Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This was the first presidential election in which a candidate received more than 3 million votes in Ohio. Ohio is one of three states, the others being Iowa and Florida, that voted twice for Barack Obama and twice for Donald Trump. This ended Ohio's 14-election bellwether streak from 1964 to 2016.
The 2020 Ohio general elections were held on November 3, 2020 throughout the US state of Ohio. The office of the Ohio Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting. [1] To vote by mail, registered Ohio voters must have requested a ballot by October 31, 2020. [2]
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 16 U.S. representatives from the state of Ohio, one from each of the state's 16 congressional districts.
On March 9, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reached Ohio, with three cases reported. [95] As of February 2023, over 41,600 Ohioans have died from COVID-19. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] Ohio's economy was also heavily impacted by the pandemic, as the state saw large job losses in 2020, as well as large amounts of subsequent stimulus spending .
The 2020 Ohio House of Representatives Election was held on November 3, 2020, with the primary election held on April 28, 2020. [a] Ohio voters elected state representatives in the 99 Ohio House of Representatives districts. State representatives elected in 2020 will be eligible to serve a two-year term beginning January 2021 and ending ...
As a swing state, Ohio is usually targeted by both major-party campaigns, especially in competitive elections. [1] Pivotal in the election of 1888, Ohio was a regular swing state from 1980 until 2016. [2] [3] Additionally, Ohio was previously considered a bellwether.
Since 2016, Ohio's bellwether status has been questioned given that Donald Trump won it by 8 points, the largest margin for each party since 1988, and then won the state by a similar margin in 2020 despite losing nationwide. [2] [3] In a 2020 study, Ohio was ranked as the 17th hardest state for citizens to vote in. [4]
The Ohio primary was a semi-open primary and awarded 154 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 136 were pledged delegates allocated based on the results of the primary. The legislature and governor ultimately made the decision to run an all-mail primary, with no in-person voting, allowing votes to be received ...