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1876–2024
Iosco County, Michigan
Iosco County·Michigan

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

A northern Michigan county where resorts meet a shrinking working-class base

18762024·38 elections
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Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
25,347
2024 ACS
Most similar
Roscommon County
MI · similarity 0.99
36 precincts · 15,754 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.5%
5,34410,15515,754
2020R
−28.5%
5,3739,75915,363
2016R
−29.8%
4,3458,34513,429
2012R
−5.0%
6,2426,90913,385
2008D
+5.1%
7,3096,58314,187
2004R
−5.3%
6,5577,30114,006
2000D
+1.2%
6,5056,34513,222
1996D
+14.7%
6,2404,41012,424
1992D
+3.4%
5,3694,91213,492
1988R
−18.9%
4,9297,23412,225
1984R
−34.4%
3,8507,90711,804
1980R
−20.5%
4,2556,68011,815
1976R
−6.0%
4,8755,50010,498
1972R
−29.9%
3,0655,7508,971
1968R
−20.9%
2,5334,0687,340
1964D
+23.2%
4,3362,7047,044
1960R
−25.6%
2,5494,3086,866
1956R
−45.1%
1,6604,3856,048
1952R
−49.4%
1,2743,7725,059
1948R
−39.3%
1,1152,5993,772
1944R
−34.9%
1,1272,3403,479
1940R
−31.4%
1,3032,5043,825
1936R
−6.4%
1,5471,7683,475
1932R
−2.5%
1,5001,5813,186
1928R
−54.2%
5521,8732,439
1924R
−58.8%
3041,7132,398
1920R
−55.8%
5482,0132,624
1916R
−14.5%
7299841,757
1912R
−5.7%
4185211,803
1908R
−28.6%
6681,2241,942
1904R
−53.7%
4261,4821,968
1900R
−34.2%
6791,4022,111
1896R
−22.9%
9121,4702,440
1892R
−2.0%
1,3361,3932,810
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%
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
9.8%
Mainline Protestant
8.2%
Other Christian
6.7%
Methodist
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Baptist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iosco sits along Lake Huron's Sunrise Side, where a tourism economy and an aging, predominantly white population have tracked alongside a steady rightward shift in presidential margins over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Iosco County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Iosco County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $50,066, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 25,347 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 Roscommon County and St. Clair County.