Who won Michigan in 2020 election? How presidential, US Senate results played out

Election Day arrived Tuesday, and millions of Michiganders cast their ballots voting in presidential, congressional and local elections.

Our most recent poll, published Friday and done by EPIC-MRA of Lansing for the Detroit Free Press and its media partners, showed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leading Republican former President Donald Trump in Michigan 48%-45% on the strength of growing support among Black voters and women, though that lead was within the poll's margin of error.

Michigan is a swing state, sometimes called a “purple” state, meaning it could end up giving its electoral votes to either the Republican or Democratic presidential candidate.

While the 2024 race is still a toss-up, here's how Michigan voted in 2020.

Michigan voting numbers in 2020

The presidency is decided by Electoral College votes. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors. Each elector casts one vote; a presidential candidate needs 270 of these votes to win.

More: What is the Electoral College, how many electors does Michigan have?

Former president Donald Trump won 232 electoral votes in the 2020 Presidential Election. His opponent and current President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes, 16 of them being from Michigan.

Biden also won the popular vote in Michigan with 2,804,040 votes while Trump got 2,649,852 votes.

Wayne County, the most populated county in the state gave Biden 597,170 votes while Trump got 264,553.

The second-most populated county, Oakland County, gave Biden 434,148 votes while 325,971 people voted for Trump.

Michigan US Senate race

In the Michigan U.S. Senate race in 2020, Democrat Gary Peters edged out Republican John James to take the win with 49.9% of voters, or 2,734,586 votes.

Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at jawilliams1@freepress.com.

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