Athens, OH · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Athens County, Ohio. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Athens, OH, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Athens, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
45,418
2018
45,318
2020
39,344
2022
38,989
2024
32,900
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+33 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,067 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Athens, OH in Athens, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−370
2012
−875
2013
−504
2014
−211
2015
+764
2016
+164
2017
−98
2018
−1,130
2019
−305
2021
−2,951
2022
+1,580
2023
+1,608
2024
+228
2025
+33
Athens anchors a small Appalachian metro where Ohio University's enrollment shapes the electorate in ways that diverge sharply from surrounding rural counties, producing some of southeastern Ohio's most competitive precinct-level variation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.1 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 56.8 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.7 points.
A population of 61,737, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,001 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Galesburg, IL and Carbondale, IL.
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In 2024, Athens, OH, Ohio voted Democratic by 10.7 points (D+10.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 25,776 votes cast, 14,134 went Democratic and 11,369 went Republican.
When did Athens, OH, Ohio last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Athens, OH, Ohio voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Athens, OH, Ohio?
Athens, OH, Ohio has a population of 61,737 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Athens, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Athens, OH, Ohio is $56,001 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Athens, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Athens, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
