Due to the state's nearly even partisan lean and the close margins by which it was decided in 2016 and 2020, it was considered to be one of the seven crucial swing states in 2024,[3] though many viewed it as the most difficult of the seven for Trump to regain. However, contrary to polling data, Donald Trump flipped Michigan back into the Republican column, defeating Kamala Harris by 1.4 percentage points. This made the state 0.1% to the left of the nation at-large, making it the closest state to the national results for the second consecutive election. Michigan shares with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin the longest active streak of voting for the winning presidential candidate, having done so in the last five presidential elections. Altogether, the three states have voted for the same candidate in nine consecutive elections, dating to 1992. This was the first election since 2012 where Michigan voted to the left of the nation as a whole.