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1876–2024
Lansing-East Lansing, MI·Michigan

Lansing-East Lansing, MI delivered D+14 in 2024.

State capital meets flagship university in a mid-Michigan corridor

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MI
Latest
D+14
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
472,669
2024 ACS

Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan: Bellwether metro. In 2024, voted D+14%. Republican peak: R+63 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+14MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
BellwetherAkashic typology
Population
472,6692024 5-year
Median household income
$72,5962024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
75.0%2024 5-year
Black
8.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+22 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+63 in 1924MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 1 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+14.3%
148,048110,417263,585
D
+16.7%
147,479104,535256,804
D
+11.9%
120,54093,113229,647
D
+15.7%
126,95192,153222,333
D
+21.9%
144,74192,109240,726
D
+5.0%
117,771106,504226,615
D
+7.8%
105,83690,171202,066
D
+9.7%
95,31076,882190,082
D
+6.4%
88,46474,811212,014
R
−9.7%
80,53198,053180,078
R
−28.6%
62,927113,860178,008
R
−13.7%
68,55994,672190,299
R
−19.8%
67,522102,324175,430
R
−17.2%
68,31497,227167,707
R
−14.5%
51,25770,405132,364
D
+22.3%
75,20747,775123,221
R
−28.6%
43,77779,045123,128
R
−36.5%
37,04979,743116,978
R
−40.0%
32,27275,736108,745
R
−28.7%
26,15348,01576,086
R
−25.4%
31,23752,65284,437
R
−21.4%
32,76550,74084,057
D
+9.9%
38,16230,99872,167
D
+4.2%
34,35531,53167,570
R
−57.0%
11,95244,03756,289
R
−63.0%
8,63542,87454,321
R
−46.2%
11,25231,79944,452
R
−6.1%
13,21915,02929,487
O
+2.1%
8,1207,57125,835
R
−16.2%
10,33514,57726,178
R
−32.8%
8,08016,46525,601
R
−7.6%
11,94013,95426,619
D
+4.0%
13,78912,70827,114
R
−6.7%
9,65411,26224,172
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.7%
English
13.3%
Irish
11.3%
Polish
4.8%
American
3.7%
Italian
3.7%
French
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
2.0%
75–84
2.5%
4.8%
65–74
5.4%
5.8%
55–64
6.2%
5.4%
45–54
5.7%
6.1%
35–44
6.1%
6.8%
25–34
6.7%
7.1%
18–24
7.1%
7.7%
5–17
7.3%
2.6%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$72,596
Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks near the middle of US counties.
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$72,596
Michigan$72,875
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.8%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)8.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.7%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.9%
Other Indo-European2.7%
Other languages1.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
11.7%
Other Christian
10.3%
Mainline Protestant
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.6%
Methodist
2.5%
Non-Christian
2.5%
Baptist
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ingham County anchors a metro where state-government employment and a large student population at Michigan State University consistently push turnout patterns and partisan margins apart from surrounding rural counties.

The Democratic margin in Lansing-East Lansing, MI has rarely exceeded twenty-two points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-three points. 2024 delivered the metro to the Democratic candidate by fourteen points.

Its demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most metros. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a 14% poverty rate, and a median household income of $72,596 — all within the broad national range.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/29620/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 14.3 points (D+14), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 263,585 votes cast, 148,048 went Democratic and 110,417 went Republican.
What is Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan as a "Bellwether" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 13 times, Republican 20 times, and other 1 times.
When did Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan?
Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan has a population of 472,669 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan is $72,596 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lansing-East Lansing, MI, Michigan from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 20 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Bellwether" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.