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1876–2024
Hillsdale County, Michigan
Hillsdale County·Michigan

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

One of Michigan's most reliably right-leaning rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Hillsdale County, Michigan · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
45,654
2024 ACS
Most similar
Susquehanna County
PA · similarity 1.00
52 precincts · 24,828 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.4%
5,87518,63124,828
2020R
−47.9%
5,88317,03723,302
2016R
−46.6%
4,79914,09519,940
2012R
−24.2%
7,10611,72719,100
2008R
−12.0%
8,76511,22120,449
2004R
−28.1%
7,12312,80420,216
2000R
−22.8%
6,49510,48317,473
1996R
−12.2%
5,9557,94716,366
1992R
−13.1%
5,2447,57917,891
1988R
−37.5%
4,76310,57115,479
1984R
−53.6%
3,61612,06315,768
1980R
−39.9%
4,37510,95116,499
1976R
−25.9%
5,4279,30714,955
1972R
−39.4%
3,9429,26113,492
1968R
−35.0%
3,8038,50613,444
1964D
+1.1%
6,5646,42013,090
1960R
−42.8%
4,06910,20814,340
1956R
−49.9%
3,42810,31113,806
1952R
−51.9%
3,34010,68014,143
1948R
−38.4%
3,0957,23210,760
1944R
−49.3%
3,1539,36412,598
1940R
−45.1%
3,5389,39813,007
1936R
−13.9%
5,0236,72312,217
1932R
−1.5%
5,6965,87911,867
1928R
−62.5%
1,8938,28210,226
1924R
−47.8%
1,9806,5569,578
1920R
−44.9%
2,4676,6909,406
1916R
−0.5%
3,4243,4637,113
1912D
+11.4%
2,2291,4376,949
1908R
−26.6%
2,5164,4637,319
1904R
−46.8%
1,6594,9517,028
1900R
−17.3%
3,3244,7808,397
1896R
−6.6%
3,9864,5648,756
1892R
−19.6%
2,6134,1197,678
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
10.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.6%
Mainline Protestant
3.9%
Methodist
2.6%
Baptist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Hillsdale County's 2024 presidential margin of R+51.4 places it among Michigan's most lopsided rural results, a pattern rooted in its small-town agricultural economy and minimal urban population centers.

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

Hillsdale County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,242, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 45,654 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 Susquehanna County and Warren County.