Is Ohio A Swing State For 2024 Presidential Election?

Election Day is here. Today, voters across America are going to the polls (those that did not already vote by mail or via early in-person voting) to decide between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

The Buckeye State has been a swing state in the past few elections, but is that still the case?

BetOhio.com, your home for Ohio sports betting, decided to turn toward this very important election and crunch some numbers to get a sense of where things stand in 2024.

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Is Ohio a Red or Blue State 2024?

Party	Odds	Percent Chance
Democrat (Blue)	+124	44.7%
Republican (Red)	-111	52.5%

We averaged out the latest results from three polls for the 2024 Presidential Election: The Bloomberg/Morning Consult, Franklin & Marshall and Susquehanna Polling data.

Recent Ohio Voting In Presidential Elections

Election Year	Democrat Candidate	Republican Candidate
2020	Joe Biden (45.2%)	Donald Trump (53.3%)
2016	Hillary Clinton (43.2%)	Donald Trump (51.3%)
2012	Barack Obama (50.7%)	Mitt Romney (47.7%)
2008	Barack Obama (51.5%)	John McCain (46.9%)
2004	John Kerry (48.7%)	George W. Bush (50.8%)

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Ohio Voting Trends to be Watch

We at BetOhio.com have been keeping track of Donald Trump's odds during the entire 2024 presidential campaign. here at BetOhio.com in the meantime.

In 2020, then-President Trump won the state for a second time, defeating Joe Biden 53.3% to 45.2%. Four years earlier, Trump upended Hillary Clinton, 51.3% to 43.2%, in Ohio. In the two previous elections before that, Barack Obama also had over 50% of the vote to win the state in 2008 and 2012.

With our recent poll data, it appears Ohio will stay Republican red as they are the favorite at -111 odds. Democrats are +124 for Harris to win The Buckeye State.

Here are some recent Ohio voting trends:

Between 2000 and 2020, Ohio voted for the winning presidential candidate 83.3% of the time.

Since 2000, Ohio has voted Democratic 33.3% of the time and Republican 66.7% of the time.

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Jim Tomlin

Ohio native Jim Tomlin has 30 years of experience in journalism, mostly in sports. He lends his expertise to BetOhio.com as a writer and editor after previous experience at the Tampa Bay Times, FanRag, Saturday Down South and Saturday Tradition.