- Lead
- 385
- Total
- 55,577
- vs nation
- D+0.8
Michigan 55th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,462
- Total
- 55,486
- vs nation
- R+1.8
- Lead
- 3,249
- Total
- 48,366
- vs nation
- R+8.8
- Lead
- 3,571
- Total
- 47,213
- vs nation
- R+11.4
- Lead
- 322
- Total
- 47,298
- vs nation
- R+8.0
- Lead
- 7,097
- Total
- 46,915
- vs nation
- R+12.7
- Lead
- 5,770
- Total
- 41,475
- vs nation
- R+14.4
- Lead
- 3,648
- Total
- 36,703
- vs nation
- R+18.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+0.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,8052024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,191 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 41.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $120,9722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77.6 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 54, MI · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 55th 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
53.9%
11,322 votes · D+8.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 50.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
86.2%
3,836 votes · R+72.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 85.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
28,132votes
50.7% of the vote · D+2.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,042 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27,427votes
49.3% of the vote · R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 26,838 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
+0.8pts D vs U.S.
Place R+0.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −1.8 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+55.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+72.9 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +53.5 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%29,020 | 44.6%23,394 | 52,414 |
| 2020 | D | 57.5%30,453 | 42.5%22,505 | 52,958 |
Michigan's 55th state house district sits near the competitive center of statewide elections, with its 2024 presidential margin of R+0.7 signaling a constituency that has shifted between parties across recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 8.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 77.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.7 points.
A population of 91,805, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $120,972 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 54 and State House District 56.
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 55th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26055/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.