Mount Pleasant, 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: Isabella 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 Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
43,606
2018
42,971
2020
46,411
2022
47,940
2024
49,935
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−316 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −4,236 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Mount Pleasant, MI in Mount Pleasant, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−69
2012
−377
2013
−898
2014
−624
2015
+229
2016
+119
2017
−513
2018
−933
2019
−921
2021
−215
2022
+250
2023
−256
2024
+288
2025
−316
Home to Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant's electorate blends transient student population with surrounding Isabella County's mix of agricultural communities and the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation, producing competitive margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.5 points.
A population of 64,565, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,237 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cortland, NY and Athens, OH.
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How did Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 7.5 points (R+7.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 30,835 votes cast, 14,011 went Democratic and 16,320 went Republican.
When did Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan?
Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan has a population of 64,565 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan is $55,237 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Mount Pleasant, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
