MICHIGAN | 17 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Michigan Bureau of Elections) Total Population, July 2005 est. 10,120,860 Total Registration, Oct. 4, 2004 7,164,047 Michigan has: 83 counties. Largest counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Genessee. > Largest cities: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights. > Government
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Even in 2006, in the pre-campaign period, Michigan is shaping up to be an key step on the road to the Republican nomination; Gov. Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain in particular have been doing early organizing in the state.
Note that Michigan Democrats
were one of the states that applied
to the DNC to be one of the early pre-window states, but the DNC approved
Nevada and South Carolina.
'08-Related Links: Feingold
for Michigan | Michigan
for McCain | Michiganders
for Romney
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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 |
Past Results |
1996
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2000
Total voters: 4,279,299
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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%. |
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There was a fair bit of controversy over Michigan's Internet voting option. Joel Ferguson, DNC member from Lansing, led the challenges, emphasizing the discriminatory impact of unequal home access to the Internet and security problems. The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee took up the matter but gave final approval at its Nov. 22, 2003 meeting. 28.4 percent of those participating (46,543 of 163,769) voted via the Internet:
Moseley Braun
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Clark
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Dean
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Edwards
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Gephardt
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Kucinich
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Lieberman
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Sharpton
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Uncomm.
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Write In
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Internet |
39
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4,047
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8,944
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7,046
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270
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22,999
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1,432
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267
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1,380
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81
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38
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46,543
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Caucus Site |
130
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5,346
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13,285
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12,263
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160
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49,208
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3,326
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126
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9,602
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250
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48
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93,744
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20
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1,562
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4,796
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2,596
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521
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12,611
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500
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266
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422
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166
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22
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23,482
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Total |
189
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10,955
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27,025
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21,905
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951
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84,818
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5,258
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659
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11,404
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497
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108
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163,769
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0.12%
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6.69%
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16.50%
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13.38%
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0.58%
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51.79%
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3.21%
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0.40%
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6.96%
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0.30%
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0.07%
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