combined metro areaLansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+3.3
2008D+20.1
2012D+14.1
2016D+7.9
2020D+11.9
2024D+9.3
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 73.2% of 415,455 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
163,383
135,135
5,462
303,980
415,455
73.2%
2020
162,826
127,684
5,518
296,028
417,350
70.9%
2016
133,086
112,343
18,329
263,758
407,140
64.8%
2012
144,148
108,115
3,749
256,012
399,076
64.2%
2008
164,138
108,377
4,626
277,141
392,554
70.6%
2004
134,652
125,911
2,703
263,266
386,032†
68.2%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
4 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MIMichiganUnited States
German21.1%17.7%12.5%
English13.6%10.5%9.5%
Irish11.7%9.9%9.4%
Polish4.8%7.2%2.2%
American4.1%4.2%5.3%
Italian3.5%4.2%4.8%
French2.5%3.0%1.6%
Dutch2.1%3.0%—
African American†6.5%12.2%9.9%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Mexican5.0%4.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Asian Indian1.1%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.9%0.5%1.3%
Korean0.4%0.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Nepalese0.2%——
Burmese0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
Michigan
United States
Median age
37.4
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
13.4%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.1%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
Michigan
United States
Median household income
$71,943
$72,875
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.4%
13.2%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.6%
32.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
Michigan
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.3%
10.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
3.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.3%
1.8%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
Michigan
United States
Catholic
10.8%
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
13.8%
12.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
65.6%
60.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.0%
1896
+2.0%
1900
−10.2%
1904
−34.4%
1908
−18.3%
1912
+0.6%
1916
−6.5%
1920
−45.9%
1924
−62.3%
1928
−57.4%
1932
+5.1%
1936
+9.1%
1940
−22.3%
1944
−27.3%
1948
−29.9%
1952
−39.6%
1956
−36.4%
1960
−27.6%
1964
+23.0%
1968
−14.2%
1972
−18.4%
1976
−18.6%
1980
−13.5%
1984
−29.1%
1988
−9.6%
1992
+6.3%
1996
+9.7%
2000
+6.6%
2004
+3.3%
2008
+20.1%
2012
+14.1%
2016
+7.9%
2020
+11.9%
2024
+9.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.7%Harris163,383
44.5%Trump135,135
0.5%Kennedy1,613 +7
D+9.3
R+2.6
D+10.8
303,980
All 10 candidates in 2024 · 8 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic53.7%163,383
Donald J TrumpRepublican44.5%135,135
Robert F KennedyIndependent0.5%1,613
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%1,493
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%1,361
Randall TerryIndependent0.1%418
Cornel WestIndependent0.1%281
Joseph KishoreIndependent0.0%142
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%121
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.0%33
D
55.0%Biden162,826
43.1%Trump127,684
1.9%
D+11.9
D+4.0
D+7.4
296,028
D
50.5%Clinton133,086
42.6%Trump112,343
6.9%
D+7.9
R+6.2
D+5.8
263,758
D
56.3%Obama144,148
42.2%Romney108,115
1.5%
D+14.1
R+6.0
D+10.2
256,012
D
59.2%Obama164,138
39.1%McCain108,377
1.7%
D+20.1
D+16.8
D+12.8
277,141
D
51.1%Kerry134,652
47.8%Bush125,911
1.0%
D+3.3
R+3.2
D+5.8
263,266
D
51.8%Gore121,356
45.2%Bush105,987
