BushR19.2 pointsmissedmissed
1996Robert DoleR12.1 pointsmissedmissed
2000George W. BushR25.0 pointsmatchedmatched
2004George W. BushR25.9 pointsmatchedmatched
2008John McCainR23.1 pointsmissedmissed
2012Mitt RomneyR21.5 pointsmissedmissed
2016Donald TrumpR47.1 pointsmatchedmatched
2020Donald J TrumpR51.5 pointsmatchedmissed
2024Donald J TrumpR55.1 pointsmatchedmatched

Year by year, 1852 to 2024

Newest first. Rank is the county's place among Ohio's counties that year from most Republican (1) to most Democratic, by lean. Lincoln's 1864 National Union ticket is counted as Republican and Horace Greeley's 1872 Liberal Republican ticket, which the Democrats also nominated, as Democratic; 1852 had no Republican ticket, so it has no lean or rank.

YearCarried byPartyShareRunner-upMarginLeanOhioRankWith OhioWith the nation
2024 Donald J TrumpRepublican77.21%Kamala D Harris 55.1R+55.1R+11.2 22YesYes
2020 Donald J TrumpRepublican75.11%Joseph R Biden Jr. 51.5R+51.5R+8.0 24YesNo
2016 Donald TrumpRepublican71.63%Hillary Clinton 47.1R+47.1R+8.1 24YesYes
2012 Mitt RomneyRepublican60.07%Barack Obama 21.5R+21.5D+3.0 30NoNo
2008 John McCainRepublican60.73%Barack Obama 23.1R+23.1D+4.6 23NoNo
2004 George W. BushRepublican62.73%John Kerry 25.9R+25.9R+2.1 33YesYes
2000 George W. BushRepublican61.27%Al Gore 25.0R+25.0R+3.5 30YesYes
1996 Robert DoleRepublican50.29%Bill Clinton 12.1R+12.1D+6.4 21NoNo
1992 George H.W. BushRepublican48.74%Bill Clinton 19.2R+19.2D+1.8 15NoNo
1988 George H.W. BushRepublican69.72%Michael Dukakis 40.2R+40.2R+10.8 13YesYes
1984 Ronald ReaganRepublican75.8%Walter F. Mondale 52.2R+52.2R+18.8 9YesYes
1980 Ronald ReaganRepublican64.26%Jimmy Carter 33.3R+33.3R+10.6 12YesYes
1976 Gerald FordRepublican55.18%Jimmy Carter 12.0R+12.0D+0.2 30NoNo
1972 Richard NixonRepublican73.25%George McGovern 48.6R+48.6R+21.6 5YesYes
1968 Richard NixonRepublican51.99%Hubert Humphrey 23.1R+23.1R+2.3 24YesYes
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic57.3%Barry Goldwater 14.6D+14.6D+25.9 33YesYes
1960 Richard NixonRepublican64.11%John F. Kennedy 28.2R+28.2R+6.6 32YesNo
1956 Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican66%Adlai E. Stevenson 32.0R+32.0R+22.2 48YesYes
1952 Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican63.66%Adlai Stevenson 27.3R+27.3R+13.5 41YesYes
1948 Thomas E. DeweyRepublican57.95%Harry S. Truman 16.1R+16.1D+0.2 24NoNo
1944 Thomas E. DeweyRepublican60.06%Franklin D. Roosevelt 20.1R+20.1R+0.4 35YesNo
1940 Wendell WillkieRepublican53.27%Franklin D. Roosevelt 6.5R+6.5D+4.4 51NoNo
1936 Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic54.33%Alf Landon 9.0D+9.0D+20.6 40YesYes
1932 Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic54.24%Herbert Hoover 9.5D+9.5D+2.9 60YesYes
1928 Herbert HooverRepublican65.23%Al Smith 31.0R+31.0R+30.4 59YesYes
1924 Calvin CoolidgeRepublican60.27%John W. Davis 24.5R+24.5R+34.6 53YesYes
1920 Warren G. HardingRepublican58.55%James M. Cox 17.6R+17.6R+19.9 49YesYes
1916 Charles Evans HughesRepublican50.53%Woodrow Wilson 2.8R+2.8D+7.7 24NoNo
1912 Woodrow WilsonDemocratic41.08%William Howard Taft 1.4D+1.4D+14.1 17YesYes
1908 William Howard TaftRepublican56.84%William Jennings Bryan 15.2R+15.2R+6.2 25YesYes
1904 Theodore RooseveltRepublican62.47%Alton B. Parker 27.2R+27.2R+25.4 36YesYes
1900 William McKinleyRepublican57.25%William Jennings Bryan 16.0R+16.0R+6.6 25YesYes
1896 William McKinleyRepublican54.54%William Jennings Bryan 9.9R+9.9R+4.8 26YesYes
1892 Benjamin HarrisonRepublican55.26%Grover Cleveland 16.5R+16.5R+0.1 16YesNo
1888 Benjamin HarrisonRepublican58.44%Grover Cleveland 19.8R+19.8R+2.3 17YesYes
1884 James G. BlaineRepublican58.87%Grover Cleveland 18.8R+18.8R+4.0 18YesNo
1880 James A. GarfieldRepublican56.99%Winfield Scott Hancock 14.5R+14.5R+4.7 27YesYes
1876 Rutherford B. HayesRepublican55.59%Samuel J. Tilden 12.8R+12.8R+1.1 23YesYes
1872 Ulysses S. GrantRepublican57.88%Horace Greeley 16.1R+16.1R+7.1 33YesYes
1868 Ulysses S. GrantRepublican58.88%Horatio Seymour 17.8R+17.8R+8.0 29YesYes
1864 Abraham LincolnNational Union59.83%George B. McClellan 19.7R+19.7R+12.7 34YesYes
1860 Abraham LincolnRepublican50.59%Stephen A. Douglas 11.7R+11.7R+10.0 40YesYes
1856 John C. FrémontRepublican49.11%James Buchanan 13.4R+13.4R+4.3 29YesNo
1852 Winfield ScottWhig53.55%Franklin Pierce 14.4—— —NoNo

Turnout, 1996-2024

Ballots cast in the November general election per registered voter, as the Ohio Secretary of State reports them. This record holds county turnout from 1996 on.

YearRegisteredBallots castTurnout
202417,45012,68272.68%
202017,18012,70473.95%
201616,24711,32569.71%
201216,37211,13668.02%
200816,43111,84372.08%
200416,09411,95474.28%
200014,7139,48464.46%
199614,3769,84968.51%

Sources

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1852 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1868 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1876 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1880 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1884 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1888 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1892 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1900 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1904 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1908 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1912 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1916 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1920 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1924 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1932 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1936 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1952 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1956 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1960 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1964 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1968 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1972 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1976 United States presidential election in Ohio · 1980 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. oh_1984_general_president_county.xlsx -- Ohio Secretary of State Past Election Results portal · Ohio Secretary of State · 1984-11-06 · accessed 2026-09-17
  2. County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2024 (V20) · MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL), Harvard Dataverse · 2000-11-07 · accessed 2026-09-17
  3. U.S. Electoral College results by year · National Archives and Records Administration

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