- Lead
- 11,091
- Total
- 43,442
- vs nation
- D+27.0
Michigan 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,708
- Total
- 43,930
- vs nation
- D+26.7
- Lead
- 12,080
- Total
- 38,121
- vs nation
- D+29.6
- Lead
- 16,420
- Total
- 39,291
- vs nation
- D+37.9
- Lead
- 19,139
- Total
- 42,653
- vs nation
- D+37.6
- Lead
- 14,292
- Total
- 41,795
- vs nation
- D+36.7
- Lead
- 12,778
- Total
- 36,839
- vs nation
- D+34.2
- Lead
- 14,354
- Total
- 35,519
- vs nation
- D+31.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+25.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,7232024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,706 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 33.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,6132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 37.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 14, IN · twin score 93.5
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 26th 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
73.6%
38,593 votes · D+47.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 71.9%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
81.6%
14,105 votes · R+75.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 76.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
38,593votes
73.6% of the vote · D+47.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 35,859 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
25,318votes
45.0% of the vote · D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 24,030 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
+37.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.8 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +37.6 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+50.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+75.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +47.3 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%27,780 | 31.7%12,903 | 40,683 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+25.5, this district ranks among the most Democratic-leaning state house seats in Michigan, suggesting a densely populated urban core where one-party dominance shapes both primary and general-election dynamics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 75.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.5 points.
A population of 91,723, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,613 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 14 and State House District 31.
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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Michigan 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.