Sault Ste. Marie, 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: Chippewa 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 Sault Ste. Marie, 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 Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
24,279
2018
24,091
2020
26,281
2022
27,297
2024
28,376
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+110 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,493 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sault Ste. Marie, MI in Sault Ste. Marie, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+205
2012
+59
2013
−493
2014
−343
2015
−304
2016
−310
2017
−14
2018
−181
2019
−57
2021
−752
2022
+471
2023
+166
2024
−50
2025
+110
Sault Ste. Marie anchors Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula, where the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians is among the largest employers and exerts measurable influence on county-level electoral outcomes and policy priorities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 70.1 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 36,295, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,217 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Alpena, MI and Jackson, MI.
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How did Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 24.2 points (R+24.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,365 votes cast, 6,796 went Democratic and 11,249 went Republican.
When did Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan?
Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan has a population of 36,295 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan is $62,217 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
