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1876–2024
Gratiot County, Michigan
Gratiot County·Michigan

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

A mid-Michigan farming county that has shifted steadily rightward over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Gratiot County, Michigan · Unknown authorUnknown author · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
41,385
2024 ACS
Most similar
Sandusky County
OH · similarity 0.99
42 precincts · 19,864 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.3%
6,68212,89419,864
2020R
−28.3%
6,69312,10219,127
2016R
−25.6%
5,6669,88016,465
2012R
−3.9%
7,6108,24116,035
2008D
+4.4%
9,1058,32217,738
2004R
−14.1%
7,3779,83417,379
2000R
−11.7%
6,5388,31215,179
1996D
+3.9%
6,7936,21414,875
1992R
−3.8%
5,6786,28015,879
1988R
−19.2%
5,7198,44714,230
1984R
−44.5%
4,00010,45614,506
1980R
−27.9%
4,9169,29415,672
1976R
−27.1%
5,4299,52615,118
1972R
−38.2%
4,3709,90414,478
1968R
−32.5%
4,0408,40413,408
1964D
+15.8%
7,3835,36912,778
1960R
−43.7%
3,8599,85413,734
1956R
−51.7%
3,26710,31913,630
1952R
−54.9%
2,88710,03413,021
1948R
−43.6%
2,6597,03510,027
1944R
−42.9%
3,1607,98711,244
1940R
−38.5%
3,8258,66112,551
1936D
+1.2%
5,4575,32211,298
1932D
+8.7%
6,1245,12311,538
1928R
−64.9%
1,8548,82310,741
1924R
−55.3%
1,8396,7208,832
1920R
−55.7%
1,8466,5788,498
1916R
−7.2%
2,9603,4346,584
1912D
+0.4%
1,8351,8095,905
1908R
−26.5%
2,3724,1586,744
1904R
−39.8%
1,8634,5306,702
1900R
−13.8%
3,2024,2637,683
1896D
+7.9%
3,9713,3807,516
1892R
−22.1%
1,6613,0376,220
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%
Polish
0.7%
African American
4.6%
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
Other Christian
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
4.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.4%
Methodist
2.8%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 76.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gratiot County's agricultural economy and sparse rural settlement underpin one of lower Michigan's more lopsided presidential margins, with the 2024 result extending a consistent pattern of double-digit Republican advantages since 2000.

The Republican margin in Gratiot County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Gratiot County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,556, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 41,385 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 Sandusky County and Carroll County.