Michigan results by county. Time to make Detroit its own country.

Secretary of State ^ | 11-3-04

[Dan from Michigan]

	Total	Bush	Kerry		Diff.	Bush%	Kerry%
01 ALCONA	6,529	3,590	2,871		719	54.99%	43.97%
02 ALGER	4,767	2,316	2,395		-79	48.58%	50.24%
03 ALLEGAN	52,709	32,952	19,227		13,725	62.52%	36.48%
04 ALPENA	15,210	7,665	7,406		259	50.39%	48.69%
05 ANTRIM	13,619	8,379	5,072		3,307	61.52%	37.24%
06 ARENAC	8,216	4,071	4,076		-5	49.55%	49.61%
07 BARAGA	3,684	1,977	1,660		317	53.66%	45.06%
08 BARRY	30,275	18,638	11,312		7,326	61.56%	37.36%
09 BAY	57,046	25,443	31,041		-5,598	44.60%	54.41%
10 BENZIE	9,777	5,283	4,383		900	54.03%	44.83%
11 BERRIEN	74,648	41,069	32,830		8,239	55.02%	43.98%
12 BRANCH	17,967	10,784	7,004		3,780	60.02%	38.98%
13 CALHOUN	61,796	31,643	29,482		2,161	51.21%	47.71%
14 CASS	22,633	12,915	9,522		3,393	57.06%	42.07%
15 CHARLEVOIX	14,139	8,214	5,729		2,485	58.09%	40.52%
16 CHEBOYGAN	13,884	7,795	5,941		1,854	56.14%	42.79%
17 CHIPPEWA	16,488	9,122	7,203		1,919	55.33%	43.69%
18 CLARE	14,222	7,087	6,981		106	49.83%	49.09%
19 CLINTON	37,784	21,976	15,473		6,503	58.16%	40.95%
20 CRAWFORD	7,235	4,017	3,126		891	55.52%	43.21%
21 DELTA	19,236	9,678	9,381		297	50.31%	48.77%
22 DICKINSON	13,479	7,688	5,624		2,064	57.04%	41.72%
23 EATON	55,638	29,745	25,317		4,428	53.46%	45.50%
24 EMMET	17,368	10,329	6,845		3,484	59.47%	39.41%
25 GENESEE	213,844	83,890	128,382		-44,492	39.23%	60.04%
26 GLADWIN	13,227	6,770	6,343		427	51.18%	47.95%
27 GOGEBIC	8,452	3,935	4,421		-486	46.56%	52.31%
28 GD. TRAVERSE	46,190	27,446	18,255		9,191	59.42%	39.52%
29 GRATIOT	17,378	9,831	7,377		2,454	56.57%	42.45%
30 HILLSDALE	20,216	12,804	7,123		5,681	63.34%	35.23%
31 HOUGHTON	15,851	8,889	6,731		2,158	56.08%	42.46%
32 HURON	17,466	9,670	7,629		2,041	55.36%	43.68%
33 INGHAM	132,980	54,713	76,826		-22,113	41.14%	57.77%
34 IONIA	27,584	16,589	10,645		5,944	60.14%	38.59%
35 IOSCO	13,997	7,294	6,555		739	52.11%	46.83%
36 IRON	6,430	3,224	3,135		89	50.14%	48.76%
37 ISABELLA	24,390	11,754	12,334		-580	48.19%	50.57%
38 JACKSON	71,467	39,713	31,013		8,700	55.57%	43.39%
39 KALAMAZOO	119,738	57,139	61,425		-4,286	47.72%	51.30%
40 KALKASKA	8,380	5,088	3,185		1,903	60.72%	38.01%
41 KENT	290,751	171,157	116,814		54,343	58.87%	40.18%
42 KEWEENAW	1,439	781	630		151	54.27%	43.78%
