Ohio
Presidential
Hamilton County was an area where Harris didn't slip too far from Biden's 2020 margins. She carried the county by 15 points, losing ground in the inner city, while making back some in the eastern educated/suburban strip. Notably, she won every precinct in Cheviot and Norwood
Montgomery County, in retrospect, is one that I would have expected to go to Trump, had I known his statewide margin ahead of time. Still, Harris clung on to the county, holding it in the Democratic column by half a point. African American voters in Dayton and Trotwood, as well as liberal whites in Oakwood, Dayton, and Kettering helped to keep Montgomery blue Presidentially
Countywide
Downballot, Hamilton County held up for Democrats. In the race for Court of Common Pleas race, Parikh managed to hold the seat by about 12.5 points. The suburban edges of Cincinnati did shift back to the right, but the city proper itself and turf to the north of town held up
Lorain County was fairly evenly split across the ballot in 2024. Both Trump and Brown managed to carry the county by comparable amounts, and a Democrat matched their performances in the County Treasurer race, putting up a 6 point win. Talarek definitely did better in the northwestern portion of the county in particular, improving amongst Hispanics and around VermillionÂ
Pike County, once the closest county in the nation in 2012, shifted hard to the right in the Trump era, but still remains semi-competitive downballot. In the race for sheriff, an independent held the Republican sheriff to a 12 point margin, winning a few precincts in the south of the county, and one in Piketon
Despite Portage County having went to Trump by double digits and re-electing its controversial Republican sheriff, Democrats managed to win the Court of Common Pleas office by just over 2 points. Fankhauser managed to win Ravenna and run up the numbers in Kent enough to hold the seat, and additionally managed to do well in the Democratic-trending Streetsboro and Aurora in the county's northwest
While Stark County has drifted steadily rightwards during the Trump-era, there is still competition to see downballot. In addition to aiding in the re-election of Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes, the Democratic nominee for sheriff kept the county within a 5-point margin. Traditionally Democratic turf around Canton and Massilon swung back to Maier, but the losses in the south of the county as well as near Alliance weren't enough to turn the county blue