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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Michigan

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in Michigan in 1872, 62.7% to 35.5%, a margin of 27.2 points and 60,207 votes.

Michigan voted 15.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant also won.

Republicans led in 68 of the 70 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 2. The largest, Wayne, cast 21,756 votes and went to the Republican by 13.1 points. The closest was Mackinac, where 26 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 138,758 62.7%
Horace Greeley Democratic 78,551 35.5%
All other candidates 4,146 1.9%
Total221,455

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 9,343 42.9% 12,186 56.0% 227 21,756 R+13.1
Lenawee 3,379 36.2% 5,788 62.0% 166 9,333 R+25.8
Kent 3,103 34.0% 5,917 64.9% 98 9,118 R+30.9
Oakland 3,402 42.0% 4,490 55.5% 202 8,094 R+13.4
Jackson 3,623 46.7% 4,093 52.7% 46 7,762 R+6.1
Washtenaw 3,040 41.9% 4,106 56.5% 116 7,262 R+14.7
Calhoun 2,474 35.0% 4,486 63.5% 100 7,060 R+28.5
Kalamazoo 2,416 37.1% 4,007 61.6% 84 6,507 R+24.5
Saginaw 2,663 41.1% 3,674 56.7% 139 6,476 R+15.6
Berrien 2,274 36.2% 3,902 62.0% 113 6,289 R+25.9
Hillsdale 1,567 25.0% 4,579 73.1% 118 6,264 R+48.1
Genesee 2,010 33.2% 3,987 65.9% 56 6,053 R+32.7
Ingham 2,296 39.7% 3,450 59.6% 38 5,784 R+20.0
St. Clair 2,283 40.5% 3,332 59.1% 21 5,636 R+18.6
Van Buren 1,816 32.9% 3,549 64.2% 162 5,527 R+31.4
Allegan 1,598 31.2% 3,473 67.8% 55 5,126 R+36.6
Ionia 1,730 33.9% 3,326 65.1% 53 5,109 R+31.2
Eaton 1,829 36.0% 3,202 63.1% 47 5,078 R+27.0
St. Joseph 1,797 35.6% 3,154 62.6% 91 5,042 R+26.9
Monroe 2,192 44.6% 2,645 53.8% 76 4,913 R+9.2
Macomb 2,245 47.1% 2,446 51.4% 72 4,763 R+4.2
Branch 1,173 24.8% 3,492 73.8% 66 4,731 R+49.0
Shiawassee 1,560 35.3% 2,777 62.8% 82 4,419 R+27.5
Livingston 1,913 43.9% 2,335 53.5% 113 4,361 R+9.7
Cass 1,832 42.7% 2,432 56.7% 24 4,288 R+14.0
Clinton 1,750 41.0% 2,505 58.7% 16 4,271 R+17.7
Barry 1,240 31.3% 2,677 67.5% 46 3,963 R+36.3
Ottawa 1,163 29.8% 2,630 67.4% 110 3,903 R+37.6
Lapeer 1,383 35.7% 2,486 64.1% 10 3,879 R+28.4
Bay 1,316 40.1% 1,948 59.4% 16 3,280 R+19.3
Montcalm 751 27.1% 2,010 72.5% 11 2,772 R+45.4
Marquette 743 27.9% 1,909 71.7% 10 2,662 R+43.8
Tuscola 618 24.9% 1,820 73.5% 39 2,477 R+48.5
Muskegon 686 27.8% 1,772 71.9% 8 2,466 R+44.0
Houghton 928 40.5% 1,356 59.1% 9 2,293 R+18.7
Gratiot 578 27.9% 1,482 71.6% 11 2,071 R+43.7
Sanilac 407 23.1% 1,335 75.7% 22 1,764 R+52.6
Mecosta 322 22.5% 1,103 77.2% 3 1,428 R+54.7
Oceana 196 14.0% 1,158 82.4% 51 1,405 R+68.5
Manistee 435 35.4% 785 63.9% 8 1,228 R+28.5
Huron 343 28.0% 872 71.2% 9 1,224 R+43.2
Midland 263 25.0% 759 72.3% 28 1,050 R+47.2
Newaygo 181 18.2% 792 79.8% 19 992 R+61.6
Isabella 260 26.5% 718 73.2% 3 981 R+46.7
Mason 268 27.5% 679 69.8% 26 973 R+42.2
Grand Traverse 149 17.4% 704 82.3% 2 855 R+64.9
Alpena 304 37.2% 508 62.1% 6 818 R+24.9
Osceola 182 24.1% 546 72.3% 27 755 R+48.2
Leelanau 0 0.0% 504 73.1% 185 689 R+73.1
Keweenaw 296 45.3% 353 54.0% 5 654 R+8.7
Iosco 171 28.5% 420 69.9% 10 601 R+41.4
Delta 0 0.0% 439 78.5% 120 559 R+78.5
Menominee 0 0.0% 435 78.1% 122 557 R+78.1
Benzie 57 11.1% 450 87.4% 8 515 R+76.3
Cheboygan 0 0.0% 234 57.1% 176 410 R+57.1
Ontonagon 0 0.0% 218 57.5% 161 379 R+57.5
Antrim 0 0.0% 284 80.2% 70 354 R+80.2
Wexford 0 0.0% 277 78.9% 74 351 R+78.9
Clare 104 32.4% 216 67.3% 1 321 R+34.9
Charlevoix 0 0.0% 264 96.0% 11 275 R+96.0
Schoolcraft 0 0.0% 227 93.4% 16 243 R+93.4
Lake 0 0.0% 222 91.7% 20 242 R+91.7
Chippewa 0 0.0% 171 76.0% 54 225 R+76.0
Emmet 0 0.0% 63 31.2% 139 202 Others
Mackinac 0 0.0% 73 42.4% 99 172 Others
Presque Isle 0 0.0% 132 100.0% 132 R+100.0
Alcona 0 0.0% 115 90.6% 12 127 R+90.6
Missaukee 0 0.0% 111 93.3% 8 119 R+93.3
Kalkaska 0 0.0% 103 97.2% 3 106 R+97.2
Manitou (Ext) 0 0.0% 75 100.0% 75 R+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0