- Lead
- 4,910
- Total
- 60,233
- vs nation
- R+6.7
Michigan 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,288
- Total
- 57,876
- vs nation
- R+13.6
- Lead
- 7,477
- Total
- 49,223
- vs nation
- R+17.3
- Lead
- 6,155
- Total
- 45,653
- vs nation
- R+17.3
- Lead
- 934
- Total
- 48,193
- vs nation
- R+9.2
- Lead
- 9,927
- Total
- 44,794
- vs nation
- R+19.7
- Lead
- 8,733
- Total
- 38,520
- vs nation
- R+23.2
- Lead
- 4,546
- Total
- 34,062
- vs nation
- R+21.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 90,9002024 5-year
- Population density
- 442 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 206 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,7662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+12.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64.9 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 90, MI · twin score 88.4
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 88th 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
54.6%
5,411 votes · D+12.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 54.6%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
80.3%
6,451 votes · R+61.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 76.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
27,198votes
45.2% of the vote · R+8.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 25,774 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
32,108votes
53.3% of the vote · R+8.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 31,062 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
Grover Cleveland1892
−4.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+2.7 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −6.7 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+46.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +43.9 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 | R | 40.0%20,281 | 60.0%30,372 | 50,653 |
| 2020 | R | 36.8%17,800 | 63.2%30,504 | 48,304 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+8.2 across roughly 91,000 residents, District 88 sits comfortably in Republican-leaning territory, making it a benchmark seat for gauging rural and exurban sentiment in mid-Michigan.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 12.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 64.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.2 points.
A population of 90,900, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,766 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 90 and State House District 42.
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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Michigan 88th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/26088/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.