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1876–2024
Allegan County, Michigan
Allegan County·Michigan

Allegan County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A lakeshore county where Republican margins have held firm for decades

18762024·38 elections
Allegan County, Michigan · Adam Buzzo · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+27
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
121,456
2024 ACS
Most similar
Douglas County
NV · similarity 1.00
90 precincts · 72,024 votes cast
Trump · R+27
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.2%
25,63745,20672,024
2020R
−25.3%
24,44941,39267,094
2016R
−28.7%
18,05034,18356,120
2012R
−19.5%
20,80631,12352,775
2008R
−10.7%
24,16530,06155,279
2004R
−27.2%
19,35534,02253,907
2000R
−28.3%
15,49528,19744,891
1996R
−16.8%
14,36120,85938,790
1992R
−15.3%
12,82319,07740,835
1988R
−34.3%
10,78522,16333,188
1984R
−47.5%
8,38923,76232,338
1980R
−32.3%
9,87720,56033,031
1976R
−32.4%
9,79419,33029,471
1972R
−39.1%
7,88318,40726,884
1968R
−30.6%
7,27614,76924,483
1964D
+3.1%
11,93411,22323,194
1960R
−42.2%
6,75216,66023,472
1956R
−49.1%
5,61716,50922,177
1952R
−47.9%
5,43715,66321,338
1948R
−37.9%
4,59410,43915,424
1944R
−46.5%
4,48012,32716,878
1940R
−39.1%
5,38512,34717,792
1936R
−20.6%
5,9229,24716,106
1932R
−10.4%
7,0308,70516,082
1928R
−63.8%
2,35810,79213,217
1924R
−66.2%
1,5629,41711,872
1920R
−55.0%
2,1547,82510,311
1916R
−13.8%
3,5914,8038,763
1912R
−2.6%
1,9252,1217,596
1908R
−40.2%
2,1865,4228,054
1904R
−53.1%
1,5765,5897,555
1900R
−25.3%
3,2755,5909,144
1896R
−18.6%
3,9375,81010,043
1892R
−12.8%
3,2074,2838,405
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
9.6%
Other Christian
9.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.2%
Mainline Protestant
6.8%
Methodist
2.9%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Allegan County, anchored by small manufacturing towns and agricultural townships along Lake Michigan's eastern shore, has delivered double-digit Republican presidential margins consistently since the 1990s, with 2024's R+27.2 representing its widest recent spread.

The Republican margin in Allegan County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Allegan County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $83,283, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 121,456 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Douglas County and Hancock County.