Michigan

MICHIGAN

17 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Michigan Bureau of Elections)
Total Population, July 2008 est. 10,003,422
Total Registration, late Oct. 2008 7,470,764
Michigan has: 83 counties.
Largest counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Genessee. >
Largest cities: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights. >

Government
Governor: Jennifer Granholm (D) elected 2002, re-elected in 2006.
State Legislature: Michigan State Legislature   House: 110 seats   Senate: 38 seats
Local: Counties and Cities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 9R, 6D - 1. B.Stupak (D) | 2. P.Hoekstra (R) | 3. V.Ehlers (R) | 4. D.Camp (R) | 5. D.Kildee (D) | 6. F.Upton (R) | 7. T.Walberg (R) | 8. M.Rogers (R) | 9. J.Knollenberg (R) | 10. C.Miller (R) | 11. T.McCotter (R) | 12. S.Levin (D) | 13. C.Kilpatrick (D) | 14. J.Conyers (D) | 15. J.Dingell (D).
U.S. Senate: Carl Levin (D) up for re-election in 2008, Debbie Stabenow (D) re-elected in 2006.

2008 update
U.S. Senate: Sen. Carl Levin (D) easily defeated state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk, Jr. (R) by 62.7% to 33.8% with the remainder going to four other candidates.
U.S. House: In the 7th CD (SE MI) state Sen. Mark Schauer (D) defeated freshman Rep. Tim Walberg (R) by 48.78% to 46.47% (7,432 votes out of 322,286). In the 9th CD (Oakland County) former state Senate and Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters (D) defeated eight-term Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R) by 52.08% to 42.63% (33,876 votes out of 351,963). Democrats gain an 8D, 7R majority in the House delegation for the 111th Congress.
    > Democrats pick up two U.S. House seats. MORE

State of Michigan
Bureau of Elections

Green Party of MI
Libertarian Party of MI
MI Democratic Party
MI Republican State Comm.
Constitution Party of MI

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Politics1-MI

The Great Lakes State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 7,263,250.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.9%.

Total Registration: 7,470,764.

Official Results >	+
McCain-Palin (Rep.)	2,048,639	(40.96)
+Obama-Biden (Dem.)	2,872,579	(57.43)
McKinney (Grn.)	8,892	(0.18)
Baldwin (UST)	14,685	(0.29)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	23,716	(0.47)
Nader/Gonzalez (NLP)	33,085	(0.66)
Alan Keyes (w/in)	129
Brian Moore (w/in)	41
Total........ 5,001,766

2008 Overview
In early October, as the financial crisis piled on top of Michigan's own "one-state recession," the McCain camp cut its campaign here and shifted most of its resources from the state. Obama went on to amass a plurality of 823,940 votes (16.47 percentage points), carrying 47 counties to 36 for McCain. The three Detroit area counties (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb) produced 39.4% of the total votes in the presidential race (1,968,610 votes). In those three counties Obama tallied a plurality of 572,234 votes. In Macomb County, of Reagan Democrat fame, Obama won 53.38% to 44.77% of the 419,216 votes cast.
General Election Details
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

[Primary Election: Aug. 5, 2008]

Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Democrats
Because the January 15 primary date violated DNC rules, the national party had reduced Michigan's allotment of delegates by 100% to zero. In March 2008 the Michigan Democratic Party attempted to organize a revote, but that failed. On May 7 the party's executive committee approved a proposal to allocate the 128 pledged delegates 69 for Clinton and 59 for Obama. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee approved the plan at its meeting on May 31 with the proviso that each delegate receive only half a vote. (See "The Michigan Saga").
157 Delegates (128 Pledged and 29 Unpledged) and 21 Alternates but each delegate receives a half vote, i.e. 78.5 Delegate Votes.

Organization
Clinton | Edwards | Obama

Official Results

Hillary Clinton
328,309

55.23%

Chris Dodd
3,845

0.65%

Mike Gravel
2,361

0.40%

Dennis Kucinich
21,715

3.65%

Uncommitted
238,168

40.01%

Total
594,398

Reactions: Clinton

Allocation of pledged delegates, as approved by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee on May 31, 2008: 69 for Clinton (34.5 votes) and 59 for Obama (29.5 votes).

