Election Results for Detroit, MI Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	116,361	11.8
Deaths:	127,479	13.0
Net Migration:	-59,803	-6.1
Net Immigration:	18,282	1.9

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +153,478	D +122,010	D + 2.5%
D +275,488
2020 vs. 2012	R +217,665	R +76,388	R + 5.6%
D +141,277
2020 vs. 2008	R +244,035	R +233,375	R + 11.2%
D +10,660

2016 vs. 2008	R +90,557	R +355,385	R + 13.8%
D -264,828
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	71%	Joe Biden (D)	1,541,336	56.7%	Donald Trump* (R)	1,134,999	41.8%	40,291 [+]	1.5%	2,716,626	-5	1.71%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 24,546 (0.9%);
2016	63%	Hillary Clinton (D)	1,265,848	53.5%	Donald Trump (R)	981,521	41.5%	117,996 [+]	5.0%	2,365,365	-4	1.72%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 72,610 (3.1%); Jill Stein (Grn) 23,644 (1.0%); Evan McMullin (I) 2,973 (0.1%);
2012	64%	Barack Obama* (D)	1,400,059	59.7%	Mitt Romney (R)	917,334	39.1%	29,197 [+]	1.2%	2,346,590	-8	1.82%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 3,909 (0.2%);
2008	68%	Barack Obama (D)	1,530,676	62.2%	John McCain (R)	890,964	36.2%	41,009 [+]	1.7%	2,462,649	-9	1.87%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 15,082 (0.6%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 11,350 (0.5%);
2004	65%	John Kerry (D)	1,349,887	56.9%	George W. Bush* (R)	1,002,630	42.2%	21,626 [+]	0.9%	2,374,143	-8	1.94%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 10,846 (0.5%);
2000	57%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	1,179,973	56.9%	George W. Bush (R)	841,563	40.6%	50,875 [+]	2.5%	2,072,411	-7	1.97%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 37,286 (1.8%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 0 (0.0%);
1996	53%	Bill Clinton* (D)	1,062,664	56.7%	Robert Dole (R)	642,594	34.3%	167,767 [+]	9.0%	1,873,025	-6	1.95%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 143,721 (7.7%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 17,141 (0.9%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	60%	Bill Clinton (D)	1,005,429	47.7%	George Bush* (R)	742,966	35.3%	358,716 [+]	17.0%	2,107,111	-2	2.02%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 345,414 (16.4%);
1988	52%	George Bush (R)	912,542	50.8%	Michael Dukakis (D)	866,863	48.3%	15,499 [+]	0.9%	1,794,904	-3	1.96%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 10,660 (0.6%);
1984	56%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	1,043,078	54.7%	Walter Mondale (D)	854,953	44.8%	9,904	0.5%	1,907,935	-4	2.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	58%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	921,316	47.4%	Ronald Reagan (R)	869,238	44.7%	152,298 [+]	7.8%	1,942,852	-6	2.25%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 126,137 (6.5%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 18,294 (0.9%);
1976	59%	Jimmy Carter (D)	953,068	51.6%	Gerald Ford* (R)	860,938	46.6%	34,668 [+]	1.9%	1,848,674	-1	2.27%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 26,230 (1.4%);
1972	58%	Richard Nixon* (R)	956,007	52.5%	George McGovern (D)	828,612	45.5%	34,922 [+]	1.9%	1,819,541	-8	2.34%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 31,656 (1.7%);
1968	65%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	1,003,835	56.3%	Richard Nixon (R)	582,344	32.7%	197,004 [+]	11.0%	1,783,183	-11	2.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 190,083 (10.7%);
1964	67%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	1,257,493	72.0%	Barry Goldwater (R)	486,450	27.8%	3,611	0.2%	1,747,554	-11	2.47%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	73%	John Kennedy (D)	1,088,391	59.8%	Richard Nixon (R)	724,895	39.8%	6,117	0.3%	1,819,403	-10	2.64%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	67%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	881,384	52.3%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	800,761	47.5%	3,002	0.2%	1,685,147	-10	2.72%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	65%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	782,078	52.2%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	709,957	47.4%	6,589	0.4%	1,498,624	-8	2.43%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	54%	Harry Truman* (D)	607,693	54.1%	Thomas Dewey (R)	474,761	42.3%	41,188 [+]	3.7%	1,123,642	-3	2.30%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 33,846 (3.0%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	61%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	676,370	58.7%	Thomas Dewey (R)	469,781	40.8%	5,967	0.5%	1,152,118	-5	2.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	57%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	560,010	57.2%	Wendell Willkie (R)	411,422	42.1%	6,854	0.7%	978,286	-3	1.96%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	53%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	507,289	61.3%	Alf Landon (R)	276,460	33.4%	43,170 [+]	5.2%	826,919	-3	1.81%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 35,742 (4.3%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 4,679 (0.6%);
1932	49%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	407,104	55.5%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	300,711	41.0%	25,618 [+]	3.5%	733,433	1	1.85%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 18,694 (2.5%);
1928	43%	Herbert Hoover (R)	384,251	65.5%	Al Smith (D)	197,509	33.7%	4,482 [+]	0.8%	586,242	7	1.59%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 1,891 (0.3%);
1924	41%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	360,287	78.5%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	48,708	10.6%	50,243 [+]	10.9%	459,238	24	1.58%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 46,263 (10.1%);
1920	44%	Warren Harding (R)	297,366	73.9%	James Cox (D)	79,210	19.7%	25,898 [+]	6.4%	402,474	14	1.50%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 16,101 (4.0%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 6,140 (1.5%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 2,141 (0.5%);
1916	27%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	104,973	52.6%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	89,034	44.6%	5,674 [+]	2.8%	199,681	6	1.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 3,882 (1.9%); James Hanly (Proh) 1,726 (0.9%);
1912	26%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	54,034	36.8%	William Taft* (R)	44,032	30.0%	48,639 [+]	33.2%	146,705	7	0.98%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: Woodrow Wilson (D) 42,502 (29.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 4,379 (3.0%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 1,436 (1.0%);
1908	32%	William Taft (R)	83,823	60.9%	William J. Bryan (D)	46,926	34.1%	6,870 [+]	5.0%	137,619	9	0.92%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 3,397 (2.5%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,018 (2.2%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 89 (0.1%);
1904	33%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	86,680	66.4%	Alton Parker (D)	40,154	30.8%	3,699 [+]	2.8%	130,533	10	0.97%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 1,750 (1.3%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,600 (1.2%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 153 (0.1%);
1900	36%	William McKinley* (R)	70,326	55.2%	William J. Bryan (D)	53,963	42.3%	3,202 [+]	2.5%	127,491	4	0.91%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 2,085 (1.6%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 583 (0.5%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

