Van Wert, 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: Van Wert 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 Van Wert, 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 Van Wert, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
19,668
2018
20,151
2020
20,291
2022
20,266
2024
20,490
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+63 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −649 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Van Wert, OH in Van Wert, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−107
2012
−22
2013
−293
2014
−29
2015
+3
2016
−146
2017
+33
2018
−84
2019
−20
2021
−96
2022
+14
2023
−103
2024
+138
2025
+63
Van Wert, OH sits in the Industrial Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 58.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.5 points.
A population of 28,826, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,917 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Greensburg, IN and Wabash, IN.
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In 2024, Van Wert, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 58.5 points (R+58.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,729 votes cast, 3,000 went Democratic and 11,616 went Republican.
When did Van Wert, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Van Wert, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Van Wert, OH, Ohio?
Van Wert, OH, Ohio has a population of 28,826 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Van Wert, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Van Wert, OH, Ohio is $67,917 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Van Wert, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Van Wert, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
