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1876–2024
Tuscola County, Michigan
Tuscola County·Michigan

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

One of Michigan's most decisive Republican strongholds in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Tuscola County, Michigan · kennethaw88 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
52,980
2024 ACS
Most similar
Carroll County
OH · similarity 1.00
55 precincts · 30,746 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−42.9%
8,56221,76430,746
2020R
−39.3%
8,71220,29729,445
2016R
−37.3%
7,42917,10225,928
2012R
−10.8%
11,42514,24026,110
2008R
−0.9%
13,50313,74027,798
2004R
−9.7%
12,63115,38928,338
2000R
−9.6%
10,84513,21324,652
1996D
+5.1%
10,3149,15422,641
1992D
+2.0%
9,1388,63624,666
1988R
−14.3%
9,06012,09321,254
1984R
−40.4%
6,21214,69820,993
1980R
−25.2%
7,63213,30622,505
1976R
−20.5%
7,93212,05920,144
1972R
−37.6%
5,44912,19817,949
1968R
−33.2%
4,69810,20516,610
1964D
+11.0%
9,3747,50916,905
1960R
−38.0%
5,35711,93117,308
1956R
−51.4%
3,86412,05215,935
1952R
−56.5%
3,25111,78815,119
1948R
−49.4%
2,6768,12511,041
1944R
−53.6%
2,9389,78912,787
1940R
−51.2%
3,25710,14613,448
1936R
−22.2%
3,7436,18811,037
1932R
−9.1%
5,0776,11011,367
1928R
−69.3%
1,4648,1889,703
1924R
−68.8%
1,0767,4909,319
1920R
−68.3%
1,2697,2828,809
1916R
−30.3%
2,3294,4617,026
1912R
−17.7%
1,2552,5597,385
1908R
−44.6%
1,5634,4306,435
1904R
−50.2%
1,5184,9926,919
1900R
−26.9%
2,6484,7267,715
1896R
−8.9%
3,5644,2778,055
1892R
−19.3%
2,0673,2015,877
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
1.0%
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
13.7%
Other Christian
7.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.1%
Methodist
5.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.9%
Baptist
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tuscola County, anchored by agriculture and small manufacturing in the Thumb region, delivered a 43-point Republican margin in 2024—among the widest gaps in a state defined by its competitive statewide contests.

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

Tuscola County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,811, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 52,980 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 Carroll County and Tuscarawas County.