1,541,336

56.7%

Donald Trump* (R)

1,134,999

41.8%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

24,546

0.9%

Other

15,745

0.6%

TOTAL

2,716,626

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): -5

2016 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

1,265,848

53.5%

Donald Trump (R)

981,521

41.5%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

72,610

3.1%

Jill Stein (Grn)

23,644

1.0%

Evan McMullin (I)

2,973

0.1%

Other

18,769

0.8%

TOTAL

2,365,365

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -4

2012 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

1,400,059

59.7%

Mitt Romney (R)

917,334

39.1%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

3,909

0.2%

Other

25,288

1.1%

TOTAL

2,346,590

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): -8

2008 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

1,530,676

62.2%

John McCain (R)

890,964

36.2%

Ralph Nader (I)

15,082

0.6%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

11,350

0.5%

Other

14,577

0.6%

TOTAL

2,462,649

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): -9

2004 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

1,002,630

42.2%

John Kerry (D)

1,349,887

56.9%

Ralph Nader (I)

10,846

0.5%

Other

10,780

0.5%

TOTAL

2,374,143

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -8

2000 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

841,563

40.6%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

1,179,973

56.9%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

37,286

1.8%

Other

13,589

0.7%

TOTAL

2,072,411

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -7

1996 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

1,062,664

56.7%

Robert Dole (R)

642,594

34.3%

Ross Perot (Ref)

143,721

7.7%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

17,141

0.9%

Other

6,905

0.4%

TOTAL

1,873,025

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -6

1992 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

1,005,429

47.7%

George Bush* (R)

742,966

35.3%

Ross Perot (I)

345,414

16.4%

Other

13,302

0.6%

TOTAL

2,107,111

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): -2

1988 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

912,542

50.8%

Michael Dukakis (D)

866,863

48.3%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

10,660

0.6%

Other

4,839

0.3%

TOTAL

1,794,904

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): -3

1984 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

1,043,078

54.7%

Walter Mondale (D)

854,953

44.8%

Other

9,904

0.5%

TOTAL

1,907,935

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -4

1980 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

869,238

44.7%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

921,316

47.4%

John Anderson (I)

