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United States presidential elections in Michigan

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United States presidential elections in Michigan

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Michigan, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1837, Michigan has participated in every U . presidential election, although they did participate in the 1836 election and receive electoral votes. Michigan is tied with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for the longest active streak of voting for the winning candidate, last voting for a losing candidate in 2004 when they backed John Kerry. Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Infobox

Number of elections
48
Voted Democratic
17
Voted Republican
29
Voted Whig
1
Voted other
1
Voted for winning candidate
35
Voted for losing candidate
13

Tables

· Elections from 1864 to present
2024
2024
Year
2024
Winner (nationally)
Donald Trump
Votes
2,816,636
Percent
49
Runner-up (nationally)
Kamala Harris
Votes
2,736,533
Percent
48
Other national candidates
—
Electoral votes
16
2020
2020
Year
2020
Winner (nationally)
Joe Biden
Votes
2,804,040
Percent
50
Runner-up (nationally)
Donald Trump
Votes
2,649,852
Percent
47
Other national candidates
—
Electoral votes
16
2016
2016
Year
2016
Winner (nationally)
Donald Trump
Votes
2,279,543
Percent
47
Runner-up (nationally)
Hillary Clinton
Votes
2,268,839
Percent
47
Other national candidates
Gary Johnson
Votes
173,057
Percent
3
Electoral votes
16
2012
2012
Year
2012
Winner (nationally)
Barack Obama
Votes
2,564,569
Percent
54
Runner-up (nationally)
Mitt Romney
Votes
2,115,256
Percent
44
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
16
2008
2008
Year
2008
Winner (nationally)
Barack Obama
Votes
2,872,579
Percent
57
Runner-up (nationally)
John McCain
Votes
2,048,639
Percent
40
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
17
2004
2004
Year
2004
Winner (nationally)
George W. Bush
Votes
2,313,746
Percent
47
Runner-up (nationally)
John Kerry
Votes
2,479,183
Percent
51
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
17
2000
2000
Year
2000
Winner (nationally)
George W. Bush
Votes
1,953,139
Percent
46
Runner-up (nationally)
Al Gore
Votes
2,170,418
Percent
51
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
18
1996
1996
Year
1996
Winner (nationally)
Bill Clinton
Votes
1,989,653
Percent
51
Runner-up (nationally)
Bob Dole
Votes
1,481,212
Percent
38
Other national candidates
Ross Perot
Votes
336,670
Percent
8
Electoral votes
18
1992
1992
Year
1992
Winner (nationally)
Bill Clinton
Votes
1,871,182
Percent
43
Runner-up (nationally)
George H. W. Bush
Votes
1,554,940
Percent
36
Other national candidates
Ross Perot
Votes
824,813
Percent
19
Electoral votes
18
1988
1988
Year
1988
Winner (nationally)
George H. W. Bush
Votes
1,965,486
Percent
53
Runner-up (nationally)
Michael Dukakis
Votes
1,675,783
Percent
45
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
20
1984
1984
Year
1984
Winner (nationally)
Ronald Reagan
Votes
2,251,571
Percent
59
Runner-up (nationally)
Walter Mondale
Votes
1,529,638
Percent
40
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
20
1980
1980
Year
1980
Winner (nationally)
Ronald Reagan
Votes
1,915,225
Percent
48
Runner-up (nationally)
Jimmy Carter
Votes
1,661,532
Percent
42
Other national candidates
John B. Anderson
Votes
275,223
Percent
7
Electoral votes
21
1976
1976
Year
1976
Winner (nationally)
Jimmy Carter
Votes
1,696,714
Percent
46
Runner-up (nationally)
Gerald Ford
Votes
1,893,742
Percent
51
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
21
1972
1972
Year
1972
Winner (nationally)
Richard Nixon
Votes
1,961,721
Percent
56
Runner-up (nationally)
George McGovern
Votes
1,459,435
Percent
41
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
21
1968
1968
Year
1968
Winner (nationally)
Richard Nixon
Votes
1,370,665
Percent
41
Runner-up (nationally)
Hubert Humphrey
Votes
1,593,082
Percent
48
Other national candidates
George Wallace
Votes
331,968
Percent
10
Electoral votes
21
1964
1964
Year
1964
Winner (nationally)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes
2,136,615
Percent
66
Runner-up (nationally)
Barry Goldwater
Votes
