Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of Michigan there have been 28 elections of which: 13 have been won by Democrats, 14 won by Republicans, and 1 won by "other parties".

Year Electoral Presidential Candidate Votes Population Votes Turnout Winner
1912 15
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 150,751
R William Howard Taft (OH) 152,244
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL) 8,934
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 214,584 15 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 23,211
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) 1,252
2,951,642 550,976 18.67% O
1916 15
D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 286,775
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 16,120
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA)
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 339,097 15 Electoral Votes
O Frank Hanly (IN) 8,139
3,234,581 650,131 20.1% R
1920 15
D James M. Cox (OH) 233,450
O Parley P. Christensen (IL) 10,480
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 762,865 15 Electoral Votes
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 28,947
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN) 9,646
O Other (XX) 2,539
3,668,412 1,047,927 28.57% R
1924 15
D John W. Davis (WV) 152,359
O Herman P. Faris (MO) 6,085
O Other (XX)
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 874,631 15 Electoral Votes
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 122,014
O William Z. Foster (MA) 5,330
3,928,788 1,160,419 29.54% R
1928 15
D Al Smith (NY) 396,762
O William Z. Foster (IL) 2,881
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 965,396 15 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 3,516
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI) 799
4,189,164 1,369,354 32.69% R
1932 19
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 871,700 19 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 39,205
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 739,894
O Other (XX) 13,966
4,939,172 1,664,765 33.71% D
1936 19
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 1,016,794 19 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND) 75,795
O Earl Browder (KS) 4,568
R Alfred Landon (KS) 699,733
O Norman Thomas (NY) 8,208
5,132,865 1,805,098 35.17% D
1940 19
O Norman Thomas (NY) 7,593
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 1,039,917 19 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) 5,428
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 1,032,991
5,256,106 2,085,929 39.69% R
1944 19
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 1,106,899 19 Electoral Votes
O Texas Regulars (TX)
O Other (XX) 9,303
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 1,084,423
O Norman Thomas (NY) 4,598
5,466,350 2,205,223 40.34% D
1948 19
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 1,038,595 19 Electoral Votes
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 46,515
O Other (XX) 14,988
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 1,003,448
O Strom Thurmond (SC)
O Norman Thomas (NY) 6,063
5,676,595 2,109,609 37.16% R
1952 20
O Eric Hass (NY) 1,495
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 1,230,657
O Stuart Hamblen (TX) 10,331
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 1,551,529 20 Electoral Votes
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) 3,922
6,499,201 2,797,934 43.05% R
1956 20
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 1,359,898
O Eric Hass (NY)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 1,713,647 20 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
6,754,072 3,073,545 45.51% R
1960 20
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 1,620,428
O Eric Hass (NY) 1,718
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 1,687,269 20 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) 539
7,823,194 3,309,954 42.31% D
1964 21
R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 1,060,152
O Eric Hass (NY) 1,704
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 2,136,615 21 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX)
8,136,122 3,198,471 39.31% D
1968 21
O George Corley Wallace (AL) 331,968
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 1,593,082 21 Electoral Votes
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 1,370,665
8,449,049 3,295,715 39.01% D
1972 21
D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 1,459,435
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 1,961,721 21 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 63,321
9,052,585 3,484,477 38.49% R
1976 21
R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 1,893,742 21 Electoral Votes
O Roger MacBride (VT) 5,406
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 1,696,714
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) 47,905
9,407,588 3,643,767 38.73% R
1980 21
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 1,661,532
O Ed Clark (CA) 41,597
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 1,915,225 21 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 275,223
9,262,078 3,893,577 42.04% R
1984 20
D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 1,529,638
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 2,251,571 20 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 10,055
9,632,561 3,791,264 39.36% R
1988 20
D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 1,675,783
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 2,513
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 1,965,486 20 Electoral Votes
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 18,336
10,003,044 3,662,118 36.61% R
1992 18
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 1,554,940
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 10,175
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 1,871,182 18 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 824,813
O Other (XX) 13,563
9,481,203 4,274,673 45.09% D
1996 18
D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 1,989,653 18 Electoral Votes
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 336,670
O Harry Browne (TN) 27,670
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 1,481,212
O Ralph Nader (CT) 2,322
O Other (XX) 11,317
9,853,015 3,848,844 39.06% D
2000 18
D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 2,170,418 18 Electoral Votes
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 1,851
O Howard Phillips (VA) 3,791
O Other (XX)
R George Walker Bush (TX) 1,953,139
O Ralph Nader (CT) 84,165
O Harry Browne (TN) 16,711
O John Hagelin (IA) 2,426
9,938,444 4,232,501 42.59% D
2004 17
D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 2,479,183 17 Electoral Votes
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 10,552
O David Cobb (TX) 5,325
R George Walker Bush (TX) 2,313,746
O Ralph Nader (CT) 24,035
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 4,980
O Other (XX) 1,431
10,335,982 4,839,252 46.82% D
2008 17
O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 23,716
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 8,892
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 2,872,579 17 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 33,085
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 14,685
O Other (XX) 170
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 2,048,639
10,733,519 5,001,766 46.6% D
2012 16
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 2,564,569 16 Electoral Votes
O Gary Johnson (NM) 7,774
O Other (XX) 21,465
R Mitt Romney (MA) 2,115,256
O Jill Stein (MA) 21,897
10,081,313 4,730,961 46.93% D
2016 16
O Evan McMullin (UT)
O Gary Johnson (NM) 172,136
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 2,268,839
O Jill Stein (MA) 51,463
R Donal Trump (NY) 2,279,543 16 Electoral Votes
10,476,658 4,771,981 45.55% R
2020 16
D Joe Biden (DE) 2,804,040 16 Electoral Votes
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 60,381
R Donald Trump (FL) 2,649,852
O Howie Hawkins (CA) 13,718
10,177,812 5,527,991 54.31% D