Midland, 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: Midland 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 Midland, 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 Midland, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
65,519
2018
64,793
2020
69,666
2022
70,670
2024
71,866
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+11 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,363 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Midland, MI in Midland, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−161
2012
−432
2013
−339
2014
−483
2015
−150
2016
−454
2017
−289
2018
−211
2019
−241
2021
−5
2022
+357
2023
+187
2024
−153
2025
+11
Midland metro's identity is inseparable from Dow Chemical's century-long presence, which shapes both its white-collar professional class and its economic conservatism. The area has backed Republican presidential candidates by double-digit margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 66.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.2 points.
A population of 83,757, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,705 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Petoskey, MI and Traverse City, MI.
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In 2024, Midland, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 15.2 points (R+15.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 50,301 votes cast, 20,926 went Democratic and 28,571 went Republican.
When did Midland, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Midland, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Midland, MI, Michigan?
Midland, MI, Michigan has a population of 83,757 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Midland, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Midland, MI, Michigan is $77,705 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Midland, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Midland, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