3.0%
D+6.6
R+3.1
D+6.0
234,284
D
49.9%Clinton109,972
40.2%Dole88,596
9.9%
D+9.7
D+3.4
D+1.2
220,457
D
41.4%Clinton101,093
35.1%Bush85,741
23.5%
D+6.3
D+15.8
D+0.7
244,374
R
44.8%Dukakis93,587
54.4%Bush113,559
0.8%
R+9.6
D+19.6
R+1.8
208,826
R
35.1%Mondale72,441
64.2%Reagan132,616
0.7%
R+29.1
R+15.6
R+10.9
206,439
R
36.5%Carter80,544
50.0%Reagan110,428
13.5%
R+13.5
D+5.0
R+3.8
220,769
R
39.2%Carter79,724
57.8%Ford117,437
2.9%
R+18.6
R+0.2
R+20.6
203,151
R
40.1%McGovern77,246
58.4%Nixon112,716
1.5%
R+18.4
R+4.2
D+4.8
192,843
R
38.7%Humphrey59,876
52.9%Nixon81,870
8.5%
R+14.2
R+37.2
R+13.5
154,896
D
61.4%Johnson88,883
38.4%Goldwater55,561
0.2%
D+23.0
D+50.6
D+0.4
144,724
R
36.1%Kennedy52,550
63.7%Nixon92,802
0.3%
R+27.6
D+8.8
R+27.8
145,732
R
31.7%Stevenson43,922
68.1%Eisenhower94,343
0.2%
R+36.4
D+3.2
R+21.0
138,529
R
29.8%Stevenson38,328
69.5%Eisenhower89,298
0.7%
R+39.6
R+9.7
R+28.9
128,569
R
33.9%Truman31,005
63.8%Dewey58,392
2.4%
R+29.9
R+2.6
R+34.4
91,582
R
36.0%Roosevelt36,529
63.4%Dewey64,253
0.6%
R+27.3
R+5.1
R+34.8
101,394
R
38.5%Roosevelt38,492
60.8%Willkie60,735
0.6%
R+22.3
R+31.4
R+32.2
99,861
D
52.1%Roosevelt44,828
43.0%Landon37,015
4.9%
D+9.1
D+4.0
R+15.2
86,045
D
51.3%Roosevelt42,357
46.2%Hoover38,131
2.4%
D+5.1
D+62.5
R+12.7
82,506
R
21.0%Smith14,448
78.4%Hoover53,888
0.5%
R+57.4
D+4.9
R+39.9
68,696
R
15.6%Davis10,373
77.8%Coolidge51,861
6.6%
R+62.3
R+16.3
R+37.1
66,634
R
25.3%Cox13,847
71.2%Harding38,993
3.5%
R+45.9
R+39.4
R+19.7
54,739
R
44.5%Wilson16,527
51.0%Hughes18,955
4.5%
R+6.5
R+7.1
R+9.7
37,141
O
30.1%Wilson10,077
29.5%Taft9,880
40.5%
Roosevelt +10.4
D+18.8
R+19.0
33,518
R
37.9%Bryan12,674
56.2%Taft18,776
5.9%
R+18.3
D+16.2
R+8.7
33,423
R
30.4%Parker10,321
64.8%Roosevelt22,018
4.9%
R+34.4
R+24.2
R+14.7
33,991
R
43.3%Bryan15,381
53.5%McKinley19,005
3.2%
R+10.2
R+12.2
R+2.7
35,529
D
49.8%Bryan18,092
47.8%McKinley17,362
2.4%
D+2.0
D+9.0
D+8.1
36,330
R
39.7%Cleveland12,648
46.7%Harrison14,881
13.6%
R+7.0
—
R+8.7
31,845
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
54.5%164,208
42.9%129,118
301,093
2020
D
54.9%161,158
43.2%126,633
293,284
2018
D
56.9%134,766
41.1%97,452
236,909
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
394,533
2018
394,028
2020
420,994
2022
426,349
2024
436,323
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+882 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −19,520 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−2,511
2012
−3,797
2013
−2,746
2014
−1,889
2015
−2,389
2016
−411
2017
−322
2018
−2,452
2019
−840
2021
−12,236
2022
+10,722
2023
−258
2024
−1,273
2025
+882
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 62.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.3 points.
A population of 540,660, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,943 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI and Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA.
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How did Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 9.3 points (D+9.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 303,980 votes cast, 163,383 went Democratic and 135,135 went Republican.
When did Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan?
Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan has a population of 540,660 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan is $71,943 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Lansing-East Lansing-Owosso, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican.