43 LAKE	5,245	2,502	2,675		-173	47.70%	51.00%
44 LAPEER	44,144	25,555	18,084		7,471	57.89%	40.97%
45 LEELANAU	13,917	7,733	6,048		1,685	55.57%	43.46%
46 LENAWEE	47,004	25,669	20,785		4,884	54.61%	44.22%
47 LIVINGSTON	93,725	58,854	33,980		24,874	62.79%	36.26%
48 LUCE	2,829	1,749	1,045		704	61.82%	36.94%
49 MACKINAC	6,553	3,687	2,793		894	56.26%	42.62%
50 MACOMB	401,040	201,283	195,683		5,600	50.19%	48.79%
51 MANISTEE	12,725	6,286	6,269		17	49.40%	49.27%
52 MARQUETTE	32,484	14,689	17,409		-2,720	45.22%	53.59%
53 MASON	14,611	8,124	6,333		1,791	55.60%	43.34%
54 MECOSTA	17,581	9,710	7,730		1,980	55.23%	43.97%
55 MENOMINEE	11,423	5,945	5,327		618	52.04%	46.63%
56 MIDLAND	43,275	24,369	18,355		6,014	56.31%	42.41%
57 MISSAUKEE	7,421	5,055	2,319		2,736	68.12%	31.25%
58 MONROE	74,128	37,469	36,086		1,383	50.55%	48.68%
59 MONTCALM	26,728	14,967	11,466		3,501	56.00%	42.90%
60 MONTMORENCY	5,563	3,300	2,196		1,104	59.32%	39.48%
61 MUSKEGON	81,939	35,943	45,248		-9,305	43.87%	55.22%
62 NEWAYGO	22,869	13,607	9,054		4,553	59.50%	39.59%
63 OAKLAND	642,133	316,567	319,607		-3,040	49.30%	49.77%
64 OCEANA	12,297	6,677	5,441		1,236	54.30%	44.25%
65 OGEMAW	10,794	5,454	5,213		241	50.53%	48.30%
66 ONTONAGON	4,187	2,267	1,863		404	54.14%	44.49%
67 OSCEOLA	11,188	6,599	4,467		2,132	58.98%	39.93%
68 OSCODA	4,409	2,570	1,792		778	58.29%	40.64%
69 OTSEGO	12,307	7,470	4,674		2,796	60.70%	37.98%
70 OTTAWA	128,636	92,039	35,550		56,489	71.55%	27.64%
71 PRESQUE ISLE	7,516	3,982	3,432		550	52.98%	45.66%
72 ROSCOMMON	14,359	7,364	6,810		554	51.28%	47.43%
73 SAGINAW	102,821	47,157	54,865		-7,708	45.86%	53.36%
74 ST. CLAIR	79,742	42,739	36,174		6,565	53.60%	45.36%
75 ST. JOSEPH	25,235	15,339	9,645		5,694	60.78%	38.22%
76 SANILAC	20,762	12,632	7,883		4,749	60.84%	37.97%
77 SCHOOLCRAFT	4,441	2,267	2,137		130	51.05%	48.12%
78 SHIAWASSEE	36,658	19,405	16,881		2,524	52.94%	46.05%
79 TUSCOLA	28,337	15,388	12,631		2,757	54.30%	44.57%
80 VAN BUREN	34,174	17,631	16,152		1,479	51.59%	47.26%
81 WASHTENAW	173,152	61,425	109,872		-48,447	35.47%	63.45%
82 WAYNE	840,529	253,544	580,199		-326,655	30.16%	69.03%
83 WEXFORD	15,159	8,965	6,034		2,931	59.14%	39.80%
	TOTAL	Bush	Kerry
COUNTY	BY
CODE/NAME	COUNTY	REP	DEM
===============	==============	==============	==============
Totals	4,812,169	2,307,040	2,458,931		-151,891	47.94%	51.10%

