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(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Michigan Bureau of Elections) Total Population, July 2007 est. 10,071,822 Total Registration, Jan. 2008 7,141,914 Michigan has: 83 counties. Largest counties: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Kent, Genessee. > Largest cities: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights. > Government |
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| Democrats Because the January 15 primary date violated DNC rules, the national party had reduced Michigan's allotment of delegates by 100% to zero. In March 2008 the Michigan Democratic Party attempted to organize a revote, but that failed. On May 7 the party's executive committee approved a proposal to allocate the 128 pledged delegates 69 for Clinton and 59 for Obama. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee approved the plan at its meeting on May 31 with the proviso that each delegate receive only half a vote. (See "The Michigan Saga"). 157 Delegates (128 Pledged and 29 Unpledged) and 21 Alternates but each delegate receives a half vote, i.e. 78.5 Delegate Votes. Organization
Official Results
Allocation of pledged delegates, as approved by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee on May 31, 2008: 69 for Clinton (34.5 votes) and 59 for Obama (29.5 votes). |
Republicans 30 Delegates After Penalty (lose 3 RNC Delegates and 27 of 45 CD Delegates) 60 Delegates (3 RNC Delegates; 12 Delegates at Large; 3 Delegates from each CD (45)) Organization
Official Results
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2004
Overview Bush made it close in Michigan, but Kerry prevailed in the end with a plurality of 165,437 votes (3.42 percentage points). Bush carried 68 counties to 15 for Kerry. The three Detroit area counties (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb) produced 39.5% of the total votes in the presidential race (1,909,115 votes). Kerry amassed a plurality of 342,294 votes in Wayne county and narrowly won in Oakland county, while Bush narrowly won in Macomb county. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04 |
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2000
Total voters:
4,279,299 Notes:
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2000
Overview The battleground state of Michigan went to Gore by a plurality of 217,279 votes (5.13 percentage points). Bush carried 58 counties to 25 for Gore. Almost 40% of the total vote (39.8%) comes from the Detroit area (Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties). Gore piled up a plurality of 307,393 votes in Wayne county and narrowly won in Oakland and Macomb. As expected, Bush did well in Western Michigan (Kent County/Grand Rapids and the surrounding counties). He underperformed in the city of Detroit, and would have had to have done better in Western Wayne county as well as in Oakland and Macomb to carry the state. A statewide school vouchers initiative, Proposal 1, was overwhelmingly defeated, 69.1% to 30.9%. |
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There was a fair bit of controversy over Michigan's Internet voting option. Joel Ferguson, DNC member from Lansing, led the challenges, emphasizing the discriminatory impact of unequal home access to the Internet and security problems. The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee took up the matter but gave final approval at its Nov. 22, 2003 meeting. 28.4 percent of those participating (46,543 of 163,769) voted via the Internet:
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Moseley
Braun
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Clark
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Dean
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Edwards
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Gephardt
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Kerry
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Kucinich
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Lieberman
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Sharpton
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Uncomm.
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| Internet |
39
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4,047
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8,944
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7,046
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270
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22,999
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1,432
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267
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1,380
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81
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38
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46,543
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130
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5,346
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13,285
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12,263
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160
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49,208
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3,326
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126
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9,602
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250
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48
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93,744
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20
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1,562
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4,796
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2,596
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521
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12,611
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500
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266
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422
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166
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23,482
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189
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10,955
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27,025
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21,905
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951
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84,818
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5,258
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659
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11,404
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497
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108
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163,769
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0.12%
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6.69%
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16.50%
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13.38%
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0.58%
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51.79%
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3.21%
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0.40%
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6.96%
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0.30%
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0.07%
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| Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action. |
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