- Lead
- 27,483
- Total
- 58,441
- vs nation
- R+45.6
Michigan 65th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,880
- Total
- 55,172
- vs nation
- R+47.7
- Lead
- 20,468
- Total
- 45,974
- vs nation
- R+46.6
- Lead
- 10,548
- Total
- 42,385
- vs nation
- R+28.7
- Lead
- 7,547
- Total
- 44,200
- vs nation
- R+24.3
- Lead
- 12,649
- Total
- 43,907
- vs nation
- R+26.4
- Lead
- 8,619
- Total
- 37,013
- vs nation
- R+23.8
- Lead
- 3,134
- Total
- 32,040
- vs nation
- R+18.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 92,8922024 5-year
- Population density
- 116 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 802 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,6282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+8.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77.7 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, MI · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 65th 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
54.0%
9,472 votes · D+8.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 40.5%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
87.1%
6,752 votes · R+77.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 83.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
17,884votes
40.5% of the vote · R+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 15,600 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
42,579votes
72.9% of the vote · R+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 39,132 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
−14.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+8.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · −18.3 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+54.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+60.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +52.5 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 | R | 33.2%17,200 | 66.8%34,571 | 51,771 |
| 2020 | R | 40.7%13,787 | 59.3%20,111 | 33,898 |
Michigan 65th State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 8.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 77.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.0 points.
A population of 92,892, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,628 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 98.
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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