Michigan US presidential election 2024: Voting, results information, candidates and everything you need to know

The United States will go to the polls on November 5 to elect the country’s 47th president. Michigan is a key swing state that will prove crucial to the ultimate outcome of the presidential election. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the state lost one seat after redistricting and has 15 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump have campaigned heavily in the state, trying to win working-class votes. Harris has worked to protect union jobs and strengthen the middle class, while Trump has promised to stop undocumented immigrants from stealing American jobs. According to polls, both are currently neck and neck in the state.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is November 1st and the last date for early in-person voting is November 3rd.

Michigan can go either way, but history suggests Democrats could have a slight edge. George HW Bush was the last Republican presidential candidate to win with a majority in 1988. Ronald Reagan was the last Republican to win by double digits, winning 49 states in 1984.

Michigan has voted blue in every presidential election between 1992 and 2012, although only by a double-digit margin in 1996 and 2008. In 2016, Trump recorded an unexpected victory, sweeping the Midwest and carrying Michigan by a very narrow margin of 0, 23 percent won.

In 2020, the state flipped blue, with Joe Biden posting a victory margin of 2.78 percent. Winning over the traditionally Democratic Arab American voting bloc will be a challenge in the 2024 election, as polls suggest Democrats’ pro-Israel policies may have angered them.

Two Democrats currently represent Michigan in the Senate – Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow, with Democrat Gretchen Whitmer as governor.

Democrat Debbie Stabenow holds the current Class I Senate seat for Michigan. She is not seeking a fifth term. Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers will face off to win their first term.

Voters will elect 13 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan.

The Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives in Michigan are: Callie Barr (Congressional District 1), Michael Lynch (Congressional District 2), Hillary Scholten (Congressional District 3), Jessica Swartz (Congressional District 4), Libbi Urban (Congressional District 5), Debbie Dingell (Congressional District 6 ), Curtis Hertel (Congressional District 7), Kristen McDonald Rivet (Congressional District 8), Clinton St. Mosley (Congressional District 9), Carl Marlinga (Congressional District 10), Haley Stevens (Congressional District 11), Rashida Tlaib (Congressional District 12) and Shri Thanedar ( Congressional District 13).

The Republican candidates for the House of Representatives in Michigan are: Jack Bergman (Congressional District 1), John Moolenaar (Congressional District 2), Paul Hudson (Congressional District 3), Bill Huizenga (Congressional District 4), Tim Walberg (Congressional District 5), Heather Smiley (Congressional District 6 ), Tom Barrett (Congressional District 7), Paul Junge (Congressional District 8), Lisa McClain (Congressional District 9), John James (Congressional District 10), Nick Somberg (Congressional District 11), James Hooper (Congressional District 12) and Martell Bivings (Congressional District 13) .

Biden led Michigan by a narrow margin of 2.78 percent. Michigan voters cast 2,804,040 votes for Biden and 2,649,852 votes for Donald Trump.

This section will be updated as initial results become available following the November 5 election.