Ohio

House Districts: 18
Voting Age Population
  2002:   8,531,000
  2000:   8,433,000
  1998:   8,401,000
1990:   8,047,371
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Monopoly (R)

Presidential Vote
2000:   Gore 46, Bush 50, Nader 3
1996:   Clinton 47, Dole 41, Perot 11
1992:   Clinton 40, Bush 38, Perot 21
U.S. House: 12 GOP, 6 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 1 (-1D, +1R)
Facts in Focus:
Ohio 1982 to 2002

How Ohio Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 28^th Margin of Victory: 31^st Landslide Index: 25^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 20^th Representation Index: 25^th Voter Participation: 28^th
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
25.2

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Voter Turnout
37.0%

Representation Index
25.4%

Wasted Votes
31.4%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
18.0 / 46.7

Drop-Off Voters
0.3%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
38.8%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
56-42-2

Seats for (R�D�O%)
66.7-33.3-0

Seat Changes
1 (-1D, +1R)

High % Turnout, District
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Low % Turnout, District
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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Democracy Index
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19.9

21.6

22.9

Voter Turnout
57%

40%

53%

40%

54.3%

Representation Index
36.9%

26.9%

33.9%

26.7%

36.3%

Wasted Votes
35%

32%

36%

33%

34.2%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
34 / 30

19 / 49

25 / 42

24 / 42

19.1 / 40.1

Drop-Off Voters
7.3%

4%

3.2%

.9%

2.4%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
33%

40%

33%

34%

38.7%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
47�48�5

58�40�1

50�46�4

52�47�1

48.7�45.7�5.4

Seats for (R�D�O%)
47�53�0

68�32�0

58�42�0

58�42�0

58�42�0

Seat Changes
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3

2

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0

High % Turnout, District
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47 (19)

62 (2)

49 (2)

75.1 (19)

Low % Turnout, District
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35 (11)

45 (11)

34 (11)

45.9 (11)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
12-6

Landslide Index
83.3%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
0

Competitive: 5-10
0

Comfortable: 10-20
3

Landslide: 20-40
7

No Contest: 40+
8

Uncontested
1

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
17 / 18

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
16 / 17

Landslide / Total Incumbent
15 / 16

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
11 / 11

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
4 / 5

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
14

Uncontested Primary
10

Elected Women
3

Elected Minorities
1B

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R-D)	9�10	13�6	11�8	11�8	11�8
Landslide Index	63%	58%	68%	89%	84.2%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	2	4	3	0	0
Competitive: 5-10	2	1	0	1	2
Opportunity: 10-20	3	3	3	1	1
Landslide: 20-40	4	1	5	13	7
No Contest: 40+	7	7	7	4	8
Uncontested	1	3	1	0	1
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	15 / 19	18 / 19	19 / 19	18 / 19	18 / 19
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	13 / 15	15 / 18	17 / 19	18 / 18	18 / 18
Landslide / Total Incumbent	12 / 15	11 / 18	13 / 19	16 / 18	16 / 18
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	7 / 8	8 / 9	8 / 13	10 / 11	10 / 10
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	5 / 7	3 / 9	5 / 6	6 / 7	6 / 8
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	11	10	11	12	16
Uncontested Primary	11	10	13	14	14
Elected Women	2	2	2	3	3
Elected Minorities	1B	1B	1B	1B	1B

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R-D)	11�10	10�11	10�11	10�11	10�11
Landslide Index	71%	81%	90%	95%	81%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	0	0	0	1
Competitive: 5-10	0	1	1	0	0
Opportunity: 10-20	5	3	1	1	3
Landslide: 20-40	10	5	5	2	8
No Contest: 40+	4	10	12	17	8
Uncontested	1	2	2	1	1
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	19 / 21	21 / 21	19 / 21	20 / 21	18 / 21
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	17 / 19	20 / 21	19 / 19	20 / 20	18 / 18
Landslide / Total Incumbent	14 / 19	17 / 21	18 / 19	19 / 20	15 / 18
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	6 / 10	10 / 11	9 / 9	9 / 9	6 / 8
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	8 / 9	7 / 10	9 / 10	10 / 11	9 / 10
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	11	13	15	18	15
Uncontested Primary	14	14	10	16	13
Elected Women	2	2	2	2	2
Elected Minorities	1B	1B	1B	1B	1B

Facts in Focus for Ohio 1982 to 2002
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