- Lead
- 14,497
- Total
- 61,282
- vs nation
- D+25.1
Michigan 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,362
- Total
- 60,089
- vs nation
- D+21.1
- Lead
- 11,329
- Total
- 52,759
- vs nation
- D+19.4
- Lead
- 11,501
- Total
- 50,556
- vs nation
- D+18.9
- Lead
- 15,123
- Total
- 53,183
- vs nation
- D+21.2
- Lead
- 7,212
- Total
- 49,728
- vs nation
- D+17.0
- Lead
- 5,772
- Total
- 41,978
- vs nation
- D+13.2
- Lead
- 6,324
- Total
- 36,712
- vs nation
- D+8.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,3022024 5-year
- Population density
- 280 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 326 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $96,6392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28.4 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.8 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 49, CO · twin score 89.0
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 47th 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
Barack Obama2008
63.4%
33,696 votes · D+28.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 62.1%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
78.2%
10,044 votes · R+56.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 71.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
37,333votes
60.9% of the vote · D+23.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 37,293 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22,836votes
37.3% of the vote · D+23.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,931 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
+25.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+23.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +21.2 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+41.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +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 | D | 60.5%30,034 | 39.5%19,588 | 49,622 |
| 2020 | D | 61.1%30,135 | 38.9%19,194 | 49,329 |
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+23.6, against D+28.4 in 2008. About 129,000 residents lived here, with White alone at 72.4% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.4 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 56.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.7 points.
A population of 91,302, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,639 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 49 and State House District 33.
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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