2020 Ohio precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 04/07/2021 ## Sources Election results from the Ohio Secretary of State (https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/). Precinct shapefile from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program final release. Note that some VTDs were relabeled to match precinct names and/or precinct codes in the November 2020 general election returns. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G20PRERTRU The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes GOV - Governor PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields GG20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party) G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party) G20PREGHAW - Howie Hawkins (Independent) ## Processing Steps The following counties include adjustments to account for corporate annexations that are not specified below by precinct: Adams, Athens, Butler, Franklin, Guernsey, Montgomery, Stark, Tuscarawas, Warren, Wayne. The following additional revisions were made to match the 2020 precinct boundaries: Athens: Adjust Athens 4-4/4-5, Nelsonville 1/2/3/4 Brown: Adjust Perry Twp South/Villages Butler: Adjust Hamilton 22/24, Oxford 6/11, Trenton 5/7, West Chester 28/39 Champaign: Adjust Union N/S Clark: Align New Carlisle, Springfield precincts with county maps Crawford: Move eastern Polk Twp from Galion 1B to western Polk Twp Cuyahoga: Adjust Olmsted Twp D/F/H Delaware: Adjust Berlin C/Delaware 3-F Fairfield: Adjust Greenfield B/Lancaster 2-A, Pickerington F/Violet B/Violet C Greene: Adjust Bath 277/Fairborn 226/Xenia 351 Hamilton: Adjust Cleves A/Whitewater A, Colerain BB/F Knox: Adjust Clinton A/Mount Vernon 1-B, Clinton B/Mount Vernon 2-A Lake: Adjust Painesville A/K Medina: Adjust Wadsworth City 1-D/Sharon D, Wadsworth City 2-D/Twp C Richland: Adjust Ontario 3/4 Stark: Adjust Canton 8-C/Plain 6, Canton 6-A/Plain 12 Summit: Adjust Coventry D/G, Hudson 1-B/3-C, Springfield F/J Warren: Adjust Mason City Z/Union A, South Lebanon A/B