- Lead
- 3,373
- Total
- 39,598
- vs nation
- D+10.0
Michigan 83rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,782
- Total
- 38,663
- vs nation
- D+5.3
- Lead
- 80
- Total
- 33,446
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 1,338
- Total
- 31,411
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 1,312
- Total
- 32,658
- vs nation
- R+3.3
- Lead
- 4,763
- Total
- 31,001
- vs nation
- R+12.9
- Lead
- 4,781
- Total
- 26,698
- vs nation
- R+18.4
- Lead
- 3,007
- Total
- 23,855
- vs nation
- R+21.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+8.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 91,3412024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,358 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 27.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,0722024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 31.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.5 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 45, TX · twin score 81.7
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 83rd 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
58.1%
9,662 votes · D+16.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 55.9%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
75.0%
4,647 votes · R+60.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 73.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
21,151votes
53.4% of the vote · D+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,797 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,778votes
44.9% of the vote · D+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 17,719 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
+12.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.2 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +10.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+44.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +35.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+8.5, against D+4.0 in 2008, having changed party at least once across the five cycles. The district had about 20,900 residents, 72.5% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.5 points.
A population of 91,341, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,072 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 45 and State House District 9.
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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