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1876–2024
Mansfield, OH·Ohio

Mansfield, OH has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+42.3 in 2024.

Richland County anchor with a long manufacturing identity

20082024·5 elections
OH
Mansfield, OH
TrumpR+42.3
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald TrumpRepublican70.8%41,298
Kamala HarrisDemocratic28.4%16,591
OtherAll other candidates0.8%473
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −42.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−42.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+14.3%
1896+10.0%
1900+9.2%
1904−1.6%
1908+11.4%
1912+26.3%
1916+17.1%
1920−7.7%
1924−24.5%
1928−43.1%
1932+9.5%
1936+27.0%
1940+4.2%
1944−7.9%
1948−3.8%
1952−27.2%
1956−31.6%
1960−16.3%
1964+13.7%
1968−19.4%
1972−38.7%
1976−2.5%
1980−21.6%
1984−37.0%
1988−20.8%
1992−6.9%
1996−5.6%
2000−18.1%
2004−19.8%
2008−13.6%
2012−19.2%
2016−36.5%
2020−39.7%
2024−42.3%
DemocraticRepublican
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
28.4%Harris16,591
70.8%Trump41,298
0.8%
−42.3%
58,362
R
29.4%Biden17,640
69.1%Trump41,472
1.4%incl. Jorgensen
−39.7%
59,975
R
28.7%Clinton16,085
65.2%Trump36,590
6.1%incl. Johnson
−36.5%
56,106
R
39.0%Obama22,687
58.1%Romney33,867
2.9%
−19.2%
58,241
R
42.0%Obama25,727
55.6%McCain34,034
2.4%
−13.6%
61,239
R
39.8%Kerry24,638
59.6%Bush36,872
0.5%
−19.8%
61,840
R
39.0%Gore20,572
57.1%Bush30,138
3.9%incl. Nader
−18.1%
52,779
R
40.5%Clinton20,832
46.1%Dole23,697
13.5%incl. Perot
−5.6%
51,451
R
34.6%Clinton19,606
41.5%Bush23,532
23.9%incl. Perot
−6.9%
56,697
R
39.2%Dukakis19,617
60.0%Bush30,047
0.8%
−20.8%
50,047
R
31.1%Mondale16,141
68.1%Reagan35,299
0.8%
−37.0%
51,836
R
35.9%Carter18,253
57.5%Reagan29,213
6.6%incl. Anderson
−21.6%
50,824
R
46.8%Carter23,065
49.4%Ford24,310
3.8%
−2.5%
49,251
R
29.5%McGovern13,468
68.2%Nixon31,117
2.3%
−38.7%
45,641
R
34.2%Humphrey14,988
53.6%Nixon23,484
12.1%incl. Wallace
−19.4%
43,787
D
56.8%Johnson24,799
43.2%Goldwater18,833
0.0%
+13.7%
43,632
R
41.8%Kennedy19,645
58.2%Nixon27,317
0.0%
−16.3%
46,962
R
34.2%Stevenson13,578
65.8%Eisenhower26,098
0.0%
−31.6%
39,676
R
36.4%Stevenson14,780
63.6%Eisenhower25,829
0.0%
−27.2%
40,609
R
47.6%Truman14,712
51.5%Dewey15,894
0.9%incl. Thurmond
−3.8%
30,886
R
46.0%Roosevelt15,406
54.0%Dewey18,065
0.0%
−7.9%
33,471
D
52.1%Roosevelt18,645
47.9%Willkie17,157
0.0%
+4.2%
35,802
D
61.3%Roosevelt20,070
34.3%Landon11,220
4.5%
+27.0%
32,758
D
53.9%Roosevelt15,225
44.4%Hoover12,531
1.7%
+9.5%
28,249
R
28.2%Smith7,295
71.3%Hoover18,468
0.6%
−43.1%
25,909
R
31.0%Davis6,703
55.5%Coolidge12,013
13.5%incl. La Follette
−24.5%
21,645
R
45.1%Cox9,349
52.8%Harding10,940
2.1%
−7.7%
20,727
D
56.9%Wilson6,985
39.8%Hughes4,886
3.4%
+17.1%
12,283
D
48.6%Wilson5,201
22.3%Taft2,389
29.1%incl. Roosevelt
+26.3%
10,698
D
54.4%Bryan6,702
43.0%Taft5,301
2.6%
+11.4%
12,326
R
47.3%Parker5,407
48.8%Roosevelt5,587
3.9%
−1.6%
11,438
D
54.1%Bryan6,581
44.9%McKinley5,461
1.0%
+9.2%
12,162
D
54.7%Bryan6,256
44.7%McKinley5,115
0.6%
+10.0%
11,444
D
55.1%Cleveland5,398
40.8%Harrison3,994
4.1%incl. Weaver
+14.3%
9,796
No data
No data
No data
No data

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorMansfield, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White84.6%76.8%61.0%
Black7.2%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.8%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races6.2%6.5%12.6%
Other race1.3%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino2.3%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$59,509$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate13.8%13.3%12.5%
Median age40.939.839.1
Age 18–248.3%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.2%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)17.9%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home4.7%8.0%22.3%
German or other West Germanic2.1%0.9%0.5%
Spanish1.2%2.7%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 24.4%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 11.9%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryIrish 10.9%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic5.6%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant25.9%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed56.0%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant7.0%7.0%5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
24.4%
English
11.9%
Irish
10.9%
American
7.2%
Italian
3.7%
Polish
1.7%
Scottish
1.6%
French
1.2%
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
African
0.4%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
1.3%
Puerto Rican
0.4%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.3%
speak English only
German or other West Germanic2.1%
Spanish1.2%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Arabic0.2%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Korean0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.1%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
25.9%
Mainline Protestant
7.0%
Catholic
5.6%
Black Protestant
3.6%
Other Christian
0.8%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Muslim
0.4%
Other faiths
0.1%
Orthodox Christian
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted56.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Mansfield's voter behavior tracks closely with Ohio's broader working-class industrial belt, where deindustrialization reshaped party coalitions over the past two decades. Turnout tends to lag state averages despite the area's mid-sized population base.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 43.1 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.3 points.

A population of 125,099, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,509 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Mansfield, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mansfield, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 42.3 points (R+42.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 58,362 votes cast, 16,591 went Democratic and 41,298 went Republican.
What is Mansfield, OH, Ohio's political typology?
Akashic places Mansfield, OH, Ohio in the "Farm Belt" typology. 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 metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 24 times, and other 0 times.
When did Mansfield, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mansfield, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Mansfield, OH, Ohio?
Mansfield, OH, Ohio has a population of 125,099 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mansfield, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Mansfield, OH, Ohio is $59,509 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Mansfield, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Mansfield, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Farm Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.