United States presidential elections in Michigan

Presidential elections in Michigan

Number of elections	47
Voted Democratic	17
Voted Republican	28
Voted Whig	1
Voted other	1 [lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate	34
Voted for losing candidate	13

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.

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

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [lower-alpha 2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020 [1]	Joe Biden	2,804,040	50.62	Donald Trump	2,649,852	47.84	—			16
2016 [2]	Donald Trump [lower-alpha 3]	2,279,543	47.25	Hillary Clinton	2,268,839	47.03	Gary Johnson	173,057	3.6	16
2012 [3]	Barack Obama	2,564,569	54.21	Mitt Romney	2,115,256	44.71	-			16
2008 [4]	Barack Obama	2,872,579	57.43	John McCain	2,048,639	40.96	-			17
2004 [5]	George W. Bush	2,313,746	47.81	John Kerry	2,479,183	51.23	-			17
2000 [6]	George W. Bush [lower-alpha 3]	1,953,139	46.15	Al Gore	2,170,418	51.28	-			18
1996 [7]	Bill Clinton	1,989,653	51.69	Bob Dole	1,481,212	38.48	Ross Perot	336,670	8.75	18
1992	Bill Clinton	1,871,182	43.77	George H. W. Bush	1,554,940	36.38	Ross Perot	824,813	19.3	18
1988	George H. W. Bush	1,965,486	53.57	Michael Dukakis	1,675,783	45.67	-			20
1984	Ronald Reagan	2,251,571	59.23	Walter Mondale	1,529,638	40.24	-			20
1980	Ronald Reagan	1,915,225	48.99	Jimmy Carter	1,661,532	42.50	John B. Anderson	275,223	7.04	21
1976	Jimmy Carter	1,696,714	46.44	Gerald Ford	1,893,742	51.83	-			21
1972	Richard Nixon	1,961,721	56.20	George McGovern	1,459,435	41.81	-			21
1968	Richard Nixon	1,370,665	41.46	Hubert Humphrey	1,593,082	48.18	George Wallace	331,968	10.04	21
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	2,136,615	66.70	Barry Goldwater	1,060,152	33.10	-			21
1960	John F. Kennedy	1,687,269	50.85	Richard Nixon	1,620,428	48.84	-			20
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1,713,647	55.63	Adlai Stevenson II	1,359,898	44.15	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors [lower-alpha 4]	-		20
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1,551,529	55.44	Adlai Stevenson II	1,230,657	43.97	-			20
1948	Harry S. Truman	1,003,448	47.57	Thomas E. Dewey	1,038,595	49.23	Strom Thurmond	-		19
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,106,899	50.19	Thomas E. Dewey	1,084,423	49.18	-			19
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,032,991	49.52	Wendell Willkie	1,039,917	49.85	-			19
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,016,794	56.33	Alf Landon	699,733	38.76	-			19
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	871,700	52.36	Herbert Hoover	739,894	44.44	-			19
1928	Herbert Hoover	965,396	70.36	Al Smith	396,762	28.92	-			15
1924	Calvin Coolidge	874,631	75.37	John W. Davis	152,359	13.13	Robert M. La Follette	122,014	10.51	15
1920	Warren G. Harding	762,865	72.76	James M. Cox	233,450	22.27	Parley P. Christensen	10,480	1.00	15
1916	Woodrow Wilson	286,775	44.05	Charles E. Hughes	339,097	52.09	-			15
1912	Woodrow Wilson	150,751	27.36	Theodore Roosevelt	214,584	38.95	William H. Taft	152,244	27.63	15
1908	William H. Taft	335,580	61.93	William Jennings Bryan	175,771	32.44	-			14
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	364,957	69.51	Alton B. Parker	135,392	25.79	-			14
1900	William McKinley	316,269	58.10	William Jennings Bryan	211,685	38.89	-			14
1896	William McKinley	293,336	53.77	William Jennings Bryan	237,166	43.47	-			14
1892	Grover Cleveland	201,624	43.26	Benjamin Harrison	222,708	47.79	James B. Weaver	19,931	4.28	14	Electoral vote split 9–5 by Congressional District method.
1888	Benjamin Harrison [lower-alpha 3]	236,387	49.73	Grover Cleveland	213,469	44.91	-			13
1884	Grover Cleveland	189,361	47.20	James G. Blaine	192,669	48.02	-			13
1880	James A. Garfield	185,335	52.49	Winfield S. Hancock	131,597	37.27	James B. Weaver	34,895	9.88	11
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes [lower-alpha 3]	166,901	52.41	Samuel J. Tilden	141,685	44.49	-			11
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	138,758	62.66	Horace Greeley	78,551	35.47	-			11
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	128,563	57.0	Horatio Seymour	97,069	43.0	-			8
1864	Abraham Lincoln	91,133	55.1	George B. McClellan	74,146	44.9	-			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.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	88,481	57.2	Stephen A. Douglas	65,057	42.0	John C. Breckinridge	805	0.5	John Bell	415	0.3	6

Elections prior to 1860

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [lower-alpha 2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1856	James Buchanan	52,139	41.52	John C. Frémont	71,762	57.15	Millard Fillmore	1,660	1.32	6
1852	Franklin Pierce	41,842	50.45	Winfield Scott	33,860	40.83	John P. Hale	7,237	8.73	6
1848	Zachary Taylor	23,947	36.8	Lewis Cass	30,742	47.24	Martin Van Buren	10,393	15.97	5
1844	James K. Polk	27,737	49.75	Henry Clay	24,375	43.72	-			5
1840	William Henry Harrison	22,933	51.71	Martin Van Buren	21,096	47.57	-			3
1836	Martin Van Buren	7,122	56.22	William Henry Harrison	5,545	43.78	various [lower-alpha 5]	-	-	3

See also

• Elections in Michigan

Notes

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 at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
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 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.

References

1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.