Editing Michigan (section)

===Politics===
{{main|Politics of Michigan}}

[[File:Michigan Presidential Election Results 2024.svg|thumb|[[2024 United States presidential election in Michigan|2024 U.S. presidential election results]] by county in Michigan {{leftlegend|#4389E3|Democratic}}{{leftlegend|#AA0000|Republican}}]]

Having been a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]-leaning state at the presidential level since the 1990s, Michigan has evolved into a [[swing state]] after [[Donald Trump]] won the state in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]. He then won it again in [[2024 United States presidential election|2024]], after losing it by a slim 2.8% to Democrat [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]. Governors since the 1970s have alternated between the Democrats and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], and statewide offices including [[Michigan Attorney General|attorney general]], [[Michigan Secretary of State|secretary of state]], and [[United States Senate|senator]] have been held by members of both parties in varying proportion. Additionally, from [[1994 Michigan gubernatorial election|1994]] until [[2022 Michigan gubernatorial election|2022]], the governor-elect had always come from the party opposite the presidency. Following the [[2024 Michigan elections|2024 elections]], control of [[Michigan Legislature]] is split, with the Democratic Party having a slim majority of two seats in the Senate while the Republican Party holds a 58 seat majority in the House. The state's [[United States congressional delegations from Michigan|congressional delegation]] is commonly split, with one party or the other typically holding a narrow majority; as of 2025 Republicans have a 7-6 majority.

Michigan was the home of [[Gerald Ford]], the 38th president of the United States. Born in Nebraska, he moved as an infant to Grand Rapids.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html |title = Biography of Gerald R. Ford |date = August 9, 1974 |access-date = July 25, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100610172811/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html |archive-date = June 10, 2010 |via = [[NARA|National Archives]] |work = [[whitehouse.gov]]}}</ref><ref name="ford-Nebraska">{{cite news |last = Funk |first = Josh |year = 2006 |url = http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/12/27/nebraska_born_ford_left_state_as_infant/ |title = Nebraska-Born, Ford Left State As Infant |agency = Associated Press |work = [[The Boston Globe]] |access-date = October 6, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090105223632/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/12/27/nebraska_born_ford_left_state_as_infant/ |archive-date = January 5, 2009 |url-status = live}}</ref> The [[Gerald R. Ford Museum]] is in Grand Rapids, and the [[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library]] is on the campus of his alma mater, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

In a 2020 study, Michigan was ranked as the 13th easiest state for citizens to vote in.<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = J. Pomante II |first1 = Michael |last2 = Li |first2 = Quan |title = Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020 |journal = Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy |date = December 15, 2020 |volume = 19 |issue = 4 |pages = 503–509 |doi = 10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |s2cid = 225139517 |doi-access = free |issn=1533-1296 }}</ref> In 2022, Michigan voters passed an amendment recognising abortion and contraceptive rights within the [[Michigan Constitution|state's constitution]].<ref name="freep passage">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=November 9, 2022 |title=2022 Michigan Proposal 3 - Reproductive Freedom Election Results |url=https://www.freep.com/elections/results/race/2022-11-08-ballot_initiative-MI-24627/ |access-date=November 9, 2022 |publisher=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref>