- Lead
- 5,152
- Total
- 56,205
- vs nation
- R+7.7
Michigan 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,335
- Total
- 54,890
- vs nation
- R+10.5
- Lead
- 4,744
- Total
- 47,917
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 3,553
- Total
- 47,438
- vs nation
- D+3.6
- Lead
- 6,384
- Total
- 50,517
- vs nation
- D+5.4
- Lead
- 113
- Total
- 50,477
- vs nation
- D+2.2
- Lead
- 3,212
- Total
- 44,202
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 5,621
- Total
- 40,198
- vs nation
- D+5.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+9.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 93,0652024 5-year
- Population density
- 634 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 147 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,5292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79.9 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 72, MI · twin score 90.8
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 68th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
58.6%
9,458 votes · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 58.1%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
87.1%
9,510 votes · R+79.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 84.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
28,015votes
55.5% of the vote · D+12.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 25,361 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
30,248votes
53.8% of the vote · R+9.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 28,696 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
Al Gore2000
+6.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+7.3 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · +6.6 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+54.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+79.9 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +52.4 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 | 56.2%27,236 | 43.8%21,206 | 48,442 |
| 2020 | D | 59.6%29,021 | 40.4%19,648 | 48,669 |
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+9.2 in 2024 and D+12.6 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 121,000 residents lived here, with White alone at 70.9% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.2 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 79.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.2 points.
A population of 93,065, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,529 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 72 and State House District 64.
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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