Michigan's largest, most diverse county could prove decisive in 2024 presidential election

Wayne County stands out as Michigan's most racially and ethnically diverse. And how it votes — or rather how many vote — could decide the presidential election.

Michigan's largest county provides Democratic candidates their biggest voting bloc. But if the county represents the heterogeneity of the party's coalition, it also demonstrates the divides tearing it apart.

No doubt, Wayne County will deliver a large chunk of Democratic votes this fall. The last time a Republican presidential candidate won the county was in 1928 when Herbert Hoover carried it. In 2020, President Joe Biden won 68% of its votes. Some residents have already turned out enthusiastically to keep the president in office for another term.

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