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Portage County, presidential election of 1864

Portage County

64.40%Abraham Lincoln (NU), the most votes5,396Votes counted for president

Every election in Portage County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1864

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What this is

Portage County counted 5,396 votes for president across 2 candidates in 1864. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Abraham LincolnNational Union3,47564.40%
George B. McClellanDemocratic1,92135.60%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to Abraham Lincoln (National Union) with 56.37%, a 12.7-point margin over George B. McClellan. The country elected Abraham Lincoln.
Against the state
Portage County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+28.8 against Ohio's R+12.7: 16.1 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 21st of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1860
From 1860 to 1864 the county's lean moved 7.6 points toward the Republicans, from R+21.2 to R+28.8.
Matched
Portage County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.

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Where this appears

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Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1864-11-08 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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