- Lead
- 4,961
- Total
- 55,827
- vs nation
- R+7.4
Michigan 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,891
- Total
- 53,490
- vs nation
- R+11.7
- Lead
- 5,714
- Total
- 46,363
- vs nation
- R+14.4
- Lead
- 5,199
- Total
- 45,171
- vs nation
- R+15.4
- Lead
- 2,110
- Total
- 47,232
- vs nation
- R+11.7
- Lead
- 9,224
- Total
- 45,100
- vs nation
- R+18.0
- Lead
- 8,642
- Total
- 37,841
- vs nation
- R+23.4
- Lead
- 5,685
- Total
- 34,464
- vs nation
- R+25.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,1922024 5-year
- Population density
- 243 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 375 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,4052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71.8 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 88, MI · twin score 80.2
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 42nd 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
48.6%
11,574 votes · R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 46.9%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
85.4%
10,747 votes · R+71.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 82.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
24,987votes
44.8% of the vote · R+8.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 24,231 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
29,948votes
53.6% of the vote · R+8.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 28,122 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
Kamala Harris2024
−7.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+8.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −11.7 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+54.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+71.5 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +50.3 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 | 51.6%25,463 | 48.4%23,900 | 49,363 |
| 2020 | D | 52.4%20,248 | 47.6%18,414 | 38,662 |
Michigan 42nd State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 71.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.9 points.
A population of 91,192, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,405 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 88 and State House District 66.
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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