- Lead
- 9,874
- Total
- 58,884
- vs nation
- R+15.3
Michigan 52nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,116
- Total
- 57,959
- vs nation
- R+20.2
- Lead
- 11,453
- Total
- 50,225
- vs nation
- R+24.9
- Lead
- 11,972
- Total
- 48,591
- vs nation
- R+28.5
- Lead
- 8,658
- Total
- 48,159
- vs nation
- R+25.3
- Lead
- 15,446
- Total
- 49,073
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Lead
- 13,112
- Total
- 43,572
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 9,674
- Total
- 38,617
- vs nation
- R+33.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,0982024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,178 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 77.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $93,9862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81.8 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 51, MI · twin score 98.8
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 52nd 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
44.8%
9,415 votes · R+10.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 41.3%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
90.6%
4,588 votes · R+81.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 86.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
24,076votes
40.9% of the vote · R+16.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 23,942 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
33,950votes
57.7% of the vote · R+16.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 33,058 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
−15.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+16.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −20.2 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+64.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+81.8 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +55.4 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 | 55.4%28,797 | 44.6%23,214 | 52,011 |
| 2020 | D | 57.5%30,218 | 42.5%22,331 | 52,549 |
Carrying a 16.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this district leans well to the right of Michigan's statewide average, suggesting a rural or exurban base where GOP candidates have built durable advantages.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 81.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.
A population of 91,098, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,986 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 51 and State House District 49.
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 52nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26052/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.