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1876–2024
Shiawassee County, Michigan
Shiawassee County·Michigan

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

A mid-Michigan county that has swung sharply right over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Shiawassee County, Michigan · daBinsi · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+23
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
67,991
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ottawa County
OH · similarity 0.99
62 precincts · 40,752 votes cast
Trump · R+23
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−23.0%
15,33524,71840,752
2020R
−19.9%
15,34723,14939,224
2016R
−19.6%
12,54619,23034,111
2012D
+3.7%
17,19715,96233,679
2008D
+8.6%
19,39716,26836,415
2004R
−6.9%
16,88119,40736,651
2000R
−0.9%
15,52015,81632,218
1996D
+9.7%
14,66211,71430,375
1992D
+5.3%
12,62910,93032,360
1988R
−8.5%
13,05615,50628,748
1984R
−32.5%
9,51418,75628,431
1980R
−12.4%
11,98515,75630,470
1976R
−10.5%
12,20215,11327,721
1972R
−26.1%
8,93215,48925,136
1968R
−12.6%
8,61911,46522,532
1964D
+27.4%
13,6767,78621,503
1960R
−22.0%
8,77313,75722,604
1956R
−35.9%
6,87314,60021,551
1952R
−37.9%
6,05613,56219,824
1948R
−35.7%
4,85210,37715,496
1944R
−37.2%
5,29211,60116,957
1940R
−27.0%
5,7279,99515,804
1936D
+4.7%
6,6666,01713,878
1932D
+9.4%
8,0026,60014,936
1928R
−59.3%
2,4969,85112,407
1924R
−58.9%
1,7388,98712,313
1920R
−44.7%
2,5957,19410,287
1916R
−8.1%
3,3083,9267,654
1912R
−4.6%
1,9572,3097,683
1908R
−25.7%
2,3394,1997,245
1904R
−39.5%
2,2415,5538,390
1900R
−18.1%
3,4415,0518,910
1896R
−3.8%
4,3034,6549,216
1892R
−8.1%
2,9943,6197,673
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
Catholic & Orthodox
6.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.9%
Other Christian
4.9%
Methodist
3.2%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Non-Christian
2.3%
Baptist
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Shiawassee County, anchored by the small city of Corunna, has shifted from a competitive bellwether to a reliably Republican county, posting a 23-point presidential margin in 2024 after voting within single digits as recently as 2008.

The Republican margin in Shiawassee County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Shiawassee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,404, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 67,991 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 Ottawa County and Juneau County.