Editing Lorain County, Ohio (section)

== Politics ==
Lorain County used to lean Democratic in more recent presidential elections, voting for the Democratic candidate for president from 1988 to 2012. In 2016, however, the county was almost swept up as part of the unexpected Republican surge in the [[Rust Belt]]; [[Donald Trump]] came within 131 votes of winning the county. In 2020, Trump flipped the county Republican by a narrow majority, becoming the first Republican to capture the county since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984. In 2024, Trump won the county with 52.12% of the vote, the highest percentage for a Republican since 1972. Despite this, the county also voted for Democrat [[Sherrod Brown]] in the [[2024 United States Senate election in Ohio|2024 Senate election]], making it the only county in the state to vote for both Trump and Brown in 2024.
{{PresHead|place=Lorain County, Ohio|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|83,297|74,207|2,303|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|79,520|75,667|2,581|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|66,818|66,949|6,795|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|59,405|81,464|2,384|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|59,068|85,276|2,515|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|61,203|78,970|569|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|47,957|59,809|4,414|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|34,937|55,744|15,764|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|36,803|50,962|30,840|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|50,410|55,600|916|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|57,379|52,970|2,672|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|51,034|40,919|11,131|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|39,459|52,387|2,865|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|51,102|36,634|3,280|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|34,252|42,642|8,833|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|26,683|55,755|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|39,361|43,487|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|40,340|26,774|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|33,825|26,194|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|21,616|21,397|625|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|23,866|25,254|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|23,422|25,831|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|15,906|24,393|2,357|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|20,897|18,753|1,321|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|24,386|13,607|212|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|17,062|3,965|6,747|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|18,125|8,640|764|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|6,868|7,658|516|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|2,226|4,591|6,804|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|8,699|5,460|1,076|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|9,001|2,700|1,129|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|8,497|4,989|235|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,801|4,367|159|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|5,434|3,674|492|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|5,235|3,311|587|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|5,478|3,199|408|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|5,609|2,752|105|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|5,187|2,720|39|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|4,432|2,097|17|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|4,443|1,930|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1864|Republican|4,600|1,646|0|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1860|Republican|4,045|1,766|236|Ohio}}
{{PresRow|1856|Republican|3,604|1,420|54|Ohio}}
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{{U.S. SenHead|place=Lorain 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|71,759|79,307|5,115|Ohio}}
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