- Lead
- 1,672
- Total
- 42,764
- vs nation
- R+2.4
Michigan 44th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 267
- Total
- 41,223
- vs nation
- R+5.1
- Lead
- 657
- Total
- 36,965
- vs nation
- R+3.9
- Lead
- 4,844
- Total
- 37,366
- vs nation
- D+9.1
- Lead
- 8,470
- Total
- 41,572
- vs nation
- D+13.1
- Lead
- 3,070
- Total
- 39,850
- vs nation
- D+10.2
- Lead
- 4,592
- Total
- 35,423
- vs nation
- D+12.4
- Lead
- 6,888
- Total
- 33,862
- vs nation
- D+11.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 89,9742024 5-year
- Population density
- 361 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 250 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,8982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.9 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 71, IL · twin score 87.2
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 44th 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
68.4%
23,448 votes · D+37.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 60.8%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
76.6%
13,798 votes · R+53.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 68.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
24,625votes
59.2% of the vote · D+20.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 23,448 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
21,908votes
51.2% of the vote · R+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 20,382 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
+17.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+20.5 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +15.3 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+36.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.9 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +36.3 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 | R | 40.8%17,836 | 59.2%25,877 | 43,713 |
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+3.9 in 2024 and D+20.4 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 47,600 residents lived here, with White alone at 76.4% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.9 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.9 points.
A population of 89,974, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,898 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 71 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 44th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26044/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.