MICHIGAN | 16
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Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Michigan Bureau of Elections) Total Resident Population, July 1, 2016 est. 9,928,300 Total Registration, Oct. 2016 6,748,385 Michigan has: 83 counties. Largest counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Genessee. Largest cities: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights. Government
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Voting Eligible Population*: 7.423,233. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.7%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 11, 2016. |
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Overview: Although the Republican ticket had not
carried the Michigan since
Bush/Quayle did in 1988, the Trump campaign saw an opening. In
the final week the campaign flooded the state with visits by the
principals and surrogates. Michigan proved to be a critical state for the Republican ticket, which eked out a victory with a plurality of 10,704 votes out of 4.8 million cast The margin of 0.23 percentage points was the closest of any state. Trump/Pence carried 75 counties to just eight for Clinton/Kaine. Looking at the Detroit area, Clinton's plurality in Wayne County was 290,451 votes, substantially off from the 382,032 cushion Obama amassed in 2012. On Nov. 30 Green Party nominee Jill Stein submitted a petition for recount. The recount was begun, but ended on Dec. 7 due to a court order. (1, 2) There were a lot of problems with voting in Detroit; a subsequent audit by the Michigan Bureau of Elections found "human error, not illegal activity, resulted in mismatches between the number of ballots and recorded voters." Further the Bureau reported "no evidence of pervasive voter fraud or that widespread voting equipment failure led to the imbalances (+)." General Election Visits Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] See also: Edward-Isaac Dovere. "How Clinton lost Michigan--and blew the election." Politico, Dec. 14, 2016. |
[State Primary: August 2, 2016] |
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Democrats 147 Delegates: 85 District, 28 At-Large, 17 PLEO and 17 Unpledged. details
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Republicans 59 Delegates: (3 RNC, 11 At-Large, 45 by CD (3 x 15 CD). |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Clinton 43.77% |
Clinton 51.69% |
Gore 51.28% |
Kerry 51.23% |
Obama 57.43% |
Obama 54.21% |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 7,317,247. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.7%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2012. |
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2012
Overview Although the Republican ticket had not carried Michigan since Bush/Quayle defeated Dukakis/Bentsen in 1988, there were suggestions that Mitt Romney's ties to the state could put it in play. That scenario was not to be. The Obama/Biden ticket won Michigan with a plurality of 449,313 votes (9.50 percentage points), carrying 20 counties to 63 for Romney/Ryan. The three Detroit area counties (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb) produced 39.6% of the total votes in the presidential race (1,871,518 votes). Macomb (51.48% to 47.49%) and Oakland (53.56% to 45.20%) were relatively close, but in Wayne County Obama racked up a plurality of 382,032 votes (73.03% to 26.21%). Statewide 270,805 fewer votes were tallied in the presidential contest than in 2008 (a 5.4% decrease). General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 7,263,250. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.9%. Total Registration: 7,470,764. |
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2008
Overview In early October, as the financial crisis piled on top of Michigan's own "one-state recession," the McCain camp cut its campaign here and shifted most of its resources from the state. Obama went on to amass a plurality of 823,940 votes (16.47 percentage points), carrying 47 counties to 36 for McCain. The three Detroit area counties (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb) produced 39.4% of the total votes in the presidential race (1,968,610 votes). In those three counties Obama tallied a plurality of 572,234 votes. In Macomb County, of Reagan Democrat fame, Obama won 53.38% to 44.77% of the 419,216 votes cast. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 7,263,024. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.6%. Total Registration: 7,164,047. |
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2004
Overview Bush made it close in Michigan, but Kerry prevailed in the end with a plurality of 165,437 votes (3.42 percentage points). Bush carried 68 counties to 15 for Kerry. The three Detroit area counties (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb) produced 39.5% of the total votes in the presidential race (1,909,115 votes). Kerry amassed a plurality of 342,294 votes in Wayne county and narrowly won in Oakland county, while Bush narrowly won in Macomb county. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04 |
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Voting Eligible
Population*: 7,070,702. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 59.9%. Total Registration: 6,859,332. ll |
Total voters:
4,279,299 Notes:
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2000
Overview The battleground state of Michigan went to Gore by a plurality of 217,279 votes (5.13 percentage points). Bush carried 58 counties to 25 for Gore. Almost 40% of the total vote (39.8%) comes from the Detroit area (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties). Gore piled up a plurality of 307,393 votes in Wayne county and narrowly won in Oakland and Macomb. As expected, Bush did well in Western Michigan (Kent County/Grand Rapids and the surrounding counties). He underperformed in the city of Detroit, and would have had to have done better in Western Wayne county as well as in Oakland and Macomb to carry the state. A statewide school vouchers initiative, Proposal 1, was overwhelmingly defeated, 69.1% to 30.9%. |
1992 and 1996 General Elections |
1992
The VAP was 6,947,000 for a turnout (% of VAP) of 62.5%. |
1996
The VAP was 7,072,000 for a turnout (% of VAP) of 55.3%. |
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