Canton-Massillon, OH Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+24%. Republican peak: R+45 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+24MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: PopulistAkashic typology
Population: 400,3722024 5-year
Median household income: $67,7282024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 85.2%2024 5-year
Black: 6.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 2.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+24 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+45 in 1924MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

2 counties · 0 D · 2 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−24.2%	74,161	122,112	198,046
2020	R	−20.9%	79,155	121,842	204,091
2016	R	−18.9%	71,300	107,642	191,973
2012	R	−0.5%	94,975	95,896	196,582
2008	D	+4.7%	103,413	93,840	201,995
2004	D	+0.9%	101,637	99,910	202,571
2000	R	−2.7%	80,268	84,885	172,105
1996	D	+8.0%	78,229	64,661	170,136
1992	D	+4.6%	74,795	66,087	187,555
1988	R	−11.2%	74,306	93,266	169,090
1984	R	−20.6%	68,928	105,137	175,500
1980	R	−18.6%	62,481	93,575	166,957
1976	R	−1.7%	75,018	77,698	156,034
1972	R	−28.1%	54,320	98,094	155,824
1968	R	−8.1%	60,794	73,048	151,734
1964	D	+24.1%	93,754	57,287	151,041
1960	R	−11.5%	70,693	88,976	159,669
1956	R	−26.5%	52,035	89,583	141,618
1952	R	−16.2%	58,165	80,636	138,801
1948	R	−4.9%	50,529	55,765	107,463
1944	D	+3.3%	60,300	56,404	116,704
1940	D	+10.1%	63,085	51,544	114,629
1936	D	+21.5%	61,732	39,133	104,949
1932	R	−7.6%	38,559	45,159	87,164
1928	R	−43.9%	25,161	65,136	91,012
1924	R	−44.8%	13,974	45,227	69,735
1920	R	−32.9%	20,192	41,875	65,866
1916	D	+2.1%	16,988	16,245	35,188
1912	O	+13.4%	11,201	7,129	30,451
1908	R	−8.6%	13,876	16,629	32,193
1904	R	−36.3%	8,197	18,390	28,118
1900	R	−12.0%	12,371	15,833	28,803
1896	R	−5.2%	13,294	14,779	28,360
1892	D	+1.7%	11,904	11,492	24,797
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

25.8%

Irish

13.0%

English

11.4%

Italian

9.1%

American

5.3%

Polish

2.5%

French

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

2.6%

75–84

3.4%

5.8%

65–74

6.4%

6.8%

55–64

7.1%

5.9%

45–54

6.0%

5.9%

35–44

5.9%

6.1%

25–34

6.1%

4.1%

18–24

4.0%

8.3%

5–17

7.8%

2.8%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,728

Canton-Massillon, OH ranks near the middle of US counties.

Canton-Massillon, OH$67,728

Ohio$71,389

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1817.9%

Working age (18–64)11.2%

Seniors (65+)9.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

96.7%

speak English only

Other Indo-European1.4%

Spanish1.2%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%

Other languages0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Other Christian

20.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

13.2%

Mainline Protestant

4.8%

Methodist

4.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.1%

Baptist

1.4%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Canton-Massillon anchors Stark County, one of Ohio's most-watched bellwether jurisdictions, where deindustrialized working-class precincts and suburban growth corridors have produced razor-thin margins in nearly every recent statewide contest.

The Democratic margin in Canton-Massillon, OH peaked at twenty-four points in 1964. By 2012 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $67,728 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio vote in 2024?

In 2024, Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio voted Republican by 24.2 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 198,046 votes cast, 74,161 went Democratic and 122,112 went Republican.

What is Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 1 times.

When did Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio voted Democratic was 2008.

How many people live in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?

Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio has a population of 400,372 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?

Median household income in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio is $67,728 — below the national median of $80,734. The Ohio state median is $71,389.

What is the political history of Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Canton-Massillon, OH, Ohio from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Canton-Massillon, OH was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions