<P> Ohio was won by Donald Trump by a margin of 8.1 points . Prior to the election , most news organizations considered the Buckeye State as leaning Republican , due to his appeal to blue collar voters in the rust belt . Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner ( a bellwether state ) since 1964 , as it voted for Trump , who won nationally . Having voted Democratic in 2012 and 2008 , the win margin was the second largest of the states Trump flipped Red ( after Iowa ) . It is also the largest victory margin since George H.W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988 . Ohio was an unprecedented 10 points more Republican - leaning than the nation in 2016 . </P>
<P> Ohio was won by Donald Trump by a margin of 8.1 points . Prior to the election , most news organizations considered the Buckeye State as leaning Republican , due to his appeal to blue collar voters in the rust belt . Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner ( a bellwether state ) since 1964 , as it voted for Trump , who won nationally . Having voted Democratic in 2012 and 2008 , the win margin was the second largest of the states Trump flipped Red ( after Iowa ) . It is also the largest victory margin since George H.W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988 . Ohio was an unprecedented 10 points more Republican - leaning than the nation in 2016 . </P>
who won ohio in the 2016 presidential election
who won ohio in the 2016 presidential election
Donald Trump
Donald Trump