1,060,152
Percent
33
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
21
1960
1960
Year
1960
Winner (nationally)
John F. Kennedy
Votes
1,687,269
Percent
50
Runner-up (nationally)
Richard Nixon
Votes
1,620,428
Percent
48
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
20
1956
1956
Year
1956
Winner (nationally)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Votes
1,713,647
Percent
55
Runner-up (nationally)
Adlai Stevenson II
Votes
1,359,898
Percent
44
Other national candidates
T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors
Votes
-
Electoral votes
20
1952
1952
Year
1952
Winner (nationally)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Votes
1,551,529
Percent
55
Runner-up (nationally)
Adlai Stevenson II
Votes
1,230,657
Percent
43
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
20
1948
1948
Year
1948
Winner (nationally)
Harry S. Truman
Votes
1,003,448
Percent
47
Runner-up (nationally)
Thomas E. Dewey
Votes
1,038,595
Percent
49
Other national candidates
Strom Thurmond
Votes
-
Electoral votes
19
1944
1944
Year
1944
Winner (nationally)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes
1,106,899
Percent
50
Runner-up (nationally)
Thomas E. Dewey
Votes
1,084,423
Percent
49
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
19
1940
1940
Year
1940
Winner (nationally)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes
1,032,991
Percent
49
Runner-up (nationally)
Wendell Willkie
Votes
1,039,917
Percent
49
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
19
1936
1936
Year
1936
Winner (nationally)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes
1,016,794
Percent
56
Runner-up (nationally)
Alf Landon
Votes
699,733
Percent
38
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
19
1932
1932
Year
1932
Winner (nationally)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes
871,700
Percent
52
Runner-up (nationally)
Herbert Hoover
Votes
739,894
Percent
44
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
19
1928
1928
Year
1928
Winner (nationally)
Herbert Hoover
Votes
965,396
Percent
70
Runner-up (nationally)
Al Smith
Votes
396,762
Percent
28
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
15
1924
1924
Year
1924
Winner (nationally)
Calvin Coolidge
Votes
874,631
Percent
75
Runner-up (nationally)
John W. Davis
Votes
152,359
Percent
13
Other national candidates
Robert M. La Follette
Votes
122,014
Percent
10
Electoral votes
15
1920
1920
Year
1920
Winner (nationally)
Warren G. Harding
Votes
762,865
Percent
72
Runner-up (nationally)
James M. Cox
Votes
233,450
Percent
22
Other national candidates
Parley P. Christensen
Votes
10,480
Percent
1
Electoral votes
15
1916
1916
Year
1916
Winner (nationally)
Woodrow Wilson
Votes
286,775
Percent
44
Runner-up (nationally)
Charles E. Hughes
Votes
339,097
Percent
52
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
15
1912
1912
Year
1912
Winner (nationally)
Woodrow Wilson
Votes
150,751
Percent
27
Runner-up (nationally)
Theodore Roosevelt
Votes
214,584
Percent
38
Other national candidates
William H. Taft
Votes
152,244
Percent
27
Electoral votes
15
1908
1908
Year
1908
Winner (nationally)
William H. Taft
Votes
335,580
Percent
61
Runner-up (nationally)
William Jennings Bryan
Votes
175,771
Percent
32
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
14
1904
1904
Year
1904
Winner (nationally)
Theodore Roosevelt
Votes
364,957
Percent
69
Runner-up (nationally)
Alton B. Parker
Votes
135,392
Percent
25
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
14
1900
1900
Year
1900
Winner (nationally)
William McKinley
Votes
316,269
Percent
58
Runner-up (nationally)
William Jennings Bryan
Votes
211,685
Percent
38
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
14
1896
1896
Year
1896
Winner (nationally)
William McKinley
Votes
293,336
Percent
53
Runner-up (nationally)
William Jennings Bryan
Votes
237,166
Percent
43
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
14
1892
1892
Year
1892
Winner (nationally)
Grover Cleveland
Votes
201,624
Percent
43
Runner-up (nationally)
Benjamin Harrison
Votes
222,708
Percent
47
Other national candidates
James B. Weaver
Votes
19,931
Percent
4
Electoral votes
14
Notes
Electoral vote split 9–5 by Congressional District method.
