Canton-Massillon, OH · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Canton-Massillon, OH, by party and cycle.
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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 Canton-Massillon, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
267,904
2018
272,884
2020
271,388
2022
267,500
2024
272,008
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+992 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,671 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Canton-Massillon, OH in Canton-Massillon, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−977
2012
−38
2013
−65
2014
−18
2015
−1,323
2016
−1,553
2017
−1,458
2018
−668
2019
−677
2021
+182
2022
+502
2023
+637
2024
+793
2025
+992
Canton-Massillon anchors Stark County, one of Ohio's most-watched bellwether jurisdictions, where deindustrialized working-class precincts and suburban growth corridors have produced razor-thin margins in nearly every recent statewide contest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 44.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 400,372, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,728 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hermitage, PA and Youngstown-Warren, OH.
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In 2024, Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 24.2 points (R+24.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 198,012 votes cast, 74,161 went Democratic and 122,112 went Republican.
When did Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?
Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio has a population of 400,372 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio is $67,728 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
