Jackson, MI · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Jackson County, Michigan. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Jackson, MI, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Jackson, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
111,923
2018
112,077
2020
122,550
2022
124,768
2024
128,239
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+180 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,793 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jackson, MI in Jackson, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−877
2012
+43
2013
−540
2014
−446
2015
−392
2016
−1,101
2017
+241
2018
−57
2019
−200
2021
+211
2022
+127
2023
−89
2024
+107
2025
+180
The Jackson metro, anchored by manufacturing employment and a significant prison population that inflates census counts without adding voters, has trended toward Republican margins in recent cycles while retaining competitive pockets in municipal races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.9 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.3 points.
A population of 160,060, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,073 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Owosso, MI and Adrian, MI.
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In 2024, Jackson, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 21.3 points (R+21.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 83,827 votes cast, 32,348 went Democratic and 50,199 went Republican.
When did Jackson, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jackson, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Jackson, MI, Michigan?
Jackson, MI, Michigan has a population of 160,060 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Jackson, MI, Michigan is $66,073 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Jackson, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jackson, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
