- Lead
- 8,271
- Total
- 57,126
- vs nation
- D+16.0
Michigan 81st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,089
- Total
- 56,200
- vs nation
- D+9.9
- Lead
- 796
- Total
- 48,702
- vs nation
- R+0.5
- Lead
- 1,257
- Total
- 45,832
- vs nation
- R+6.6
- Lead
- 2,633
- Total
- 47,524
- vs nation
- R+1.7
- Lead
- 6,209
- Total
- 45,036
- vs nation
- R+11.3
- Lead
- 6,339
- Total
- 38,804
- vs nation
- R+16.9
- Lead
- 3,880
- Total
- 34,742
- vs nation
- R+19.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,5162024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,223 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 74.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $89,7492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+17.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 80, MI · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 81st 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
58.8%
14,253 votes · D+17.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 56.2%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
73.9%
6,708 votes · R+59.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 73.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
32,132votes
56.2% of the vote · D+14.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 31,540 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
25,377votes
56.3% of the vote · R+13.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 23,861 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
+16.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+14.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +12.5 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+44.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +33.9 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 | 53.1%26,087 | 46.9%23,050 | 49,137 |
| 2020 | D | 50.0%24,399 | 50.0%24,390 | 48,789 |
Michigan 81st State House District sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.0 points in 1924. The 2024 margin was 14.5 points.
A population of 91,516, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,749 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 80 and State House District 84.
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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