- Lead
- 25,284
- Total
- 169,463
- vs nation
- R+13.4
Michigan 23rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 21,792
- Total
- 164,917
- vs nation
- R+17.7
- Lead
- 29,341
- Total
- 139,629
- vs nation
- R+23.1
- Lead
- 30,693
- Total
- 135,321
- vs nation
- R+26.5
- Lead
- 21,528
- Total
- 134,056
- vs nation
- R+23.3
- Lead
- 40,404
- Total
- 136,492
- vs nation
- R+27.1
- Lead
- 34,315
- Total
- 121,228
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 25,047
- Total
- 107,493
- vs nation
- R+31.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 268,1352024 5-year
- Population density
- 922 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 291 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $94,5962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+80.5 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 24, MI · twin score 87.4
presidential history
Party record book
Michigan 23rd State Senate 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
45.9%
26,966 votes · R+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 42.6%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
89.8%
12,580 votes · R+80.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 86.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
70,852votes
41.8% of the vote · R+14.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 70,254 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
96,136votes
56.7% of the vote · R+14.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 92,046 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
−13.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+14.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −17.7 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+62.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+80.4 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +55.3 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 | 55.4%84,760 | 44.6%68,327 | 153,087 |
| 2020 | D | 57.5%88,944 | 42.5%65,729 | 154,673 |
Covering rural reaches of northern Lower Michigan, this district delivered a 42-point presidential gap in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting a sparsely populated electorate that has shifted decisively away from statewide Democratic trends.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 80.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.9 points.
A population of 268,135, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,596 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 24 and State Senate District 22.
The state-senate 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 23rd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/26023/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.