- Lead
- 2,728
- Total
- 52,533
- vs nation
- R+3.7
Michigan 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 227
- Total
- 51,702
- vs nation
- R+4.9
- Lead
- 2,286
- Total
- 45,245
- vs nation
- R+7.1
- Lead
- 4,705
- Total
- 44,174
- vs nation
- D+6.8
- Lead
- 6,936
- Total
- 46,015
- vs nation
- D+7.8
- Lead
- 2,307
- Total
- 43,789
- vs nation
- D+7.7
- Lead
- 3,406
- Total
- 37,652
- vs nation
- D+8.5
- Lead
- 5,356
- Total
- 33,533
- vs nation
- D+7.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+5.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 93,1562024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,515 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $76,1022024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 62, MI · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 61st 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
77.0%
15,221 votes · D+54.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 67.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
70.9%
990 votes · R+45.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 65.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
25,945votes
56.4% of the vote · D+15.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 25,356 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27,157votes
51.7% of the vote · R+5.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 25,583 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
John F. Kennedy1960
+31.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.1 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · +31.6 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+36.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +19.3 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 | 42.8%21,483 | 57.2%28,758 | 50,241 |
| 2020 | R | 47.5%23,424 | 52.5%25,891 | 49,315 |
With a 5.2-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this mid-sized district trends well above the national average for GOP support, reflecting the rural and small-town demographic patterns common across Michigan's interior counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.5 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.2 points.
A population of 93,156, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,102 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 62 and State House District 58.
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 61st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26061/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.