[agsloss]

Oakland has been trending Democrat due to demographic changes. There is a large Jewish community (normally Democrat)but a huge "Jews for George" organization so I hoped for a better showing. Macomb County was also not as strong for W as I expected from the '02 Governor's election percentages and from the preponderance of lawn signs.

[Dan from Michigan]

The Local paper is deeply saddened. :)

[Fatalis]

The GOP writes off the black vote 3 ¹/₂ of every four years, and then complains when they don't win Detroit and Philly. Whatever the vote fraud in those cities, the machines won't be broken while we give the Democrats 90% of the black vote.

[Dan from Michigan]

Also a lot of blacks in Oakland. Majority in Southfield, Oak Park, Pontiac, and possibly Lathrup Village.

[truth_seeker]

"And if California could sever all the counties touching the Bay, we could manage Los Angeles and it wouldn't affect our Electoral College votes."

And we could probably handle LA county, if citizenship and IDs were required to vote.

Related.
I list San Diego, Orange, Ventura and San Luis Obispo as four Republican counties on south and central coast. Sometimes, even Santa Barbara county goes rightward.

[fromunda]

Sadly a bunch of limosine liberals in Oakland, plus you have cities like Pontiac, etc. Just makes me sick that we lost Michigan yesterday - wasn't expecting to win - but having worked the polls yesterday and having seen the turnout in West Michigan, which was staunchly pro-Bush, it's just so sad to see it all go for naught because of Detroit. Isn't it enough that they take all our tax money? Do they have to take our state's pride down the toilet with them too? Kwame Kilpatrick - what a joke.

[Vicomte13]

You wrote: "The GOP writes off the black vote 3 1/2 of every four years, and then complains when they don't win Detroit and Philly. Whatever the vote fraud in those cities, the machines won't be broken while we give the Democrats 90% of the black vote."

Response: No, we do not write off the black vote at all.
The Democrats do that for 3 1/2 years, then send a bunch of corrupt preachers out there like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to stir up hatred and bigotry in the black community.
Every major city in America has a black inner city, where the schools are basket cases and have been so for three generations and counting. And in every case, Democrats have solidly controlled the school boards. They Democrats have done NOTHING for the education and improvement of these schools.

Conversely, it's the Republicans who are pressing forward on school vouchers. Vouchers will help no-one better than inner city blacks, by opening up to them the possibility of changing schools, going into private and parochial schools. Democrats, who wrecked the schools there in the first place, relentlessly oppose vouchers everywhere.

Fact is, the Republicans have been reaching out to black voter's interests on a core issue affecting their lives: education, for 10 years now, the Democrats have been systematically and viciously opposing every single effort at education reform or vouchers.

And yet the argument is made that it's the REPUBLICANS who ignore the interests of the black inner cities, and therefore the DEMOCRATS, who "care" deserve the votes? The Democrats have been screwing the blacks when it comes to education for 50 years. The only people offering the black inner city any sort of ladder of hope to get out of the mess are the Republicans. The Democrats are fighting them tooth and nail, ensuring that the black inner city dwellers remained screwed and in bad schools. And the blacks vote 89% for the Democrats anyway.

This is simply stupid, blind, tribal voting patterns, and it is the blacks screwing themselves. If they woke up in the cities and voted for the interests of their kids, the Republicans would win the vote of every black parent.

This year, President Bush made a real effort to reach out to the black voters and deliver that message. He asked for their votes. Result? Not one damned bit of difference. No change. This is not because the GOP writes off the black vote. It is because the blacks write themselves off by refusing to break the voting habit for the Democrats who have done nothing but screw them.

[Fatalis]

And yet the argument is made that it's the REPUBLICANS who ignore the interests of the black inner cities, and therefore the DEMOCRATS, who "care" deserve the votes?

Yes, exactly. The GOP does not to a sufficient job of making our case to blacks. I can recite everything you've written to educated black liberals and they've never heard any of it. They're surprised to meet an unapologetic Republican, and I pull no punches with hucksters like Jackson and Sharpton. It actually gives me credibility with them. They're willing to listen, even if not necessarily to agree, because I don't act ashamed of being a conservative and I don't hide my contempt for the race politics of the left. Most GOP politicians do.

[FreedomSurge]

What county do the Arabs live in?

[FreedomSurge]

This should be shouted to the Mountain Tops.

[AK2KX]

Livingston County! I will be back....

[cons_Mark]

They mostly live in Dearborn, which is Wayne county. There's probably some scattered throughout other suburbs- I'm told there's some in Macomb county.

[cons_Mark]

Looking ahead two years, I got a hunch that the GOP is going to be eying Debbie Stabaneur's U.S. Senate seat.

[unbalanced but fair]

I see why all of these went the way they did, mostly Black or university counties. But what's with Muskegon?

[SC_Republican]

I think Kal-i-forn-ia needs to be spit into 2.

[Dan from Michigan]

Muskegon County has a large black population and is a union town. Ford has a plant there.

[Willie Green]

No just make Wayne County its own state

R U nutz?

That'll give 'em 2 senators.

[michigander]

Since I'm sure they won't buy it.
Can we pay Canada to take it?

[Mikey_1962]

No way, my girlfriend is from Windsor. As soon as she gets through the tunnel she says: We're in the States lock the door.

If I ever showed her the lower Eastside where I grew up she would freak!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

No just make Wayne County its own state

Make it a high-security prison a la Escape From New York.