Editing Ohio (section)

===Politics===
{{Main|Politics of Ohio}}
{{See also|Elections in Ohio|Political party strength in Ohio}}
{| class="wikitable floatright"
! colspan = 6 | Party affiliation as of May 2024<ref>{{cite web
|title=SECRETARY OF STATE PROVIDES UPDATE ON PARTY AFFILIATION DATA
|access-date=May 15, 2022
|url=https://www.sciotopost.com/democrats-or-republicans-in-ohio-one-party-has-more-voters/
|archive-date=May 15, 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515072055/https://www.sciotopost.com/democrats-or-republicans-in-ohio-one-party-has-more-voters/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Registered voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| [[Independent voter|Unaffiliated]]
| align=center | 5,734,850
| align=center | 71.15%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (US)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align=center | 1,508,641
| align=center | 18.72%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (US)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align=center | 817,063
| align=center | 10.13%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align=center | 8,060,554
! align=center | 100%
|}

[[File:Ohio Presidential Election Results 2024.svg|thumb|[[2024 United States presidential election in Ohio|2024 U.S. presidential election results]] by county in Ohio {{leftlegend|#4389E3|Democratic}}{{leftlegend|#AA0000|Republican}}]]

Historian [[R. Douglas Hurt]] asserts that not since [[Politics of Virginia|Virginia]] "had a state made such a mark on national political affairs" as Ohio.<ref name="holli162">Holli (1999), p. 162.</ref> ''[[The Economist]]'' notes that "This slice of the mid-west contains a bit of everything American—part north-eastern and part southern, part urban and part rural, part hardscrabble poverty and part booming suburb".<ref>[http://www.economist.com/World/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5327576 " A grain of sand for your thoughts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226043446/http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5327576 |date=February 26, 2006 }}, ''The Economist'', December 20, 2005. Retrieved December 23, 2005.</ref>

Ohio is considered a moderately [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]-leaning state politically.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/once-a-swing-state-ohio-now-seems-to-lean-more-conservative/7565029.html |title=Once a swing state, Ohio now seems to lean more conservative |author=Stearns, Scott |publisher=Voice of America |date=April 10, 2024 |access-date=November 9, 2024 }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite magazine |last=Mayer |first=Jane |date=2022-08-06 |title=State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy |language=en-US |magazine=The New Yorker |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/state-legislatures-are-torching-democracy |access-date=2023-12-30 |issn=0028-792X |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230210851/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/state-legislatures-are-torching-democracy |url-status=live }}</ref> It had been a [[swing state]] in the late 20th and early 21st centuries; this status was called into question after the state voted for Republican [[Donald Trump]] at larger margins than the nation as a whole in the [[2016 United States presidential election in Ohio|2016]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Ohio|2020]] and [[2024 United States presidential election in Ohio|2024 presidential election]]s.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/ohio-has-taken-different-turn-ohio-no-longer-appears-be-n1247507 'Ohio has taken a different turn' - Why Ohio no longer appears to be a swing state] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724201809/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1247507 |date=July 24, 2022 }}. [[NBC News]], November 12, 2020</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/10/11/why-ohio-is-not-considered-a-swing-state-in-this-years-presidential-election/ |title=Why Ohio is not considered a swing state in this year's presidential election |author=Henry, Megan |publisher=Ohio Capital Journal |date=October 11, 2024 |access-date=November 9, 2024 }}</ref> It is also considered a [[bellwether]] state.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/02/arts/02camp.html Trolling the Campuses for Swing-State Votes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528014334/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/02/arts/02camp.html |date=May 28, 2015 }}, Julie Salamon, "[[The New York Times]]", October 2, 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2108640/ Game Theory for Swingers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201225851/http://www.slate.com/id/2108640/ |date=February 1, 2011 }}, Jordan Ellenberg, "[[Slate.com]]", October 25, 2004</ref> Since [[1896 United States presidential election|1896]], Ohio has had only three misses in the general election ([[1944 United States presidential election in Ohio|1944]], [[1960 United States presidential election in Ohio|1960]], [[2020 United States presidential election in Ohio|2020]]) and had the longest perfect streak of any state, voting for the winning presidential candidate in each election from [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]] to [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] and in 34 of the 39 held since the [[American Civil War]]. No Republican has ever won the presidency without winning Ohio.

As of 2024, there are more than 8&nbsp;million registered Ohioan voters, of which over 70% are not affiliated with any political party. They are disproportionate in age, with a million more over 65 than there are 18- to 24-year-olds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ohiovoterproject.org/|title=Weekly Voter Statistics For Ohio—May 4, 2019|date=May 5, 2019|website=Ohio Voter Project|language=en-US|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506001356/https://ohiovoterproject.org/|archive-date=May 6, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since the [[2010 United States elections|2010 midterm elections]], Ohio's voter demographic has leaned towards the Republican Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/11/01/ohio-voters-are-more-likely-to-be-old-white-without-higher-education-and-non-affiliated-with-a-political-party|title=Ohio Voters Are More Likely to be Old, White, Without Higher Education and Non-Affiliated with a Political Party|publisher=Clevescene|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506001358/https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/11/01/ohio-voters-are-more-likely-to-be-old-white-without-higher-education-and-non-affiliated-with-a-political-party|archive-date=May 6, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The governor, [[Mike DeWine]], is Republican, as are all other non-judicial statewide elected officials. In the [[Ohio State Senate]] the Republicans are the majority, 25–8, and in the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] the Republicans control the delegation 64–35.

Following the 2020 census, Ohio has 15 seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite news| last = Riskind| first = Jonathan| title = Ohio likely to lose 2 seats in Congress in 2012| newspaper = [[Columbus Dispatch]]| date = December 24, 2008| url = http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2008/12/24/ohcong.ART_ART_12-24-08_A6_0ACB253.html?sid=101| access-date = March 29, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110510022750/http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2008/12/24/ohcong.ART_ART_12-24-08_A6_0ACB253.html?sid=101| archive-date = May 10, 2011| df = mdy-all}}</ref> As of the [[2024 Ohio elections|2024 election cycle]], ten federal representatives are Republicans while five are Democrats. [[Marcy Kaptur]] (D-[[Ohio's 9th congressional district|09]]) is the most senior member of the Ohio delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web| title = Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Urges Homeowners to Stay in Foreclosed Homes| publisher = Democracy Now| date = February 3, 2009| url = http://i1.democracynow.org/2009/2/3/rep_marcy_kaptur_d_oh_urges| access-date = March 29, 2009| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090211121058/http://i1.democracynow.org/2009/2/3/rep_marcy_kaptur_d_oh_urges| archive-date = February 11, 2009| df = mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior U.S. senator]] is [[Bernie Moreno]] and the junior is [[Jon Husted]]. Both are Republicans.

In 2023, Ohioans approved a [[November 2023 Ohio Issue 1|constitutional amendment]] strengthening abortion rights.<ref name="Ohio Ballot Board">{{cite web |last=Walsh |first=Maeve |date=March 13, 2023 |title=Abortion rights amendment certified by Ohio Ballot Board |url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/abortion-rights-amendment-certified-by-ohio-ballot-board/ |accessdate=July 23, 2023 |work=[[WCMH-TV]]}}</ref>