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Ohio Soda vs Pop vs Coke vs Tonic Map

LexiMap is collecting fresh county-level responses to one of the classic American regional word questions: soda, pop, Coke, tonic, or something else. This Ohio page focuses on county-level results inside the state.

Current result: Ohio is leaning Pop on the Soda vs Pop vs Coke vs Tonic Map, with 61% of 581 verified votes.

Prompt: What do you call a sugary fizzy drink?

Answer options: Soda / Pop / Coke / Tonic / Other / local term.

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Last updated from verified vote data: Jun 9, 2026, 5:39 PM EDT.

Ohio Results Snapshot

  • Soda: 217 verified votes (37%)
  • Pop: 353 verified votes (61%)
  • Coke: 6 verified votes (1%)
  • Tonic: 0 verified votes (0%)
  • Other / local term: 5 verified votes (0.9%)

County Results in Ohio

These counties currently have the most verified votes in Ohio.

  • Franklin County County: 156 verified votes, Pop leads with 51%
  • Cuyahoga County County: 40 verified votes, Pop leads with 63%
  • Hamilton County County: 34 verified votes, Pop leads with 50%
  • Summit County County: 30 verified votes, Pop leads with 63%
  • Montgomery County County: 29 verified votes, Pop leads with 52%
  • Delaware County County: 28 verified votes, Pop leads with 61%
  • Lucas County County: 16 verified votes, Pop leads with 63%
  • Stark County County: 15 verified votes, Pop leads with 67%
  • Lorain County County: 11 verified votes, Pop leads with 55%
  • Butler County County: 10 verified votes, Pop leads with 60%

What This Map Compares

This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for soda vs pop vs Coke vs tonic map.

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  • tonic in New England
  • regional names for soda

Worth Knowing

Soft drink became a useful label partly because it separated nonalcoholic drinks from hard alcoholic drinks; the local words people use for the same drink stayed much messier.

How The Map Works

Votes use browser location or ZIP backup, are grouped by national, state, and county result maps, and are live self-selected responses rather than a scientific poll. Exact GPS is not stored in public results.

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