- Lead
- 6,383
- Total
- 51,965
- vs nation
- R+10.8
Michigan 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,681
- Total
- 50,412
- vs nation
- R+9.8
- Lead
- 2,905
- Total
- 41,967
- vs nation
- R+9.0
- Lead
- 2,394
- Total
- 41,614
- vs nation
- D+1.9
- Lead
- 4,135
- Total
- 44,382
- vs nation
- D+2.0
- Lead
- 927
- Total
- 44,959
- vs nation
- D+0.4
- Lead
- 45
- Total
- 39,160
- vs nation
- R+0.4
- Lead
- 3,210
- Total
- 36,049
- vs nation
- D+0.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,2732024 5-year
- Population density
- 960 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 95.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,8212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 29, MI · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 28th 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
58.2%
27,818 votes · D+16.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 53.9%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
85.6%
20,097 votes · R+80.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 83.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
27,818votes
58.2% of the vote · D+16.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 25,302 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
36,350votes
62.7% of the vote · R+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 34,265 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 Obama2008
+2.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.3 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +2.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+55.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +55.2 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 | 59.9%25,491 | 40.1%17,070 | 42,561 |
Michigan 28th State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 80.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.3 points.
A population of 91,273, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,821 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 29 and State House District 27.
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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