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1876–2024
Ingham County, Michigan
Ingham County·Michigan

Ingham County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Home to Lansing, Michigan's capital anchors a reliably Democratic core

18762024·38 elections
Ingham County, Michigan · WMrapids · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+30
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
283,913
2024 ACS
Most similar
New Castle County
DE · similarity 1.00
218 precincts · 148,303 votes cast
Harris · D+30
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+29.7%
94,54250,564148,303
2020D
+32.2%
94,21247,639144,550
2016D
+26.7%
79,11043,868132,135
2012D
+27.7%
80,84745,306128,310
2008D
+33.3%
93,99446,483142,729
2004D
+16.6%
76,87754,734133,053
2000D
+18.2%
69,23147,314120,595
1996D
+17.5%
63,58443,096116,815
1992D
+13.2%
61,59643,926133,792
1988R
−2.1%
55,98458,363115,435
1984R
−19.2%
46,41168,753116,083
1980R
−6.8%
48,27856,777125,631
1976R
−15.8%
47,89066,729119,327
1972R
−8.4%
53,45863,376118,243
1968R
−10.4%
37,36246,80590,953
1964D
+23.9%
53,68532,96586,829
1960R
−26.0%
32,04354,65586,907
1956R
−33.7%
27,32355,21182,654
1952R
−35.9%
24,12551,50376,161
1948R
−23.8%
19,36631,86852,575
1944R
−18.2%
23,65534,25558,313
1940R
−14.3%
24,37532,56557,382
1936D
+15.8%
27,08619,43448,313
1932D
+3.0%
22,37021,04444,545
1928R
−58.3%
7,65429,38337,243
1924R
−67.2%
4,81428,00534,505
1920R
−43.0%
7,06118,43726,480
1916R
−1.1%
7,6647,84616,427
1912D
+3.0%
3,9153,51513,159
1908R
−13.6%
5,0166,72312,521
1904R
−26.2%
3,8716,81711,259
1900R
−2.3%
5,1045,35010,787
1896D
+6.7%
5,6914,95810,914
1892R
−2.8%
4,0614,3419,849
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
9.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
12.7%
Other Christian
11.4%
Mainline Protestant
4.5%
Non-Christian
4.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Methodist
2.2%
Baptist
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ingham County's D+29.7 presidential margin in 2024 reflects a county shaped by state-government employment and Michigan State University's large student and faculty population, both of which tilt its electorate well left of the state median.

The Democratic margin in Ingham County reached its widest at thirty-three points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was thirty points — still decisive.

Ingham County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,526, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 283,913 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 New Castle County and Shelby County.