2026 midterm election voter turnout exceeded expectations of experts and clerks

Turnout in Michigan’s midterm election reached nearly 4.7 million voters, exceeding the 4.5 million who voted in 2022 and surpassing expectations among political experts and local clerks. Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope said the city recorded about 6,000 more votes than in the previous midterm, a rise of roughly 15%. Michigan State University researcher Matt Grossmann said the shift against the president’s party was unusually large.