126,137

6.5%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

18,294

0.9%

Other

7,867

0.4%

TOTAL

1,942,852

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -6

1976 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

953,068

51.6%

Gerald Ford* (R)

860,938

46.6%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

26,230

1.4%

Other

8,438

0.5%

TOTAL

1,848,674

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

956,007

52.5%

George McGovern (D)

828,612

45.5%

John Schmitz (Amer)

31,656

1.7%

Other

3,266

0.2%

TOTAL

1,819,541

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -8

1968 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

582,344

32.7%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

1,003,835

56.3%

George Wallace (AIP)

190,083

10.7%

Other

6,921

0.4%

TOTAL

1,783,183

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -11

1964 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

1,257,493

72.0%

Barry Goldwater (R)

486,450

27.8%

Other

3,611

0.2%

TOTAL

1,747,554

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -11

1960 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

1,088,391

59.8%

Richard Nixon (R)

724,895

39.8%

Other

6,117

0.3%

TOTAL

1,819,403

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): -10

1956 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

800,761

47.5%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

881,384

52.3%

Other

3,002

0.2%

TOTAL

1,685,147

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -10

1952 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

709,957

47.4%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

782,078

52.2%

Other

6,589

0.4%

TOTAL

1,498,624

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -8

1948 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

607,693

54.1%

Thomas Dewey (R)

474,761

42.3%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

33,846

3.0%

Other

7,342

0.7%

TOTAL

1,123,642

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): -3

1944 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

676,370

58.7%

Thomas Dewey (R)

469,781

40.8%

Other

5,967

0.5%

TOTAL

1,152,118

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -5

1940 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

560,010

57.2%

Wendell Willkie (R)

411,422

42.1%

Other

6,854

0.7%

TOTAL

978,286

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -3

1936 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

507,289

61.3%

Alf Landon (R)

276,460

33.4%

William Lemke (Union)

35,742

4.3%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

4,679

0.6%

Other

2,749

0.3%

TOTAL

826,919

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -3

1932 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

407,104

55.5%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

300,711

41.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

18,694

2.5%

Other

6,924

0.9%

TOTAL

733,433

Turnout: 49%	Diff (US): 1

1928 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

384,251

65.5%

Al Smith (D)

197,509

33.7%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

1,891

0.3%

Other

2,591

0.4%

TOTAL

586,242

Turnout: 43%	Diff (US): 7

1924 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

360,287

78.5%

John Davis (D)

46,263

10.1%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

48,708

10.6%

Other

3,980

0.9%

TOTAL

459,238

Turnout: 41%	Diff (US): 24

1920 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

297,366

73.9%

James Cox (D)

79,210

19.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

16,101

4.0%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

6,140

1.5%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

2,141

0.5%

Other

1,516

0.4%

TOTAL

402,474

Turnout: 44%	Diff (US): 14

1916 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

89,034

44.6%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

104,973

52.6%

Allan Benson (Soc)

3,882

1.9%

James Hanly (Proh)

1,726

0.9%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

199,681

Turnout: 27%	Diff (US): 6

1912 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

42,502

29.0%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

54,034

36.8%

William Taft* (R)

44,032

30.0%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

4,379

3.0%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

1,436

1.0%

Other

322

0.2%

TOTAL

146,705

Turnout: 26%	Diff (US): 7

1908 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

83,823

60.9%

William J. Bryan (D)

46,926

34.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,018

2.2%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

3,397

2.5%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.1%

Other

366

0.3%

TOTAL

137,619

Turnout: 32%	Diff (US): 9

1904 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

86,680

66.4%

Alton Parker (D)

40,154

30.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,600

1.2%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

1,750

1.3%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

153

0.1%

Other

196

0.2%

TOTAL

130,533

Turnout: 33%	Diff (US): 10

1900 President, Detroit, MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

70,326

55.2%

William J. Bryan (D)

53,963

42.3%

John Woolley (Proh)

2,085

1.6%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

583

0.5%

Other

534

0.4%

TOTAL

127,491

Turnout: 36%	Diff (US): 4

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	3,220,527	66.16%	2.6%
Black:	1,010,719	20.76%	0.8%
Indian:	14,378	0.30%	3.6%
Asian:	255,598	5.25%	50.9%
2+ races:	120,082	2.47%	29.0%
Hispanic:	246,442	5.06%	32.1%

Total non-White:	1,647,219	33.84%	10.7%

Change in White population:	-84,901	-1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	159,585	3.3

Detroit, MI Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Detroit, MI Market Area