It’s Election Day 2024. Voting is ending with one of the most contentious US presidential elections in recent history, with early and absentee voting numbers pointing to a potentially strong turnout in Michigan.
When will the election results be available, and where? Full unofficial results aren’t expected until Wednesday morning at the earliest, but we expect to announce some winners via partial unofficial results based on Associated Press forecasts.
Polls close at 8 p.m. in eastern most of Michigan, although several counties in the western Upper Peninsula do not close until 9 p.m. in Central Time
Here you will find the results and a live election map.
US election results 2024 live map
Follow the 2024 presidential election results on our live map and see state-by-state results, which come in as soon as polls close at 8:00 PM Eastern European Time.
How many electoral votes does Michigan have?
Michigan has 15 electoral votes. The winner of the 2024 presidential race needs 270 of the 538 electoral votes.
Where to find the 2024 election results
When are the polls open and closed in Michigan?
Polls in Michigan are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. If you are in line at 8 p.m., you can still vote.
Here’s everything you need to know if you head to the polls to vote today.
What’s at stake on Election Day?
Whether you support the Democratic candidate for president, Vice President Kamala Harris, or the Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump, each promises a different future for the US and for Michigan.
To name just a few examples, Harris would defend women’s rights to make their own reproductive choices, while Trump says he would leave it up to individual states to decide these issues. Harris generally supports a gradual transition to electric vehicles in the auto industry, which Trump generally opposes. Trump is promising double-digit tariffs on foreign imports as a way to pressure foreign manufacturers to produce their products in the US. Harris says this would amount to a national sales tax that would hurt consumers. Trump promises mass deportations of undocumented migrants, which Harris opposes.
Also at stake:
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Michigan’s choices for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives could make the difference in determining which of the two major political parties controls each chamber.
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Control of the Michigan State House is also up for grabs and will influence the extent to which Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be able to implement what remains of her agenda in the final two years of her term .
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And Michigan’s choices for the state Supreme Court will determine whether Democratic nominees will maintain their current 4-3 majority on that influential body.
When will we know the full election results?
When polls close at 8 p.m. local time, election officials can begin publishing unofficial election results. While results will start rolling in once the polls close, the outcome of any race may not be clear for a while. It depends on how close the race is and how many voters return their absentee ballots on Election Day. Absentee ballots take longer to process than in-person ballots due to the additional steps required after a voter returns their absentee ballot to verify and log the ballot, and then prepare it for tabulation.
In 2020, the Associated Press — which follows races across the U.S. — was unable to call President Joe Biden the winner of Michigan until Wednesday at 5:56 p.m. ET, the day after the Nov. 3, 2020, election. The AP called races before all votes were counted based on an analysis of votes already reported and other election data. The Free Press relies on the calls of the AP.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Election Day 2024: See live results, presidential race map