1888
1888
Year
1888
Winner (nationally)
Benjamin Harrison
Votes
236,387
Percent
49
Runner-up (nationally)
Grover Cleveland
Votes
213,469
Percent
44
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
13
1884
1884
Year
1884
Winner (nationally)
Grover Cleveland
Votes
189,361
Percent
47
Runner-up (nationally)
James G. Blaine
Votes
192,669
Percent
48
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
13
1880
1880
Year
1880
Winner (nationally)
James A. Garfield
Votes
185,335
Percent
52
Runner-up (nationally)
Winfield S. Hancock
Votes
131,597
Percent
37
Other national candidates
James B. Weaver
Votes
34,895
Percent
9
Electoral votes
11
1876
1876
Year
1876
Winner (nationally)
Rutherford B. Hayes
Votes
166,901
Percent
52
Runner-up (nationally)
Samuel J. Tilden
Votes
141,685
Percent
44
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
11
1872
1872
Year
1872
Winner (nationally)
Ulysses S. Grant
Votes
138,758
Percent
62
Runner-up (nationally)
Horace Greeley
Votes
78,551
Percent
35
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
11
1868
1868
Year
1868
Winner (nationally)
Ulysses S. Grant
Votes
128,563
Percent
57
Runner-up (nationally)
Horatio Seymour
Votes
97,069
Percent
43
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
8
1864
1864
Year
1864
Winner (nationally)
Abraham Lincoln
Votes
91,133
Percent
55
Runner-up (nationally)
George B. McClellan
Votes
74,146
Percent
44
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
8
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Other national candidates
Votes
Percent
Electoral votes
Notes
2024
Donald Trump
2,816,636
49
Kamala Harris
2,736,533
48
—
16
2020
Joe Biden
2,804,040
50
Donald Trump
2,649,852
47
—
16
2016
Donald Trump
2,279,543
47
Hillary Clinton
2,268,839
47
Gary Johnson
173,057
3
16
2012
Barack Obama
2,564,569
54
Mitt Romney
2,115,256
44
-
16
2008
Barack Obama
2,872,579
57
John McCain
2,048,639
40
-
17
2004
George W. Bush
2,313,746
47
John Kerry
2,479,183
51
-
17
2000
George W. Bush
1,953,139
46
Al Gore
2,170,418
51
-
18
1996
Bill Clinton
1,989,653
51
Bob Dole
1,481,212
38
Ross Perot
336,670
8
18
1992
Bill Clinton
1,871,182
43
George H. W. Bush
1,554,940
36
Ross Perot
824,813
19
18
1988
George H. W. Bush
1,965,486
53
Michael Dukakis
1,675,783
45
-
20
1984
Ronald Reagan
2,251,571
59
Walter Mondale
1,529,638
40
-
20
1980
Ronald Reagan
1,915,225
48
Jimmy Carter
1,661,532
42
John B. Anderson
275,223
7
21
1976
Jimmy Carter
1,696,714
46
Gerald Ford
1,893,742
51
-
21
1972
Richard Nixon
1,961,721
56
George McGovern
1,459,435
41
-
21
1968
Richard Nixon
1,370,665
41
Hubert Humphrey
1,593,082
48
George Wallace
331,968
10
21
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson
2,136,615
66
Barry Goldwater
1,060,152
33
-
21
1960
John F. Kennedy
1,687,269
50
Richard Nixon
1,620,428
48
-
20
1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1,713,647
55
Adlai Stevenson II
1,359,898
44
T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors
-
20
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1,551,529
55
Adlai Stevenson II
1,230,657
43
-
20
1948
Harry S. Truman
1,003,448
47
Thomas E. Dewey
1,038,595
49
Strom Thurmond
-
19
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1,106,899
50
Thomas E. Dewey
1,084,423
49
-
19
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1,032,991
49
Wendell Willkie
1,039,917
49
-
19
1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1,016,794
56
Alf Landon
699,733
38
-
19
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
871,700
52
Herbert Hoover
739,894
44
-
19
1928
Herbert Hoover
965,396
70
Al Smith
396,762
28
-
15
1924
Calvin Coolidge
874,631
75
John W. Davis
152,359
13
Robert M. La Follette
122,014
10
15
1920
Warren G. Harding
762,865
72
James M. Cox
233,450
22
Parley P. Christensen
10,480
1
15
1916
Woodrow Wilson
286,775
44
Charles E. Hughes
339,097
52
-
15
1912
Woodrow Wilson
150,751
27
Theodore Roosevelt
214,584
38
William H. Taft
152,244
27
15
1908
William H. Taft
335,580
61
William Jennings Bryan
175,771
32
-
14
1904
Theodore Roosevelt
364,957
69
Alton B. Parker
135,392
25
-
14
1900
William McKinley
316,269
58
William Jennings Bryan
211,685
38
-
14
1896
William McKinley
293,336
53
William Jennings Bryan
237,166
43
-
14
1892
Grover Cleveland
201,624
43
Benjamin Harrison
222,708
47
James B. Weaver
19,931
4
14
Electoral vote split 9–5 by Congressional District method.
