Michigan

MICHIGAN

17 Electoral Votes

Population
(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. >

State of Michigan
Bureau of Elections

Green Party of MI
Libertarian Party of MI
MI Democratic Party
MI Republican State Comm.
Constitution Party of MI

Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
TV, Radio
Newspapers

Politics1-MI

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Obama/Allies

McCain/Allies

[Primary Election: Aug. 5, 2008]

Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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
Clinton | Edwards | Obama

Official Results

Hillary Clinton
328,309

55.23%

Chris Dodd
3,845

0.65%

Mike Gravel
2,361

0.40%

Dennis Kucinich
21,715

3.65%

Uncommitted
238,168

40.01%

Total
594,398

Reactions: Clinton

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
Giuliani | Huckabee | McCain | Paul | Romney

Official Results

Sam Brownback
351

0.04%

Rudy Giuliani
24,725

2.84%

Mike Huckabee
139,764

16.08%

Duncan Hunter
2,819

0.32%

John McCain
257,985

29.68%

Ron Paul
54,475

6.27%

+Mitt Romney
338,316

38.92%

Tom Tancredo
457

0.05%

Fred Thompson
32,159

3.70%

Uncommitted
18,118

2.08%

Total
869,169

Former. Gov. Romney carried all congressional districts except the 1st and 6th CDs.
Reactions, More Reactions

Key events
Oct. 9, 2007 - CNBC/MSNBC/Wall Street Journal Republican Presidential Debate in Dearborn, MI.
Sept. 21-23, 2007 - 27th Biennial Mackinac Leadership Conference, Mackinac Island, MI. >

Michigan Secretary of State: Presidential Primary Candidates and Information

Michigan Democratic Party 2008

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)

2,313,746

(47.81)

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
2,479,183

(51.23)

Cobb (Grn.) 5,325 (0.11)

Peroutka (UST) 4,980
(0.10)

Badnarik (Lib.)
10,552

(0.22)

Brown (NLP)
1,431

(0.03)

Nader (NPA)
24,035

(0.50)

Total........4,839,252

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

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.).....1,989,653
(51.69)

Dole (Rep.).........1,481,212
(38.48)

Perot (Ref.)............336,670
(8.75)

Others (4+w/ins)......41,309
(1.07)

Total........3,848,844

Overall 3,912,261 people voted out of 6,677,079 registered. The VAP was 7,072,000 for a turnout (% of VAP) of 55.3%.
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1992

Clinton (Dem.).....1,871,182
(43.77)

Bush (Rep.).........1,554,940
(36.38)

Perot (Ind.)............824,813
(19.30)

Others (4+w/ins)......23,738
(0.56)

Total........4,274,673

Overall 4,341,909 people voted out of 6,147,083 registered. The VAP was 6,947,000 for a turnout (% of VAP) of 62.5%. 2000

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,953,139

(46.15)

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
2,170,418

(51.28)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
16,711

(0.39)

Hagelin/Goldhaber(NLP)
2,426

(0.06)

Phillips/Frazier (UST)
3,791

(0.09)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
84,165

(1.99)

Buchanan (w/in)
1,851

(0.04)

Total........4,232,501

Total voters: 4,279,299
Turnout (% of VAP) was 58.2%

Notes:
The Democratic, Republican, Reform, Libertarian and Natural Law parties all retained ballot status from 1998. The US Taxpayers Party of Michigan and the Green Party of Michigan qualified by petitioning, submitting the required 30,272 valid signatures (1 percent of the total vote cast for governor in 1998) by July 20, 2000. No Reform Party nominee appeared on the ballot because competing factions submitted two sets of papers, one for Buchanan and one for Hagelin.
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%.

General Election Activity

In the U.S. Senate race, Rep. Debbie Stabenow (D) defeated incumbent Sen. Spencer Abraham (R) 49.47% to 47.86%, gaining a plurality of 67,259 votes (2,061,952 votes to 1,994,693 with 111,040 votes for five other candidates). In the 8th CD, Mike Rogers (R) defeated Dianne Byrum (D) by just 111 votes after the recount -- 48.79% to 48.75% (145,190 votes to 145,179 with 7,340 votes going to four other candidates).

Democratic Caucuses -- Saturday, February 7, 2004

U.S. Senator Carl Levin has been one of the most vocal critics of the special first status granted Iowa and New Hampshire, arguing that it "unfairly and disproportionately" advantages those states to the detriment of others. Under his leadership, Michigan Democrats made a push to hold their primary ahead of New Hampshire in the 2000 cycle but eventually backed off and held caucuses on March 11, 2000. In 2003 Michigan Democrats again considered holding their delegate selection process outside the DNC sanctioned window (Feb. 27, 2003 letter). Ultimately, under a compromise worked out with DNC chair Terry McAuliffe, Michigan Democrats agreed to the February 7 date; in exchange, the DNC will later form a commission that will examine the primary schedule and present a report by the end of 2005.

Voters can request an Internet ballot to vote in Michigan's 2004 Democratic Presidential Caucus from January 1-31, 2004 and can vote over the Internet from January 1 until 4 P.M. EST February 7, 2004.

CLARK DEAN EDWARDS KERRY KUCINICH former GEPHARDT LIEBERMAN

Official Results

ballot

	Total Vote	Percent
Braun	189	0.12%
Clark	10,955	6.69%
Dean	27,025	16.50%
Edwards	21,905	13.38%
Gephardt	951	39.63%
Kerry	84,818	51.79%
Kucinich	5,258	3.21%
Lieberman	659	0.40%
Sharpton	11,404	6.96%
Uncommitted	497	0.30%
Write-In	108	0.07%
Total	163,769

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:
Caucus Vote Totals by Voting Method
Michigan Democratic Party

Moseley Braun

Clark

Dean

Edwards

Gephardt

Kerry

Kucinich

Lieberman

Sharpton

Uncomm.

Write In

Internet
39

4,047

8,944

7,046

270

22,999

1,432

267

1,380

81

38

46,543

Caucus Site
130

5,346

13,285

12,263

160

49,208

3,326

126

9,602

250

48

93,744

Mail
20

1,562

4,796

2,596

521

12,611

500

266

422

166

22

23,482

Total
189

10,955

27,025

21,905

951

84,818

5,258

659

11,404

497

108

163,769

0.12%

6.69%

16.50%

13.38%

0.58%

51.79%

3.21%

0.40%

6.96%

0.30%

0.07%

	Moseley Braun	Clark	Dean	Edwards	Gephardt	Kerry	Kucinich	Lieberman	Sharpton	Uncomm.	Write In
Internet	39	4,047	8,944	7,046	270	22,999	1,432	267	1,380	81	38	46,543

Caucus Site	130	5,346	13,285	12,263	160	49,208	3,326	126	9,602	250	48	93,744

Mail	20	1,562	4,796	2,596	521	12,611	500	266	422	166	22	23,482

Total	189	10,955	27,025	21,905	951	84,818	5,258	659	11,404	497	108	163,769

	0.12%	6.69%	16.50%	13.38%	0.58%	51.79%	3.21%	0.40%	6.96%	0.30%	0.07%