2022 population: 540,870
( 76,834 from 2010
, 413 from 2020)
Land area: 2228.6 square miles
Population density: 242.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 418,989 | 77.47% | 15.3% |
Black: | 43,091 | 7.97% | 7.5% |
Indian: | 2,226 | 0.41% | 13.9% |
Asian: | 23,193 | 4.29% | 32.4% |
2+ races: | 16,868 | 3.12% | 40.0% |
Hispanic: | 36,503 | 6.75% | 27.7% |
Total non-White: | 121,881 | 22.53% | 20.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 12,000 | 11.1 |
Deaths: | 12,257 | 11.3 |
Net Migration: | -2,038 | -1.9 |
Net Immigration: | 1,779 | 1.6 |
Change in White population: | 55,747 | 12.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 21,087 | 4.5 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +15,341 | D +14,399 | D + 3.6% | |
D +29,740 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +19,569 | R +891 | R + 2.2% | |
D +18,678 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +19,307 | R +20,619 | R + 8.4% | |
D -1,312 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +3,966 | R +35,018 | R + 12.0% | |
D -31,052 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 69% | Joe Biden (D) | 162,826 | 55.0% | Donald Trump* (R) | 127,684 | 43.1% | 5,595 [+] | 1.9% | 296,105 | -4 | 0.19% |
2016 | 62% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 133,086 | 50.5% | Donald Trump (R) | 112,343 | 42.6% | 18,329 [+] | 6.9% | 263,758 | -3 | 0.19% |
2012 | 61% | Barack Obama* (D) | 144,148 | 56.3% | Mitt Romney (R) | 108,115 | 42.2% | 3,749 [+] | 1.5% | 256,012 | -5 | 0.20% |
2008 | 68% | Barack Obama (D) | 164,138 | 59.2% | John McCain (R) | 108,377 | 39.1% | 4,923 [+] | 1.8% | 277,438 | -7 | 0.21% |
2004 | 66% | John Kerry (D) | 134,652 | 51.1% | George W. Bush* (R) | 125,911 | 47.8% | 2,703 [+] | 1.0% | 263,266 | -3 | 0.22% |
2000 | 60% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 121,356 | 51.8% | George W. Bush (R) | 105,987 | 45.2% | 6,941 [+] | 3.0% | 234,284 | -3 | 0.22% |
1996 | 58% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 109,972 | 49.9% | Robert Dole (R) | 88,596 | 40.2% | 21,889 [+] | 9.9% | 220,457 | -1 | 0.23% |
1992 | 65% | Bill Clinton (D) | 101,093 | 41.4% | George Bush* (R) | 85,741 | 35.1% | 57,540 [+] | 23.5% | 244,374 | -2 | 0.23% |
1988 | 57% | George Bush (R) | 113,559 | 54.4% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 93,587 | 44.8% | 1,680 [+] | 0.8% | 208,826 | 1 | 0.23% |
1984 | 58% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 132,616 | 64.2% | Walter Mondale (D) | 72,441 | 35.1% | 1,382 | 0.7% | 206,439 | 5 | 0.22% |
1980 | 64% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 110,428 | 50.0% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 80,544 | 36.5% | 29,797 [+] | 13.5% | 220,769 | -1 | 0.26% |
1976 | 76% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 117,437 | 57.8% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 79,724 | 39.2% | 5,990 [+] | 2.9% | 203,151 | 10 | 0.25% |
1972 | 76% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 112,716 | 58.4% | George McGovern (D) | 77,246 | 40.1% | 2,881 [+] | 1.5% | 192,843 | -2 | 0.25% |
1968 | 72% | Richard Nixon (R) | 81,870 | 52.9% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 59,876 | 38.7% | 13,150 [+] | 8.5% | 154,896 | 9 | 0.21% |
1964 | 74% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 88,883 | 61.4% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 55,561 | 38.4% | 280 | 0.2% | 144,724 | 0 | 0.20% |
1960 | 82% | Richard Nixon (R) | 92,802 | 63.7% | John Kennedy (D) | 52,550 | 36.1% | 380 | 0.3% | 145,732 | 14 | 0.21% |
1956 | 78% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 94,343 | 68.1% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 43,922 | 31.7% | 264 | 0.2% | 138,529 | 11 | 0.22% |
1952 | 78% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 89,298 | 69.5% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 38,328 | 29.8% | 943 | 0.7% | 128,569 | 14 | 0.21% |
1948 | 61% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 58,392 | 63.8% | Harry Truman* (D) | 31,005 | 33.9% | 2,185 [+] | 2.4% | 91,582 | 19 | 0.19% |
1944 | 74% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 64,253 | 63.4% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 36,529 | 36.0% | 612 | 0.6% | 101,394 | 17 | 0.21% |
1940 | 81% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 60,735 | 60.8% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 38,492 | 38.5% | 634 | 0.6% | 99,861 | 16 | 0.20% |
1936 | 76% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 44,828 | 52.1% | Alf Landon (R) | 37,015 | 43.0% | 4,202 [+] | 4.9% | 86,045 | 7 | 0.19% |
1932 | 77% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 42,357 | 51.3% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 38,131 | 46.2% | 2,018 [+] | 2.4% | 82,506 | 7 | 0.21% |
1928 | 69% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 53,888 | 78.4% | Al Smith (D) | 14,448 | 21.0% | 360 [+] | 0.5% | 68,696 | 20 | 0.19% |
1924 | 73% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 51,861 | 77.8% | John Davis (D) | 10,373 | 15.6% | 4,400 [+] | 6.6% | 66,634 | 24 | 0.23% |
1920 | 67% | Warren Harding (R) | 38,993 | 71.2% | James Cox (D) | 13,847 | 25.3% | 1,899 [+] | 3.5% | 54,739 | 11 | 0.20% |
1916 | 50% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 18,955 | 51.0% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 16,527 | 44.5% | 1,659 [+] | 4.5% | 37,141 | 5 | 0.20% |
1912 | 50% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 11,778 | 35.1% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 10,077 | 30.0% | 11,740 [+] | 34.9% | 33,595 | 6 | 0.22% |
1908 | 55% | William Taft (R) | 18,776 | 56.2% | William J. Bryan (D) | 12,674 | 37.9% | 1,973 [+] | 5.9% | 33,423 | 5 | 0.22% |
1904 | 58% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 22,018 | 64.8% | Alton Parker (D) | 10,321 | 30.4% | 1,652 [+] | 4.9% | 33,991 | 8 | 0.25% |
1900 | 63% | William McKinley* (R) | 19,005 | 53.5% | William J. Bryan (D) | 15,381 | 43.3% | 1,143 [+] | 3.2% | 35,529 | 2 | 0.25% |
2020 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 162,826 | 55.0% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 127,684 | 43.1% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 3,951 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,644 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 296,105 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 133,086 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 112,343 | 42.6% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 11,469 | 4.3% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 3,189 | 1.2% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 627 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 3,044 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 263,758 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 144,148 | 56.3% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 108,115 | 42.2% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 690 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 3,059 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 256,012 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 164,138 | 59.2% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 108,377 | 39.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,989 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 1,322 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,612 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 277,438 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 125,911 | 47.8% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 134,652 | 51.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,437 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,266 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 263,266 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 105,987 | 45.2% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 121,356 | 51.8% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 5,520 | 2.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,421 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 234,284 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 109,972 | 49.9% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 88,596 | 40.2% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 19,419 | 8.8% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 1,587 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 883 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 220,457 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 101,093 | 41.4% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 85,741 | 35.1% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 56,400 | 23.1% | ||||||||