1888
Benjamin Harrison
236,387
49
Grover Cleveland
213,469
44
-
13
1884
Grover Cleveland
189,361
47
James G. Blaine
192,669
48
-
13
1880
James A. Garfield
185,335
52
Winfield S. Hancock
131,597
37
James B. Weaver
34,895
9
11
1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
166,901
52
Samuel J. Tilden
141,685
44
-
11
1872
Ulysses S. Grant
138,758
62
Horace Greeley
78,551
35
-
11
1868
Ulysses S. Grant
128,563
57
Horatio Seymour
97,069
43
-
8
1864
Abraham Lincoln
91,133
55
George B. McClellan
74,146
44
-
8
· Election of 1860
1860
1860
Year
1860
Winner (nationally)
Abraham Lincoln
Votes
88,481
Percent
57
Runner-up (nationally)
Stephen A. Douglas
Votes
65,057
Percent
42
Runner-up (nationally)
John C. Breckinridge
Votes
805
Percent
0
Runner-up (nationally)
John Bell
Votes
415
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
1860
Abraham Lincoln
88,481
57
Stephen A. Douglas
65,057
42
John C. Breckinridge
805
0
John Bell
415
· Elections prior to 1860
1856
1856
Year
1856
Winner (nationally)
James Buchanan
Votes
52,139
Percent
41
Runner-up (nationally)
John C. Frémont
Votes
71,762
Percent
57
Other national candidates
Millard Fillmore
Votes
1,660
Percent
1
Electoral votes
6
1852
1852
Year
1852
Winner (nationally)
Franklin Pierce
Votes
41,842
Percent
50
Runner-up (nationally)
Winfield Scott
Votes
33,860
Percent
40
Other national candidates
John P. Hale
Votes
7,237
Percent
8
Electoral votes
6
1848
1848
Year
1848
Winner (nationally)
Zachary Taylor
Votes
23,947
Percent
36
Runner-up (nationally)
Lewis Cass
Votes
30,742
Percent
47
Other national candidates
Martin Van Buren
Votes
10,393
Percent
15
Electoral votes
5
1844
1844
Year
1844
Winner (nationally)
James K. Polk
Votes
27,737
Percent
49
Runner-up (nationally)
Henry Clay
Votes
24,375
Percent
43
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
5
1840
1840
Year
1840
Winner (nationally)
William Henry Harrison
Votes
22,933
Percent
51
Runner-up (nationally)
Martin Van Buren
Votes
21,096
Percent
47
Other national candidates
-
Electoral votes
3
1836
1836
Year
1836
Winner (nationally)
Martin Van Buren
Votes
7,122
Percent
56
Runner-up (nationally)
William Henry Harrison
Votes
5,545
Percent
43
Other national candidates
various
Votes
-
Percent
-
Electoral votes
3
Year
Winner (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Runner-up (nationally)
Votes
Percent
Other national candidates
Votes
Percent
Electoral votes
Notes
1856
James Buchanan
52,139
41
John C. Frémont
71,762
57
Millard Fillmore
1,660
1
6
1852
Franklin Pierce
41,842
50
Winfield Scott
33,860
40
John P. Hale
7,237
8
6
1848
Zachary Taylor
23,947
36
Lewis Cass
30,742
47
Martin Van Buren
10,393
15
5
1844
James K. Polk
27,737
49
Henry Clay
24,375
43
-
5
1840
William Henry Harrison
22,933
51
Martin Van Buren
21,096
47
-
3
1836
Martin Van Buren
7,122
56
William Henry Harrison
5,545
43
various
-
-
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References

  1. Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
  2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won
  3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat M
  6. Michigan Secretary of State
    https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024
  7. 2020 official Federal Election Commission report.
    https://www.fec.gov/documents/4227/federalelections2020.pdf
  8. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
    https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf
  9. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
    http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf
  10. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
    http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf
  11. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U . President, the U . Senate and the U . House of Representatives"
    http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.pdf
  12. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics"
    https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=2000&f=1&off=0&elect=0
  13. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics"
    https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1996&f=1&off=0&elect=0
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