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Sandusky, OH·Ohio

Sandusky, OH delivered R+18.2 in 2024.

Lake Erie's swing corridor, where blue-collar shifts track statewide margins closely

2008 — 2024·5 elections
OH
2024 presidential election
Sandusky, OH
TrumpR+18.2
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2024 presidential margin by county for Sandusky, OH, OHA map of the constituent counties of Sandusky, OH, OH, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Erie County, OH · R+14.1Ottawa County, OH · R+25.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican58.4%37,365
Kamala HarrisDemocratic40.2%25,737
OtherAll other candidates1.4%877
D+60
R+60
2 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
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: −18.2% in 2024.flipped R · 2016−18.2%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892+12.1%
1896+2.4%
1900+3.4%
1904−12.3%
1908+4.6%
1912+20.3%
1916+17.1%
1920−25.3%
1924−28.4%
1928−18.9%
1932+21.5%
1936+19.5%
1940−10.1%
1944−16.2%
1948−1.2%
1952−26.4%
1956−34.6%
1960−16.2%
1964+24.2%
1968−5.9%
1972−20.1%
1976+1.1%
1980−10.9%
1984−18.6%
1988−5.8%
1992+6.1%
1996+13.1%
2000+2.2%
2004+3.0%
2008+11.1%
2012+9.3%
2016−13.0%
2020−16.0%
2024−18.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
40.2%Harris25,737
58.4%Trump37,365
1.4%
−18.2%
63,979
R
41.2%Biden26,501
57.2%Trump36,788
1.6%incl. Jorgensen
−16.0%
64,342
R
39.8%Clinton24,342
52.8%Trump32,301
7.4%incl. Johnson
−13.0%
61,156
D
53.2%Obama33,296
43.9%Romney27,490
3.0%
+9.3%
62,644
D
54.6%Obama35,212
43.5%McCain28,056
1.9%
+11.1%
64,465
D
51.4%Kerry32,539
48.4%Bush30,670
0.2%
+3.0%
63,344
D
49.5%Gore27,217
47.3%Bush26,022
3.2%incl. Nader
+2.2%
54,983
D
49.8%Clinton26,051
36.7%Dole19,195
13.5%incl. Perot
+13.1%
52,337
D
40.7%Clinton22,659
34.6%Bush19,241
24.7%incl. Perot
+6.1%
55,623
R
46.5%Dukakis23,135
52.3%Bush26,022
1.1%
−5.8%
49,715
R
40.1%Mondale20,561
58.7%Reagan30,094
1.1%
−18.6%
51,229
R
40.3%Carter19,096
51.3%Reagan24,269
8.4%incl. Anderson
−10.9%
47,353
D
49.2%Carter23,489
48.1%Ford22,983
2.7%
+1.1%
47,777
R
38.2%McGovern17,354
58.2%Nixon26,486
3.6%
−20.1%
45,480
R
42.2%Humphrey17,707
48.1%Nixon20,172
9.7%incl. Wallace
−5.9%
41,964
D
62.1%Johnson25,586
37.9%Goldwater15,620
0.0%
+24.2%
41,206
R
41.9%Kennedy17,566
58.1%Nixon24,352
0.0%
−16.2%
41,918
R
32.7%Stevenson11,452
67.3%Eisenhower23,577
0.0%
−34.6%
35,029
R
36.8%Stevenson13,357
63.2%Eisenhower22,953
0.0%
−26.4%
36,310
R
49.2%Truman14,801
50.4%Dewey15,159
0.4%incl. Thurmond
−1.2%
30,085
R
41.9%Roosevelt12,694
58.1%Dewey17,585
0.0%
−16.2%
30,279
R
44.9%Roosevelt14,810
55.1%Willkie18,139
0.0%
−10.1%
32,949
D
56.0%Roosevelt16,711
36.4%Landon10,875
7.6%
+19.5%
29,859
D
59.9%Roosevelt17,582
38.4%Hoover11,266
1.8%
+21.5%
29,375
R
40.4%Smith11,005
59.3%Hoover16,152
0.2%
−18.9%
27,225
R
25.0%Davis5,539
53.4%Coolidge11,826
21.6%incl. La Follette
−28.4%
22,142
R
36.1%Cox7,698
61.4%Harding13,091
2.6%
−25.3%
21,338
D
57.2%Wilson8,499
40.1%Hughes5,963
2.7%
+17.1%
14,865
D
46.1%Wilson6,232
25.8%Taft3,486
28.2%incl. Roosevelt
+20.3%
13,530
D
51.1%Bryan8,312
46.5%Taft7,568
2.5%
+4.6%
16,279
R
42.3%Parker6,354
54.6%Roosevelt8,201
3.1%
−12.3%
15,019
D
51.3%Bryan8,022
47.8%McKinley7,484
0.9%
+3.4%
15,650
D
50.6%Bryan7,901
48.2%McKinley7,521
1.2%
+2.4%
15,606
D
54.8%Cleveland7,138
42.7%Harrison5,567
2.5%incl. Weaver
+12.1%
13,036
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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.
IndicatorSandusky, OHMetro areaOhioStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White84.7%76.8%61.0%
Black5.9%12.2%12.2%
Asian0.7%2.6%6.0%
Two or more races6.5%6.5%12.6%
Other race2.3%2.0%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino4.8%4.8%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$73,427$71,389$84,427
Poverty rate11.4%13.3%12.5%
Median age47.239.839.1
Age 18–247.5%8.9%9.2%
Age 65 and older25.0%18.3%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)29.2%31.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home3.2%8.0%22.3%
Spanish1.7%2.7%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 33.7%German 22.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryIrish 14.0%Irish 12.3%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryEnglish 11.3%English 11.0%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic23.4%15.4%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant12.6%19.5%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed45.1%52.2%51.5%
Mainline Protestant15.9%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
33.7%
Irish
14.0%
English
11.3%
Italian
5.7%
American
4.2%
Polish
3.8%
French
2.4%
Scottish
1.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries, none of which clears the display floor here.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
2.9%
Puerto Rican
0.9%
Colombian
0.2%
Ecuadorian
0.2%
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
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 47.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.1%
85+
1.7%
3.7%
75–84
4.1%
7.0%
65–74
7.4%
7.6%
55–64
7.7%
5.9%
45–54
6.0%
5.5%
35–44
5.4%
5.3%
25–34
5.2%
3.9%
18–24
3.6%
7.3%
5–17
7.0%
2.2%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,427
Sandusky, OH$73,427
Ohio$71,389
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)10.0%
Seniors (65+)10.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.8%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
German or other West Germanic0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.2%
Other languages0.1%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.1%
Korean0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic
23.4%
Mainline Protestant
15.9%
Evangelical Protestant
12.6%
Black Protestant
1.6%
Other Christian
0.7%
Latter-day Saints
0.4%
Muslim
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Unaffiliated or not counted45.1%
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.

The Sandusky metro anchors Erie County, one of Ohio's most reliable bellwether jurisdictions — a manufacturing-rooted community where presidential margins have mirrored statewide outcomes within a few points across multiple cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 34.6 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.2 points.

A population of 114,575, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,427 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Sandusky, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sandusky, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 18.2 points (R+18.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 63,979 votes cast, 25,737 went Democratic and 37,365 went Republican.
When did Sandusky, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sandusky, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Sandusky, OH, Ohio?
Sandusky, OH, Ohio has a population of 114,575 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sandusky, OH, Ohio?
Median household income in Sandusky, OH, Ohio is $73,427 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.
What is the political history of Sandusky, OH, Ohio?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sandusky, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.