- Lead
- 11,079
- Total
- 47,884
- vs nation
- R+21.7
Michigan 37th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,729
- Total
- 46,188
- vs nation
- R+25.5
- Lead
- 9,633
- Total
- 39,790
- vs nation
- R+26.3
- Lead
- 6,249
- Total
- 39,501
- vs nation
- R+19.7
- Lead
- 1,012
- Total
- 41,635
- vs nation
- R+9.7
- Lead
- 7,988
- Total
- 40,612
- vs nation
- R+17.2
- Lead
- 6,341
- Total
- 35,380
- vs nation
- R+18.4
- Lead
- 3,288
- Total
- 32,381
- vs nation
- R+18.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+23.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,4562024 5-year
- Population density
- 179 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 512 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,0562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.9 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 35, MI · twin score 90.7
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 37th 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
52.6%
16,071 votes · D+5.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 51.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
76.8%
9,027 votes · R+56.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 72.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
20,022votes
48.1% of the vote · R+2.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 18,093 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
29,172votes
60.9% of the vote · R+23.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 27,515 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
William J. Bryan1900
−9.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+16.6 · U.S. R+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −9.7 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+46.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +39.4 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 | R | 40.1%19,360 | 59.9%28,869 | 48,229 |
| 2020 | R | 41.6%14,438 | 58.4%20,291 | 34,729 |
Michigan 37th State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 8.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 56.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.1 points.
A population of 91,456, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,056 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 35 and State House District 36.
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 37th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26037/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.