Sandusky County, Ohio: Heartland Swing county. In 2024, voted R+31%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1956.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+31MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Heartland SwingAkashic typology
- Population
- 58,7782024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,2952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gratiot County, MI · similarity 0.99
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Sandusky CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Sandusky County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Margin—
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +11.3% |
| 1896 | +12.4% |
| 1900 | +10.1% |
| 1904 | −5.0% |
| 1908 | +12.2% |
| 1912 | +32.2% |
| 1916 | +18.9% |
| 1920 | −25.2% |
| 1924 | −32.4% |
| 1928 | −35.1% |
| 1932 | +7.1% |
| 1936 | +2.4% |
| 1940 | −32.8% |
| 1944 | −38.4% |
| 1948 | −20.1% |
| 1952 | −42.4% |
| 1956 | −45.0% |
| 1960 | −28.1% |
| 1964 | +24.0% |
| 1968 | −14.1% |
| 1972 | −29.5% |
| 1976 | −7.5% |
| 1980 | −20.4% |
| 1984 | −33.2% |
| 1988 | −18.5% |
| 1992 | −3.3% |
| 1996 | +6.0% |
| 2000 | −9.9% |
| 2004 | −12.2% |
| 2008 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | −22.3% |
| 2020 | −27.6% |
| 2024 | −30.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,139 | 19,311 | 29,827 | ||
| R | 10,596 | 18,896 | 30,074 | ||
| R | 9,929 | 16,316 | 28,688 | ||
| D | 14,541 | 13,755 | 29,424 | ||
| D | 15,602 | 14,192 | 30,377 | ||
| R | 12,686 | 16,224 | 29,014 | ||
| R | 11,146 | 13,699 | 25,744 | ||
| D | 11,547 | 10,033 | 25,413 | ||
| R | 9,878 | 10,772 | 27,472 | ||
| R | 9,709 | 14,203 | 24,232 | ||
| R | 8,564 | 17,214 | 26,020 | ||
| R | 8,482 | 13,420 | 24,166 | ||
| R | 11,202 | 13,074 | 24,867 | ||
| R | 8,308 | 15,489 | 24,343 | ||
| R | 8,581 | 11,696 | 22,025 | ||
| D | 13,481 | 8,254 | 21,735 | ||
| R | 8,171 | 14,566 | 22,737 | ||
| R | 5,687 | 15,009 | 20,696 | ||
| R | 6,048 | 14,939 | 20,987 | ||
| R | 7,216 | 10,847 | 18,099 | ||
| R | 6,129 | 13,763 | 19,892 | ||
| R | 7,116 | 14,054 | 21,170 | ||
| D | 9,171 | 8,692 | 20,265 | ||
| D | 10,299 | 8,915 | 19,490 | ||
| R | 5,834 | 12,200 | 18,119 | ||
| R | 4,388 | 9,381 | 15,408 | ||
| R | 5,295 | 8,933 | 14,461 | ||
| D | 5,264 | 3,557 | 9,037 | ||
| D | 4,333 | 1,576 | 8,553 | ||
| D | 5,242 | 4,079 | 9,543 | ||
| R | 3,787 | 4,208 | 8,353 | ||
| D | 4,915 | 4,003 | 9,044 | ||
| D | 5,105 | 3,970 | 9,172 | ||
| D | 3,774 | 2,960 | 7,175 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.7%
Irish
10.5%
English
10.0%
American
7.2%
Italian
3.3%
Polish
2.8%
French
2.1%
African American
2.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,295
Sandusky County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sandusky County$62,295
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Sandusky County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.0%
Working age (18–64)13.0%
Seniors (65+)13.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.0%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sandusky County, anchored by Fremont, shifted from a competitive bellwether to a reliably Republican county as working-class voters realigned; the 2024 presidential margin of R+30.9 reflects a 20-year transformation in its blue-collar electorate.
The Democratic margin here peaked at thirty-two points in 1912. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-one points.
A population of 58,778, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,295 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gratiot County and Carroll County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sandusky County, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sandusky County, Ohio voted Republican by 30.8 points (R+31), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,827 votes cast, 10,139 went Democratic and 19,311 went Republican.
What is Sandusky County, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Sandusky County, Ohio in the "Heartland Swing" typology — Industrial Midwest swing counties drifting steadily toward the Republican Party. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Sandusky County, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sandusky County, Ohio voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Sandusky County, Ohio?
Sandusky County, Ohio has a population of 58,778 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandusky County, Ohio?
Median household income in Sandusky County, Ohio is $62,295 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Sandusky County, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sandusky County, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's typology — "Heartland Swing" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.