United States presidential elections in Michigan

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Presidential elections in Michigan
Michigan in United States.svg
Number of elections48
Voted Democratic17
Voted Republican29
Voted Whig1
Voted other1 [a]
Voted for winning candidate35
Voted for losing candidate13

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.S. 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.

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Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [b]
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
2020 [1] Joe Biden 2,804,04050.62 Donald Trump 2,649,85247.8416
2016 [2] Donald Trump [c] 2,279,54347.25 Hillary Clinton 2,268,83947.03 Gary Johnson 173,0573.616
2012 [3] Barack Obama 2,564,56954.21 Mitt Romney 2,115,25644.71-16
2008 [4] Barack Obama 2,872,57957.43 John McCain 2,048,63940.96-17
2004 [5] George W. Bush 2,313,74647.81 John Kerry 2,479,18351.23-17
2000 [6] George W. Bush [c] 1,953,13946.15 Al Gore 2,170,41851.28-18
1996 [7] Bill Clinton 1,989,65351.69 Bob Dole 1,481,21238.48 Ross Perot 336,6708.7518
1992 Bill Clinton 1,871,18243.77 George H. W. Bush 1,554,94036.38 Ross Perot 824,81319.318
1988 George H. W. Bush 1,965,48653.57 Michael Dukakis 1,675,78345.67-20
1984 Ronald Reagan 2,251,57159.23 Walter Mondale 1,529,63840.24-20
1980 Ronald Reagan 1,915,22548.99 Jimmy Carter 1,661,53242.50 John B. Anderson 275,2237.0421
1976 Jimmy Carter 1,696,71446.44 Gerald Ford 1,893,74251.83-21
1972 Richard Nixon 1,961,72156.20 George McGovern 1,459,43541.81-21
1968 Richard Nixon 1,370,66541.46 Hubert Humphrey 1,593,08248.18 George Wallace 331,96810.0421
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 2,136,61566.70 Barry Goldwater 1,060,15233.10-21
1960 John F. Kennedy 1,687,26950.85 Richard Nixon 1,620,42848.84-20
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,713,64755.63 Adlai Stevenson II 1,359,89844.15 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors [d]
-20
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1,551,52955.44 Adlai Stevenson II 1,230,65743.97-20
1948 Harry S. Truman 1,003,44847.57 Thomas E. Dewey 1,038,59549.23 Strom Thurmond -19
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,106,89950.19 Thomas E. Dewey 1,084,42349.18-19
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,032,99149.52 Wendell Willkie 1,039,91749.85-19
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,016,79456.33 Alf Landon 699,73338.76-19
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 871,70052.36 Herbert Hoover 739,89444.44-19
1928 Herbert Hoover 965,39670.36 Al Smith 396,76228.92-15
1924 Calvin Coolidge 874,63175.37 John W. Davis 152,35913.13 Robert M. La Follette 122,01410.5115
1920 Warren G. Harding 762,86572.76 James M. Cox 233,45022.27 Parley P. Christensen 10,4801.0015
1916 Woodrow Wilson 286,77544.05 Charles E. Hughes 339,09752.09-15
1912 Woodrow Wilson 150,75127.36 Theodore Roosevelt 214,58438.95 William H. Taft 152,24427.6315
1908 William H. Taft 335,58061.93 William Jennings Bryan 175,77132.44-14
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 364,95769.51 Alton B. Parker 135,39225.79-14
1900 William McKinley 316,26958.10 William Jennings Bryan 211,68538.89-14
1896 William McKinley 293,33653.77 William Jennings Bryan 237,16643.47-14
1892 Grover Cleveland 201,62443.26 Benjamin Harrison 222,70847.79 James B. Weaver 19,9314.2814Electoral vote split 9–5 by Congressional District method.
1888 Benjamin Harrison [c] 236,38749.73 Grover Cleveland 213,46944.91-13
1884 Grover Cleveland 189,36147.20 James G. Blaine 192,66948.02-13
1880 James A. Garfield 185,33552.49 Winfield S. Hancock 131,59737.27 James B. Weaver 34,8959.8811
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes [c] 166,90152.41 Samuel J. Tilden 141,68544.49-11
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 138,75862.66 Horace Greeley 78,55135.47-11
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 128,56357.0 Horatio Seymour 97,06943.0-8
1864 Abraham Lincoln 91,13355.1 George B. McClellan 74,14644.9-8

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 88,48157.2 Stephen A. Douglas 65,05742.0 John C. Breckinridge 8050.5 John Bell 4150.36

Elections prior to 1860

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [b]
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
1856 James Buchanan 52,13941.52 John C. Frémont 71,76257.15 Millard Fillmore 1,6601.326
1852 Franklin Pierce 41,84250.45 Winfield Scott 33,86040.83 John P. Hale 7,2378.736
1848 Zachary Taylor 23,94736.8 Lewis Cass 30,74247.24 Martin Van Buren 10,39315.975
1844 James K. Polk 27,73749.75 Henry Clay 24,37543.72-5
1840 William Henry Harrison 22,93351.71 Martin Van Buren 21,09647.57-3
1836 Martin Van Buren 7,12256.22 William Henry Harrison 5,54543.78various [e] --3

See also

Notes

  1. Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
  2. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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 Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Michigan.

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