- Lead
- 4,373
- Total
- 47,692
- vs nation
- D+10.6
Michigan 73rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,249
- Total
- 43,807
- vs nation
- D+5.2
- Lead
- 3,347
- Total
- 42,998
- vs nation
- D+5.7
- Lead
- 3,110
- Total
- 41,777
- vs nation
- D+3.6
- Lead
- 6,283
- Total
- 45,910
- vs nation
- D+6.4
- Lead
- 1,666
- Total
- 44,370
- vs nation
- R+1.3
- Lead
- 837
- Total
- 39,823
- vs nation
- R+2.6
- Lead
- 529
- Total
- 38,712
- vs nation
- R+9.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,5432024 5-year
- Population density
- 208 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 440 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $84,5602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+13.7 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 82, PA · twin score 84.9
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 73rd 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
Barack Obama2008
56.1%
25,741 votes · D+13.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 53.9%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
87.1%
11,714 votes · R+78.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 85.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
25,741votes
56.1% of the vote · D+13.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 25,576 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
28,737votes
68.8% of the vote · R+38.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Gerald Ford, 1976 · 27,840 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
+10.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +6.4 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+53.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+71.0 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +52.8 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 | 64.4%29,077 | 35.6%16,066 | 45,143 |
Michigan 73rd State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.7 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 78.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.2 points.
A population of 91,543, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,560 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 82 and State House District 23.
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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