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1876–2024
Emmet County, Michigan
Emmet County·Michigan

Emmet County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A resort-economy county where seasonal tourism shapes year-round politics

18762024·38 elections
Emmet County, Michigan · Royalbroil · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+11
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
34,125
2024 ACS
Most similar
Allen County
IN · similarity 0.99
44 precincts · 22,901 votes cast
Trump · R+11
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−10.7%
10,00512,46522,901
2020R
−11.2%
9,66212,13522,177
2016R
−19.2%
6,97210,61618,994
2012R
−17.0%
7,22510,25317,765
2008R
−4.4%
8,5159,31418,149
2004R
−20.1%
6,84610,33217,372
2000R
−21.4%
5,4518,60214,711
1996R
−8.8%
4,8926,00212,580
1992R
−8.1%
4,2455,31213,232
1988R
−25.8%
4,1707,10511,386
1984R
−40.7%
3,2547,76011,080
1980R
−20.0%
3,7245,93011,006
1976R
−18.8%
4,0135,91010,104
1972R
−25.8%
3,0815,2888,541
1968R
−23.8%
2,6244,4057,488
1964D
+21.1%
4,1972,7316,937
1960R
−27.4%
2,6024,5747,198
1956R
−42.7%
1,9034,7646,695
1952R
−46.2%
1,8715,1137,014
1948R
−29.2%
1,9223,5655,621
1944R
−23.0%
2,2063,5385,782
1940R
−19.6%
2,8314,2167,071
1936D
+2.8%
3,0752,8936,489
1932D
+3.5%
3,1102,8906,275
1928R
−51.5%
1,1663,6794,882
1924R
−51.5%
7733,0204,362
1920R
−44.8%
1,0703,0594,441
1916R
−10.5%
1,3631,7243,429
1912D
+2.7%
9208303,320
1908R
−34.9%
1,0122,3133,726
1904R
−45.1%
9412,7103,919
1900R
−28.6%
1,2812,3623,778
1896R
−12.2%
1,3371,7273,188
1892D
+2.0%
1,0591,0152,193
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Irish
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
14.5%
Other Christian
9.4%
Mainline Protestant
3.9%
Methodist
3.0%
Baptist
1.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Petoskey and the northern Lake Michigan shoreline, Emmet County draws a mix of retirees and seasonal residents whose presence complicates simple rural-red categorizations, even as the county delivered a 10.8-point Republican margin in 2024.

The Republican margin in Emmet County reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was eleven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Emmet County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,112, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 34,125 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Allen County and Beaufort County.