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1876–2024
Keweenaw County, Michigan
Keweenaw County·Michigan

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

Michigan's northernmost county, perched on a remote Lake Superior peninsula

18762024·38 elections
Keweenaw County, Michigan · Paul R. Burley · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+13
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,133
2024 ACS
Most similar
Greene County
GA · similarity 0.97
10 precincts · 1,614 votes cast
Trump · R+13
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−12.8%
6908961,614
2020R
−12.2%
6728621,557
2016R
−20.0%
5278141,434
2012R
−13.8%
5827741,392
2008R
−10.4%
6107561,410
2004R
−10.5%
6307811,439
2000R
−14.9%
5407401,343
1996D
+6.5%
5724911,242
1992D
+17.4%
5823781,173
1988D
+8.1%
6315361,170
1984D
+2.4%
6285991,227
1980R
−1.0%
5705831,260
1976D
+4.1%
6586061,271
1972R
−21.9%
4567151,182
1968D
+6.4%
6025251,194
1964D
+39.4%
8603741,235
1960R
−2.2%
6556841,343
1956R
−9.5%
6898341,523
1952R
−3.5%
7478011,559
1948R
−10.3%
6478141,625
1944D
+5.4%
9658661,837
1940R
−5.5%
9671,0802,060
1936R
−0.5%
1,0601,0702,154
1932R
−46.2%
5271,4542,007
1928R
−55.5%
3601,3051,704
1924R
−87.9%
501,4211,559
1920R
−83.8%
891,2721,411
1916R
−60.4%
1948601,103
1912R
−39.5%
594951,105
1908R
−85.0%
631,0261,133
1904R
−90.4%
29659697
1900R
−85.9%
31452490
1896R
−79.2%
45411462
1892R
−32.4%
202400612
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
Mainline Protestant
14.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.6%
Methodist
1.4%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 74.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Keweenaw's tiny, geographically isolated population — spread across a former copper-mining peninsula jutting into Lake Superior — has shifted steadily toward Republican margins over the past decade, reaching R+12.8 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Keweenaw County reached its widest at ninety points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Keweenaw County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $52,583, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,133 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 Greene County and Caldwell County.