Democratic presidential vote share
48.3%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Governor
Gretchen Whitmer (D)
National Governors Association
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
48.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
U.S. House seats apportioned to Michigan
13
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
Total votes cast for president
5,664,186
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Statehouse
Narrowly divided
Election Results
Recent presidential votes.
Democratic presidential vote share
48.3%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican presidential vote share
49.7%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
2024 winner
Republican
2024 margin
+1.4 pts
2020 margin
+2.8 pts (D)
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–202448.3%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–202449.7%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Republican margin (pts) | 1.4 | 1.5 |
- •Michigan has voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election since 2008.
Governors
State executive.
Governor
Gretchen Whitmer (D)
National Governors Association
In office since
2019
National Governors Association
Governors listed
44
1837–present · National Governors Association
Term limit
2 terms
Governors of Michigan
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Whitmer | Democratic | 2019–present |
| Rick Snyder | Republican | 2011–2019 |
| Jennifer M. Granholm | Democratic | 2003–2011 |
| John Engler | Republican | 1991–2003 |
| James Johnston Blanchard | Democratic | 1983–1991 |
| William Grawn Milliken | Republican | 1969–1983 |
| George Wilcken Romney | Republican | 1963–1969 |
| John Burley Swainson | Democratic | 1961–1963 |
| Gerhard Mennen Williams | Democratic | 1949–1961 |
| Kimber Cornellus Sigler | Republican | 1947–1949 |
| Harris Francis Kelly | Republican | 1943–1947 |
| Murray Delos Van Wagoner | Democratic | 1941–1943 |
| Luren Dudley Dickinson | Republican | 1939–1941 |
| Frank Murphy | Democratic | 1937–1939 |
| William Alfred Comstock | Democratic | 1933–1935 |
| Wilbur Marion Brucker | Republican | 1931–1933 |
| Fred Warren Green | Republican | 1927–1931 |
| Alexander Joseph Groesbeck | Republican | 1921–1927 |
| Albert Edson Sleeper | Republican | 1917–1921 |
| Woodbridge Nathan Ferris | Democratic | 1913–1917 |
| Chase Salmon Osborn | Republican | 1911–1913 |
| Fred Maltby Warner | Republican | 1905–1911 |
| Aaron Thomas Bliss | Republican | 1901–1905 |
| Hazen Stuart Pingree | Republican | 1897–1901 |
| John Tyler Rich | Republican | 1893–1897 |
| Edwin Baruch Winans | Democratic | 1891–1893 |
| Cyrus Gray Luce | Republican | 1887–1891 |
| Russell Alexander Alger | Republican | 1885–1887 |
| David Howell Jerome | Republican | 1881–1883 |
| Charles Miller Croswell | Republican | 1877–1881 |
| John J. Bagley | Republican | 1873–1877 |
| Henry P. Baldwin | Republican | 1869–1873 |
| Henry Howland Crapo | Republican | 1865–1869 |
| Austin Blair | Republican | 1861–1865 |
| Moses Wisner | Republican | 1859–1861 |
| Kinsley Scott Bingham | Republican | 1855–1859 |
| Andrew Parsons | Democratic | 1853–1855 |
| Robert McClelland | Democratic | 1852–1853 |
| Epaphroditus Ransom | Democratic | 1848–1850 |
| William L. Greenly | Democratic | 1847–1848 |
| Alpheus Felch | Democratic | 1846–1847 |
| James Wright Gordon | Whig | 1841–1842 |
| William Woodbridge | Whig | 1840–1841 |
| Stevens Thomson Mason | Democratic | 1837–1840 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
| Indicator | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Years of Democratic control | 24 | 0 |
- •Michigan elected the first woman to hold all four top statewide offices simultaneously in 2019.
Senators
U.S. Senate delegation.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
48.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
48.3%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Senate seats
2
Composition
2 Democrats
Notable
Elissa Slotkin won the 2024 seat by 0.3 points
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–202448.6%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–202448.3%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate seats | 2 | 100 |
- •Michigan has not elected a Republican U.S. senator since 1994.
Representatives
U.S. House delegation.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Michigan
13
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
House seats
13
Republicans
7
Democrats
6
U.S. House seats apportioned to Michigan
1910–202013▲ 0%
U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
| Indicator | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. House seats | 13 | 435 |
- •Michigan has lost a U.S. House seat in every reapportionment since 1980.
Voting Trends
Turnout and participation.
Total votes cast for president
5,664,186
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Total votes cast for president
1976–20245,664,186▲ 55%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Voter turnout (%) | 76 | 64 |
- •A 2022 constitutional amendment gave Michigan nine days of early in-person voting.
Party Distribution
Partisan balance.
Statehouse
Narrowly divided
Urban core
Democratic
- •Michigan is one of the few states where redistricting is handled by an independent citizens' commission.