- Lead
- 16,178
- Total
- 47,612
- vs nation
- D+35.5
Michigan 17th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,102
- Total
- 48,766
- vs nation
- D+32.7
- Lead
- 14,718
- Total
- 43,783
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 19,784
- Total
- 45,337
- vs nation
- D+39.8
- Lead
- 22,881
- Total
- 49,411
- vs nation
- D+39.0
- Lead
- 17,376
- Total
- 48,091
- vs nation
- D+38.6
- Lead
- 15,620
- Total
- 43,053
- vs nation
- D+35.8
- Lead
- 17,000
- Total
- 40,892
- vs nation
- D+33.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+34.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 90,7372024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,911 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 23.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,2682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 45.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 44.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72.6 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 12, MI · twin score 98.3
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 17th State House 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
74.4%
45,063 votes · D+49.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 72.4%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
79.2%
15,783 votes · R+72.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 74.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
45,063votes
74.4% of the vote · D+49.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 41,884 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
28,268votes
43.9% of the vote · D+12.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 26,771 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
+39.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.6 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +39.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+47.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +47.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 68.3%27,481 | 31.7%12,764 | 40,245 |
Michigan 17th State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 72.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.0 points.
A population of 90,737, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,268 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 12 and State House District 16.
The state-house 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
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