Election Results for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

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

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2024 vs. 2020	R +7,451	R +6,894	R + 2.6%
D +557
2024 vs. 2016	R +22,792	D +7,505	D + 1.0%
D +30,297
2020 vs. 2016	R +15,341	D +14,399	D + 3.6%
D +29,740
2024 vs. 2012	R +27,020	R +7,785	R + 4.8%
D +19,235

2016 vs. 2008	R +3,966	R +35,018	R + 12.0%
D -31,052
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2024	71%	Kamala Harris (D)	163,383	53.7%	Donald Trump (R)	135,135	44.4%	5,819 [+]	1.9%	304,337	-5	0.20%
[-] Other candidates in 2024: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I) 1,613 (0.5%); Jill Stein (Grn) 1,493 (0.5%); Chase Oliver (Lbt) 1,361 (0.4%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 3,951 (1.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 11,469 (4.3%); Jill Stein (Grn) 3,189 (1.2%); Evan McMullin (I) 627 (0.2%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 690 (0.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 1,989 (0.7%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 1,322 (0.5%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 1,437 (0.5%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 5,520 (2.4%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 0 (0.0%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 19,419 (8.8%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,587 (0.7%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 56,400 (23.1%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,078 (0.5%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 24,529 (11.1%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 3,132 (1.4%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 4,588 (2.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 2,476 (1.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 12,652 (8.2%);
1964	74%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	88,883	61.4%	Barry Goldwater (R)	55,561	38.4%	280	0.2%	144,724	0	0.20%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	82%	Richard Nixon (R)	92,802	63.7%	John Kennedy (D)	52,550	36.1%	380	0.3%	145,732	14	0.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	78%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	94,343	68.1%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	43,922	31.7%	264	0.2%	138,529	11	0.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	78%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	89,298	69.5%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	38,328	29.8%	943	0.7%	128,569	14	0.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 729 (0.8%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	74%	Thomas Dewey (R)	64,253	63.4%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	36,529	36.0%	612	0.6%	101,394	17	0.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	81%	Wendell Willkie (R)	60,735	60.8%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	38,492	38.5%	634	0.6%	99,861	16	0.20%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 3,743 (4.4%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 318 (0.4%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 1,656 (2.0%);
1928	69%	Herbert Hoover (R)	53,888	78.4%	Al Smith (D)	14,448	21.0%	360 [+]	0.5%	68,696	20	0.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 126 (0.2%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 3,844 (5.8%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Aaron Watkins (Proh) 892 (1.6%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 782 (1.4%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 165 (0.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 949 (2.6%); James Hanly (Proh) 629 (1.7%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 9,880 (29.4%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 989 (2.9%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 785 (2.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 1,456 (4.4%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 440 (1.3%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 33 (0.1%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 1,178 (3.5%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 341 (1.0%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 86 (0.3%);
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%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 995 (2.8%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 70 (0.2%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): -4

2016 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -3

2012 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -5

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

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): -7

2004 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -3

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

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): -3

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

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -1

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

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -2

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

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 1

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

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 5

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

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): -1

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

Turnout: 76%	Diff (US): 10

1972 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 76%	Diff (US): -2

1968 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 72%	Diff (US): 9

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

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): 0

1960 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

52,550

36.1%

Richard Nixon (R)

92,802

63.7%

Other

380

0.3%

TOTAL

145,732

Turnout: 82%	Diff (US): 14

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

Turnout: 78%	Diff (US): 11

1952 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

89,298

69.5%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

38,328

29.8%

Other

943

0.7%

TOTAL

128,569

Turnout: 78%	Diff (US): 14

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

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 19

1944 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

36,529

36.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

64,253

63.4%

Other

612

0.6%

TOTAL

101,394

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): 17

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

Turnout: 81%	Diff (US): 16

1936 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 76%	Diff (US): 7

1932 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 77%	Diff (US): 7

1928 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 20

1924 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): 24

1920 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

0.1%

TOTAL

54,739

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): 11

1916 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

0.2%

TOTAL

37,141

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 5

1912 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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

0.3%

TOTAL

33,595

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 6

1908 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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)

0.1%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

33,423

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): 5

1904 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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)

0.3%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

33,991

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 8

1900 President, Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

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)

0.2%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

35,529

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 2

* incumbent

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%

Change in White population:	55,747	12.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	21,087	4.5

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area