Editing Franklin County, Ohio (section)

==Politics==
For most of the 20th century, Franklin County shared the heavy Republican bent of the rest of central Ohio, and was one of the more conservative urban counties in the nation. From 1896 to 1992, it went Republican all but five times, the last three of which were national Democratic landslides that saw the Democratic candidate win over 400 electoral votes. However, it has gone Democratic in every election since 1996, reflecting the Democratic trend in most other urban counties nationwide. Columbus and most of its northern and western suburbs lean Democratic, while the more blue-collar southern section of the county leans Republican. From 1996 to 2004, Democratic nominees carried the county by single digit margins, but it swung significantly in favor of [[Barack Obama]] in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]. The county swung towards Democrats in every subsequent presidential election until [[2024 United States presidential election in Ohio|2024]], when Democratic nominee [[Kamala Harris]] won the county with 63.0 percent of the vote and a 28.1 percent margin of victory.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Archive Franklin County Board of Elections |url=https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/elections |website=vote.franklincountyohio.gov |access-date=November 7, 2024 |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106041111/https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/elections |url-status=live }}</ref>

In Congress, it is split between two districts. Most of Columbus itself is in the [[Ohio's 3rd congressional district|3rd district]], represented by Democrat [[Joyce Beatty]]. The southwestern portion is in [[Ohio's 15th congressional district|15th district]], represented by Republican [[Mike Carey (politician)|Mike Carey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Franklin County Board of Elections |url=https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/Candidates/Elected-Officials |website=vote.franklincountyohio.gov |access-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221023851/https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/Candidates/Elected-Officials |url-status=live }}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|210,830|380,518|12,836|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|211,237|409,144|12,151|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|199,331|351,198|36,995|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|215,997|346,373|9,818|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|218,486|334,709|8,568|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|237,253|285,801|2,773|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|197,862|202,018|14,194|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|178,412|192,795|29,308|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|186,324|176,656|81,821|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|226,265|147,585|3,507|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|250,360|131,530|8,584|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|200,948|143,932|28,165|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|189,645|141,624|9,443|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|219,771|117,562|7,475|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|148,933|101,240|37,451|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|131,345|154,527|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|161,178|110,283|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|151,544|78,852|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|138,894|91,620|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|98,707|84,806|1,486|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|99,292|89,394|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|92,533|96,601|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|63,830|90,746|3,471|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|67,957|58,539|3,664|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|92,019|47,084|609|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|61,891|26,505|18,899|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|59,691|48,452|1,921|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|24,107|34,103|1,517|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|12,791|20,697|17,227|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|28,914|23,314|1,869|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|27,439|15,502|1,681|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|22,237|19,809|590|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|20,291|18,320|442|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|14,341|15,495|999|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|13,453|14,126|692|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|11,194|11,842|441|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1880|Democratic|9,438|9,863|240|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1876|Democratic|7,557|9,383|97|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1872|Democratic|5,796|7,345|56|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1868|Democratic|5,079|7,119|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1864|Democratic|4,819|5,719|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1860|Democratic|4,295|4,846|197|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1856|Democratic|3,488|3,791|574|Ohio}}
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{{U.S. SenHead|place=Franklin County, Ohio|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/ohio-senate-results}}</ref>}}
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{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Democratic|186,441|385,850|16,790|Ohio}}
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