Traverse City, MI · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Traverse City, MI, by party and cycle.
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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.
Where a cell reads All others, no named candidate led — the source’s residual bucket did. That bucket holds every name past the ones the contest itemises, including candidates who had withdrawn but still drew votes. It is a total, not a person, so it carries no candidate colour.
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.
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voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Traverse City, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
123,754
2018
125,273
2020
135,061
2022
137,491
2024
140,739
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+987 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +13,011 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Traverse City, MI in Traverse City, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+976
2012
+602
2013
+1,199
2014
+1,013
2015
+566
2016
+505
2017
+408
2018
+1,270
2019
+903
2021
+1,702
2022
+1,367
2023
+878
2024
+635
2025
+987
Traverse City anchors a Grand Traverse County metro that has shifted from reliably Republican to a closely contested swing zone, driven by an influx of remote workers and college-educated migrants drawn to its recreation economy.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 9.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.9 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.5 points.
A population of 155,449, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,911 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Petoskey, MI and Midland, MI.
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In 2024, Traverse City, MI, Michigan voted Republican by 5.5 points (R+5.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 104,832 votes cast, 48,731 went Democratic and 54,502 went Republican.
When did Traverse City, MI, Michigan last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Traverse City, MI, Michigan voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Traverse City, MI, Michigan?
Traverse City, MI, Michigan has a population of 155,449 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Traverse City, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Traverse City, MI, Michigan is $81,911 — above the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Traverse City, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Traverse City, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.
