OHIO 21 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Ohio Secretary of State
Total Population, April 1, 2000 11,353,140
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000   8,433,000 % change from '96  +1.2
Total Registration, Nov. 2000    7,535,188
Ohio has: 88 counties.
Five largest counties: Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Montgomery, Summit.
Five largest cities: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron.

Government
Governor: Bob Taft (R) elected in 1998.
State Legislature: Ohio General Assembly  House: 40D, 59R  Senate: 12D, 21R
Local: Counties and Municipalities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 11R, 8D - 1. S.Chabot (R) | 2. R.Portman (R) | 3. T.Hall (D) | 4. M.Oxley (R) | 5. P.Gillmor (R) | 6. T.Strickland (D) | 7. D.Hobson (R) | 8. J.Boehner (R) | 9. M.Kaptur (D) | 10. D.Kucinich (D) | 11. S.Tubbs Jones (D) | 12. J.Kasich (R) | 13. S.Brown (D) | 14. T.Sawyer (D) | 15. D.Pryce (R) | 16. R.Regula (R) | 17. J.Traficant (D) | 18. B.Ney (R) | 19. S. LaTourette (R)
U.S. Senate: Mike DeWine (R) up for re-election in 2000, George Voinovich (R) elected in 1998. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 99 House seats and 16 of 33 Senate seats were up.  No changes in partisan balance.  House: 40D, 59R  Senate: 12D, 21R.
U.S. House: Republicans retained the seat held by retiring John Kasich, 11R, 8D: 12. P.Tiberi (R).
U.S. Senate: Mike DeWine (R) re-elected, defeating Ted Celeste (D) 59.9% to 35.9%.

The Buckeye State
 

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Politics1-OH

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.).....2,148,222 (47.38)
Dole (Rep.)..........1,859,883 (41.02)
Perot (Ref.)............483,207
 (10.66)
Others (4+w/ins).....43,122
(0.95)
Total........4,534,434

1992
Clinton (Dem.).....1,984,945 (40.18)
Bush (Rep.).........1,894,310 (38.35)
Perot (Ind.)..........1,036,426
 (20.98)
Others (5+w/ins)......24,283
(0.49)
Total........4,939,964

Results
2000
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
13,473
(0.29)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
26,721
(0.57)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
2,350,363
(49.99)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
2,183,628
(46.44)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
6,181
(0.13)
Harris/Trowe (w/in)
10
Nader/LaDuke (Ind.)
117,799
(2.51)
Phillips/Frazier (Ind.)
3,823
(0.08)
Total........4,701,998

Total votes cast: 4,795,989
 

Overview
This bellweather battleground state which had gone to Clinton-Gore in 1996, returned to the Republican column.  Bush won with a plurality of 166,735 votes (3.55 percentage points) and carried 72 counties to 16 for Gore.
General Election Activities
Notes: Voter registration deadline October 10, 2000.

 
Primary Date:   Tuesday March 7, 2000.
Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
Gary Bauer 6,169 0.44%
+George W. Bush 810,369 57.99%
Steve Forbes 8,934 0.64%
Alan L. Keyes
55,266
3.95%
John McCain
516,790
36.98%
Total 1,397,528

Total Delegates
69 of 2,066 (3.3%).
 
 

 

Bush won in 17 of 19 districts, McCain in the remaining two [District 11 (Cuyahoga) and 14 (Portage, Stark and Summit)].
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
Bill Bradley 241,688 %
+Al Gore 720,311 %
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. %
Total

Total Pledged Delegates
146 of 3,537 (4.1%).
Total Delegates
170 of 4,334 (3.9%).

Delegate Selection Plan

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.