Wapakoneta, 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: Auglaize 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 Wapakoneta, 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 Wapakoneta, OH
Year
Total registered
2016
31,666
2018
32,253
2020
32,489
2022
32,319
2024
32,887
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−8 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,449 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Wapakoneta, OH in Wapakoneta, OH: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−295
2012
−60
2013
−22
2014
−132
2015
−138
2016
−50
2017
−134
2018
−111
2019
−165
2021
−162
2022
−247
2023
+120
2024
−45
2025
−8
Wapakoneta, OH sits in the Industrial Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 64.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.6 points.
A population of 46,125, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,660 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Effingham, IL and Sidney, OH.
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In 2024, Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 64.6 points (R+64.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,629 votes cast, 4,442 went Democratic and 20,988 went Republican.
When did Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio?
Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio has a population of 46,125 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio is $78,660 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Wapakoneta, OH, Ohio from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
