- Lead
- 142,035
- Total
- 373,905
- vs nation
- D+39.5
Michigan 12th Congressional District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 188,455
- Total
- 387,556
- vs nation
- D+44.2
- Lead
- 164,448
- Total
- 350,966
- vs nation
- D+44.8
- Lead
- 200,404
- Total
- 365,252
- vs nation
- D+51.0
- Lead
- 227,216
- Total
- 396,592
- vs nation
- D+50.0
- Lead
- 182,732
- Total
- 377,665
- vs nation
- D+50.8
- Lead
- 163,225
- Total
- 336,505
- vs nation
- D+48.0
- Lead
- 165,042
- Total
- 317,590
- vs nation
- D+43.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+38.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 775,2472024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,057 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 191 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $59,6142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 44.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.7 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Congressional District 13, MI · twin score 97.7
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 12th Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
79.3%
352,203 votes · D+58.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 78.0%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
77.3%
91,132 votes · R+68.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 71.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
352,203votes
79.3% of the vote · D+58.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 322,977 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
166,651votes
37.6% of the vote · D+24.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 156,965 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+51.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.9 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +50.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+45.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +43.5 pts
Current officeholders
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
Anchored in Detroit and its inner suburbs, Michigan's 12th congressional district delivered a 20.8-point Democratic margin in 2024, reflecting the dense urban core and majority-minority communities that define its electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 68.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.0 points.
A population of 775,247, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,614 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 13 and Congressional District 1.
The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
Michigan 12th Congressional District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cd/2612/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.