How Michigan has voted since 1960

Michigan has 15 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 10 times and Republican 7 times. It has backed the winner in every election since 2008 (13 of 17 since 1960). Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 1.4 points, almost exactly the national margin. In 2024, 74.8% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 3rd among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It last voted Democratic in 2020, for Joe Biden. Its closest result was in 2016, when Donald Trump won it by 10,704 votes.

  1. 1960Kennedy+2.0
  2. 1964Johnson+33.6
  3. 1968Humphrey+6.7
  4. 1972Nixon+14.4
  5. 1976Ford+5.4
  6. 1980Reagan+6.5
  7. 1984Reagan+19.0
  8. 1988Bush+7.9
  9. 1992Clinton+7.4
  10. 1996Clinton+13.2
  11. 2000Gore+5.1
  12. 2004Kerry+3.4
  13. 2008Obama+16.5
  14. 2012Obama+9.5
  15. 2016Trump+0.2
  16. 2020Biden+2.8
  17. 2024Trump+1.4

Each box is one election: the winner in Michigan and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

8 p.m. ET

Polls close at 8 p.m. ET; in four Upper Peninsula counties (Central Time) they close at 9 p.m. ET.

Also closing at 8 p.m. ET: AL, CT, DE, DC, IL, KS, ME, MD, MA, MS, MO, NH, NJ, ND, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats

All 13 members
  1. 1 Jack Bergman (R)
  2. 2 John R. Moolenaar (R)
  3. 3 Hillary J. Scholten (D)
  4. 4 Bill Huizenga (R)
  5. 5 Tim Walberg (R)
  6. 6 Debbie Dingell (D)
  7. 7 Tom Barrett (R)
  8. 8 Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)
  9. 9 Lisa C. McClain (R)
  10. 10 John James (R)
  11. 11 Haley M. Stevens (D)
  12. 12 Rashida Tlaib (D)
  13. 13 Shri Thanedar (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Michigan margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Michigan in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: D+2.0 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+33.6 (nation D+22.6)'641968: D+6.7 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+14.4 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+5.4 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+6.5 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+19.0 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+7.9 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+7.4 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+13.2 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+5.1 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+3.4 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+16.5 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+9.5 (nation D+3.9)'122016: R+0.2 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+2.8 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+1.4 (nation R+1.5)'24

Michigan margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 74 of Michigan's 83 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 9.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Wayne County856,690D+29.0→R 9.2
Oakland County772,145D+10.6→R 3.5
Macomb County509,152R+13.7→R 5.6
Kent County371,947D+5.4→R 0.8
Genesee County223,268D+4.2→R 5.1
Washtenaw County221,542D+44.4→R 2.2
Ottawa County178,507R+20.4→D 1.0
Ingham County148,101D+29.7→R 2.5
Kalamazoo County145,710D+17.7→R 1.0
Livingston County132,448R+23.9→R 1.3

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Wayne County (9.2), Lake County (6.0), Macomb County (5.6); toward the Democrat, Leelanau County (2.6), Grand Traverse County (1.3), Ottawa County (1.0) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 48.3%2,736,533Trump 49.7%2,816,6362.0%R+1.4R+1.574.8%15
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 50.6%2,804,040Trump 47.8%2,649,8521.5%D+2.8D+4.573.3%16
2016 Donald TrumpTrumpClinton 47.3%2,268,839Trump 47.5%2,279,5435.2%R+0.2D+2.165.5%16
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 54.2%2,564,569Romney 44.7%2,115,2561.1%D+9.5D+3.965.2%16
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 57.4%2,872,579McCain 41.0%2,048,6391.6%D+16.5D+7.369.7%17
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 51.2%2,479,183Bush 47.8%2,313,7461.0%D+3.4R+2.567.7%17
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 51.3%2,170,418Bush 46.2%1,953,1392.6%D+5.1D+0.560.4%18
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 51.7%1,989,653Dole 38.5%1,481,212Perot 8.8%D+13.2D+8.556.2%18
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 43.8%1,871,182Bush 36.4%1,554,940Perot 19.3%D+7.4D+5.664.0%18
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 45.7%1,675,783Bush 53.6%1,965,4860.8%R+7.9R+7.756.7%20
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 40.2%1,529,638Reagan 59.2%2,251,5710.5%R+19.0R+18.260.7%20
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 42.5%1,661,532Reagan 49.0%1,915,225Anderson 7.0%R+6.5R+9.762.4%21
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 46.5%1,696,714Ford 51.9%1,893,7421.7%R+5.4D+2.1—21
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 41.8%Nixon 56.2%2.0%R+14.4R+23.2—21
1968 Hubert HumphreyHumphrey lostHumphrey 48.2%Nixon 41.5%Wallace 10.0%D+6.7R+0.7—21
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 66.7%Goldwater 33.1%0.2%D+33.6D+22.6—21
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 50.9%Nixon 48.8%0.3%D+2.0D+0.2—20

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 2019601950 census
  • 211964–19681960 census
  • 211972–19801970 census
  • 201984–19881980 census
  • 181992–20001990 census
  • 172004–20082000 census
  • 162012–20202010 census
  • 152024–20282020 census
  • 152032–2040projected

Projected: Michigan's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 15. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Michigan cast electoral votes in 31 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1836. It backed the eventual president in 23 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican20+11.5✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican20+11.5✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican19+1.7–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic19+1.0✓
1940Wendell Willkie Republican19+0.3–
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic19+18.5✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic19+8.2✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican15+41.7✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican15+62.9✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican15+53.1✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican15+8.7–
1912Theodore Roosevelt Progressive15+11.5–
1908William Howard Taft Republican14+31.2✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican14+45.9✓
1900William McKinley Republican14+19.8✓
1896William McKinley Republican14+10.6✓
1892Benjamin Harrison RepublicanSplit: Harrison 9, Cleveland 514+4.6–
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican13+5.1✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican13+0.9–
1880James A. Garfield Republican11+17.0✓
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican11+8.2✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican11+27.7✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican8+14.0✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican8+10.7✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican6+15.1✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican6+15.6–
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic6+10.5✓
1848Lewis Cass Democratic5+10.4–
1844James K. Polk Democratic5+6.8✓
1840William Henry Harrison Whig3+4.2✓
1836Martin Van Buren Democratic3+8.0✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.