Just Askin': Which presidential election in last 50 years brought most Ohioans to polls?

The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google .

With presidential debates underway, more Americans are thinking about who they are going to vote for this fall.

Tuesday, Nov. 5, will be a historic election because for the first time in more than 100 years, voters may be choosing between a former president and a sitting president.

That has a lot of voters riled up to get to the polls in November to choose between the same Republican and Democratic candidates that were on the ballot in 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

It's a highly anticipated presidential race, but many in years past have also been contentious.

Which presidential elections brought the highest voter turnout in Ohio?

The Ohio Secretary of State's office started tracking voter turnout in 1978.

Since then, the election that brought the most Ohioans to the polls was in 1992 when Bill Clinton beat George Bush by a nearly 7-point margin. That election brought out 77.14% of Ohio's registered voters – more than 5 million people. Ohio went to Clinton.

The worst Ohio voter turnout for a presidential election since 1978 was in 2000 when George W. Bush won against Al Gore. That year, 63.73% of Ohio voters cast their ballots, about 4.8 million people. The state's electoral votes went to Bush.

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