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1876–2024
Schoolcraft County, Michigan
Schoolcraft County·Michigan

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

A sparsely settled Upper Peninsula county that votes in lopsided margins

18762024·38 elections
Schoolcraft County, Michigan · Charles W. Chapman · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,128
2024 ACS
Most similar
Aitkin County
MN · similarity 0.99
20 precincts · 4,898 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−32.0%
1,6313,1964,898
2020R
−31.6%
1,5893,0904,745
2016R
−28.4%
1,3692,5564,177
2012R
−6.8%
1,8652,1424,061
2008D
+2.9%
2,1842,0584,326
2004R
−2.9%
2,1372,2674,441
2000R
−1.2%
2,0362,0884,198
1996D
+25.5%
2,1871,2003,871
1992D
+21.5%
2,1391,2534,129
1988D
+6.9%
2,0711,8023,886
1984R
−5.4%
1,9202,1394,077
1980R
−3.0%
1,9642,0974,374
1976D
+5.4%
2,1581,9334,154
1972R
−13.4%
1,7592,3104,124
1968D
+3.2%
1,8691,7453,844
1964D
+31.4%
2,6751,3974,076
1960R
−1.8%
2,1072,1834,298
1956R
−17.5%
1,7232,4534,177
1952R
−16.3%
1,6922,3524,052
1948R
−1.8%
1,6511,7133,447
1944D
+0.6%
1,7241,7043,447
1940D
+7.3%
2,3202,0034,334
1936D
+23.2%
2,3331,4303,885
1932R
−1.8%
1,6601,7223,511
1928R
−34.7%
8771,8262,733
1924R
−53.6%
1901,5152,470
1920R
−54.1%
4281,7762,490
1916R
−22.0%
6239941,686
1912R
−16.5%
3375951,568
1908R
−62.6%
2891,3601,712
1904R
−70.7%
2251,4721,763
1900R
−41.7%
4601,1411,632
1896R
−27.5%
5489731,548
1892D
+5.9%
6505701,364
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
31.8%
Other Christian
8.4%
Mainline Protestant
6.3%
Baptist
4.0%
Methodist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Schoolcraft County's 8,900 residents are spread across forested lake country in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and its presidential margins have run heavily Republican for over a decade, reaching R+31.9 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Schoolcraft County reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Schoolcraft County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,782, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,128 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 Aitkin County and Gallatin County.