Other | 1,140 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 244,374 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 113,559 | 54.4% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 93,587 | 44.8% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 1,078 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 602 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 208,826 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 132,616 | 64.2% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 72,441 | 35.1% | ||||||||
Other | 1,382 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 206,439 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 110,428 | 50.0% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 80,544 | 36.5% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 24,529 | 11.1% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 3,132 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,136 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 220,769 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 79,724 | 39.2% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 117,437 | 57.8% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 4,588 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,402 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 203,151 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 112,716 | 58.4% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 77,246 | 40.1% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 2,476 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 405 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 192,843 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 81,870 | 52.9% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 59,876 | 38.7% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 12,652 | 8.2% | ||||||||
Other | 498 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 154,896 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 88,883 | 61.4% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 55,561 | 38.4% | ||||||||
Other | 280 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 144,724 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 52,550 | 36.1% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 92,802 | 63.7% | ||||||||
Other | 380 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 145,732 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 94,343 | 68.1% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 43,922 | 31.7% | ||||||||
Other | 264 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 138,529 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 89,298 | 69.5% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 38,328 | 29.8% | ||||||||
Other | 943 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 128,569 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 31,005 | 33.9% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 58,392 | 63.8% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 729 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 1,456 | 1.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 91,582 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 36,529 | 36.0% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 64,253 | 63.4% | ||||||||
Other | 612 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 101,394 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 38,492 | 38.5% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 60,735 | 60.8% | ||||||||
Other | 634 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 99,861 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 44,828 | 52.1% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 37,015 | 43.0% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 3,743 | 4.4% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 318 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 141 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 86,045 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 42,357 | 51.3% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 38,131 | 46.2% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 1,656 | 2.0% | ||||||||
Other | 362 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 82,506 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 53,888 | 78.4% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 14,448 | 21.0% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 126 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 234 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 68,696 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 51,861 | 77.8% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 10,373 | 15.6% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 3,844 | 5.8% | ||||||||
Other | 556 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 66,634 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 38,993 | 71.2% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 13,847 | 25.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 782 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Parley Christiansen (FL) | 165 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 892 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Other | 60 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 54,739 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 16,527 | 44.5% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 18,955 | 51.0% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 949 | 2.6% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 629 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Other | 81 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,141 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 10,077 | 30.0% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 11,778 | 35.1% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 9,880 | 29.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 989 | 2.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 785 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Other | 86 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,595 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 18,776 | 56.2% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 12,674 | 37.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 440 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,456 | 4.4% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 33 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 44 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,423 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 22,018 | 64.8% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 10,321 | 30.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 341 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 1,178 | 3.5% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 86 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 47 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,991 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 19,005 | 53.5% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 15,381 | 43.3% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 995 | 2.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 70 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 78 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 35,529 | |||||||||
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