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1876–2024
Oakland County, Michigan
Oakland County·Michigan

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

Affluent Detroit suburb that has trended steadily Democratic since 2000

18762024·38 elections
Oakland County, Michigan · Lrgjr72 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+11
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,279,825
2024 ACS
Most similar
Orange County
FL · similarity 0.96
1,004 precincts · 773,913 votes cast
Harris · D+11
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+10.6%
419,519337,791773,913
2020D
+14.0%
434,148325,971770,351
2016D
+8.1%
343,070289,203668,925
2012D
+8.0%
349,002296,514653,571
2008D
+14.5%
372,566276,956659,068
2004D
+0.4%
319,387316,633641,977
2000D
+1.2%
281,201274,319570,265
1996D
+4.4%
241,884219,855505,642
1992R
−4.9%
214,733242,160555,760
1988R
−23.5%
174,745283,359462,488
1984R
−34.0%
150,286306,050458,800
1980R
−19.1%
164,869253,211463,328
1976R
−19.2%
164,266244,271416,205
1972R
−29.6%
129,400241,613378,851
1968R
−0.6%
154,630156,538345,458
1964D
+23.1%
182,797114,025297,508
1960R
−8.9%
135,531162,026298,562
1956R
−20.9%
99,901152,990253,418
1952R
−21.9%
73,871115,503190,179
1948R
−9.4%
51,49162,516116,866
1944R
−3.8%
55,27259,627115,813
1940R
−2.0%
47,02249,00296,623
1936D
+13.9%
40,32930,07173,997
1932D
+1.0%
33,13532,46267,928
1928R
−63.5%
10,01145,34355,618
1924R
−69.6%
4,10528,60335,196
1920R
−47.4%
6,42119,32127,220
1916R
−7.2%
6,6597,73014,906
1912R
−3.6%
3,6684,08311,513
1908R
−21.5%
3,9506,26710,771
1904R
−26.8%
3,9566,98611,289
1900R
−10.4%
4,9666,17311,638
1896R
−4.5%
5,2715,84612,705
1892D
+1.5%
4,9254,76310,590
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%
German
1.2%
English
0.7%
African American
10.2%
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
25.7%
Other Christian
6.2%
Non-Christian
6.2%
Mainline Protestant
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Methodist
2.3%
Baptist
2.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Once reliably Republican, Oakland County flipped in 2016 and has widened its Democratic margin each cycle since, reflecting a college-educated suburban electorate that has reoriented around post-industrial Detroit's expanding professional class.

The Democratic margin in Oakland County reached its widest at twenty-three points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was eleven points — still decisive.

Oakland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,760, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,279,825 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 Orange County and Lake County.