Presidential elections in Michigan
Map of the United States with Michigan highlighted
Number of elections47
Voted Democratic17
Voted Republican28
Voted Whig1
Voted other1[a]
Voted for winning candidate34
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.

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

Elections from 1864 to present

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b] 		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[c] 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[c] 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[d]		 - 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[c] 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[c] 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[b] 		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[e] - - 3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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.
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