Republicans
30 Delegates After Penalty (lose 3 RNC Delegates and 27 of 45 CD Delegates)
60 Delegates (3 RNC Delegates; 12 Delegates at Large; 3 Delegates from each CD (45))

Organization
Giuliani | Huckabee | McCain | Paul | Romney

Official Results

Sam Brownback
351

0.04%

Rudy Giuliani
24,725

2.84%

Mike Huckabee
139,764

16.08%

Duncan Hunter
2,819

0.32%

John McCain
257,985

29.68%

Ron Paul
54,475

6.27%

+Mitt Romney
338,316

38.92%

Tom Tancredo
457

0.05%

Fred Thompson
32,159

3.70%

Uncommitted
18,118

2.08%

Total
869,169

Former. Gov. Romney carried all congressional districts except the 1st and 6th CDs.
Reactions, More Reactions

Key events
Oct. 9, 2007 - CNBC/MSNBC/Wall Street Journal Republican Presidential Debate in Dearborn, MI.
Sept. 21-23, 2007 - 27th Biennial Mackinac Leadership Conference, Mackinac Island, MI. >

Michigan Secretary of State: Presidential Primary Candidates and Information

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population: 7,263,024.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.6%.

Total Registration: 7,164,047.

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)

2,313,746

(47.81)

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
2,479,183

(51.23)

Cobb (Grn.) 5,325 (0.11)

Peroutka (UST) 4,980
(0.10)

Badnarik (Lib.)
10,552

(0.22)

Brown (NLP)
1,431

(0.03)

Nader (NPA)
24,035

(0.50)

Total........4,839,252

2004 Overview
Bush made it close in Michigan, but Kerry prevailed in the end with a plurality of 165,437 votes (3.42 percentage points). Bush carried 68 counties to 15 for Kerry. The three Detroit area counties (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb) produced 39.5% of the total votes in the presidential race (1,909,115 votes). Kerry amassed a plurality of 342,294 votes in Wayne county and narrowly won in Oakland county, while Bush narrowly won in Macomb county.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population: 7,070,702.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 59.9%.

Total Registration: 6,859,332.
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Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,953,139

(46.15)

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
2,170,418

(51.28)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
16,711

(0.39)

Hagelin/Goldhaber(NLP)
2,426

(0.06)

Phillips/Frazier (UST)
3,791

(0.09)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
84,165

(1.99)

Buchanan (w/in)
1,851

(0.04)

Total........4,232,501

Total voters: 4,279,299
Turnout (% of VAP) was 58.2%

Notes:
The Democratic, Republican, Reform, Libertarian and Natural Law parties all retained ballot status from 1998. The US Taxpayers Party of Michigan and the Green Party of Michigan qualified by petitioning, submitting the required 30,272 valid signatures (1 percent of the total vote cast for governor in 1998) by July 20, 2000. No Reform Party nominee appeared on the ballot because competing factions submitted two sets of papers, one for Buchanan and one for Hagelin.
2000 Overview
The battleground state of Michigan went to Gore by a plurality of 217,279 votes (5.13 percentage points). Bush carried 58 counties to 25 for Gore. Almost 40% of the total vote (39.8%) comes from the Detroit area (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties). Gore piled up a plurality of 307,393 votes in Wayne county and narrowly won in Oakland and Macomb. As expected, Bush did well in Western Michigan (Kent County/Grand Rapids and the surrounding counties). He underperformed in the city of Detroit, and would have had to have done better in Western Wayne county as well as in Oakland and Macomb to carry the state.
A statewide school vouchers initiative, Proposal 1, was overwhelmingly defeated, 69.1% to 30.9%.

General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992

Clinton (Dem.).....1,871,182	(43.77)
Bush (Rep.).........1,554,940	(36.38)
Perot (Ind.)............824,813	(19.30)
Others (4+w/ins)......23,738	(0.56)
Total........4,274,673

Overall 4,341,909 people voted out of 6,147,083 registered.
The VAP was 6,947,000 for a turnout (% of VAP) of 62.5%.

1996

Clinton (Dem.).....1,989,653	(51.69)
Dole (Rep.).........1,481,212	(38.48)
Perot (Ref.)............336,670	(8.75)
Others (4+w/ins)......41,309	(1.07)
Total........3,848,844

Overall 3,912,261 people voted out of 6,677,079 registered.
The VAP was 7,072,000 for a turnout (% of VAP) of 55.3%.

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