Election Results for Bay City, MI Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	2,106	10.1
Deaths:	3,397	16.4
Net Migration:	216	1.0
Net Immigration:	5	0.0

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2024 vs. 2020	R +1,667	R +2,051	R + 3.1%
D -384
2024 vs. 2016	R +6,464	R +2,339	R + 1.5%
D +4,125
2020 vs. 2016	R +4,797	R +288	D + 1.6%
D +4,509
2024 vs. 2012	R +9,881	R +11,991	R + 20.5%
D -2,110

2016 vs. 2008	R +4,533	R +15,480	R + 29.0%
D -10,947
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2024	75%	Donald Trump (R)	34,792	56.7%	Kamala Harris (D)	25,767	42.0%	779 [+]	1.3%	61,338	7	0.04%
[-] Other candidates in 2024: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I) 288 (0.5%); Chase Oliver (Lbt) 195 (0.3%); Jill Stein (Grn) 136 (0.2%);
2020	74%	Donald Trump* (R)	33,125	54.9%	Joe Biden (D)	26,151	43.3%	1,057 [+]	1.8%	60,333	8	0.04%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 688 (1.1%);
2016	64%	Donald Trump (R)	28,328	53.2%	Hillary Clinton (D)	21,642	40.6%	3,304 [+]	6.2%	53,274	7	0.04%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 2,189 (4.1%); Jill Stein (Grn) 544 (1.0%); Evan McMullin (I) 40 (0.1%);
2012	64%	Barack Obama* (D)	27,877	52.0%	Mitt Romney (R)	24,911	46.5%	798 [+]	1.5%	53,586	-1	0.04%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 35 (0.1%);
2008	69%	Barack Obama (D)	32,589	56.6%	John McCain (R)	23,795	41.3%	1,204 [+]	2.1%	57,588	-4	0.04%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 510 (0.9%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 254 (0.4%);
2004	68%	John Kerry (D)	31,049	54.4%	George W. Bush* (R)	25,448	44.6%	562 [+]	1.0%	57,059	-6	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 345 (0.6%);
2000	62%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	28,251	54.7%	George W. Bush (R)	22,150	42.9%	1,235 [+]	2.4%	51,636	-5	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 972 (1.9%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 0 (0.0%);
1996	60%	Bill Clinton* (D)	27,835	56.1%	Robert Dole (R)	16,038	32.3%	5,730 [+]	11.6%	49,603	-8	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 5,410 (10.9%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 141 (0.3%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	66%	Bill Clinton (D)	26,492	48.7%	George Bush* (R)	16,383	30.1%	11,480 [+]	21.1%	54,355	-7	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 11,258 (20.7%);
1988	60%	Michael Dukakis (D)	28,225	57.4%	George Bush (R)	20,710	42.1%	217 [+]	0.4%	49,152	-11	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 149 (0.3%);
1984	59%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	26,198	53.4%	Walter Mondale (D)	22,597	46.1%	235	0.5%	49,030	-5	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	66%	Ronald Reagan (R)	25,331	46.4%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	24,517	44.9%	4,744 [+]	8.7%	54,592	-4	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 3,886 (7.1%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 690 (1.3%);
1976	64%	Jimmy Carter (D)	25,958	52.2%	Gerald Ford* (R)	23,174	46.6%	557 [+]	1.1%	49,689	-1	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 423 (0.9%);
1972	61%	Richard Nixon* (R)	23,094	50.1%	George McGovern (D)	21,712	47.1%	1,312 [+]	2.8%	46,118	-11	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 1,254 (2.7%);
1968	64%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	21,410	50.3%	Richard Nixon (R)	18,779	44.1%	2,378 [+]	5.6%	42,567	1	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 2,291 (5.4%);
1964	65%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	29,754	71.3%	Barry Goldwater (R)	11,896	28.5%	56	0.1%	41,706	-10	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	71%	John Kennedy (D)	22,998	52.3%	Richard Nixon (R)	20,909	47.5%	104	0.2%	44,011	-2	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	62%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	23,519	60.4%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	15,301	39.3%	128	0.3%	38,948	3	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	59%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	20,087	58.4%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	14,113	41.0%	196	0.6%	34,396	3	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	52%	Harry Truman* (D)	14,349	51.3%	Thomas Dewey (R)	13,321	47.6%	327 [+]	1.2%	27,997	2	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 117 (0.4%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	61%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	15,602	50.0%	Thomas Dewey (R)	15,459	49.5%	143	0.5%	31,204	4	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	62%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	14,902	50.4%	Wendell Willkie (R)	14,618	49.4%	67	0.2%	29,587	5	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	57%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	13,789	55.4%	Alf Landon (R)	8,729	35.1%	2,367 [+]	9.5%	24,885	-1	0.05%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 2,292 (9.2%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 60 (0.2%);
1932	59%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	14,708	58.6%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	9,816	39.1%	568 [+]	2.3%	25,092	0	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 545 (2.2%);
1928	53%	Herbert Hoover (R)	12,467	56.9%	Al Smith (D)	9,395	42.9%	55 [+]	0.3%	21,917	-1	0.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 19 (0.1%);
1924	55%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	14,861	64.8%	John Davis (D)	5,881	25.6%	2,209 [+]	9.6%	22,951	11	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 1,991 (8.7%);
1920	52%	Warren Harding (R)	13,933	64.9%	James Cox (D)	7,011	32.7%	516 [+]	2.4%	21,460	5	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Parley Christiansen (FL) 207 (1.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 180 (0.8%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 54 (0.3%);
1916	32%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	6,708	51.1%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	5,996	45.7%	426 [+]	3.2%	13,130	5	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 317 (2.4%); James Hanly (Proh) 66 (0.5%);
1912	28%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	4,760	42.4%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	2,990	26.7%	3,467 [+]	30.9%	11,217	0	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 2,625 (23.4%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 521 (4.6%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 238 (2.1%);
1908	30%	William Taft (R)	6,760	58.2%	William J. Bryan (D)	4,223	36.4%	628 [+]	5.4%	11,611	7	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 403 (3.5%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 180 (1.6%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 18 (0.2%);
1904	30%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	7,609	68.3%	Alton Parker (D)	3,142	28.2%	397 [+]	3.6%	11,148	12	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 245 (2.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 76 (0.7%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 23 (0.2%);
1900	33%	William McKinley* (R)	6,462	54.6%	William J. Bryan (D)	5,081	42.9%	293 [+]	2.5%	11,836	3	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 233 (2.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 23 (0.2%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

26,151

43.3%

Donald Trump* (R)

33,125

54.9%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

688

1.1%

Other

369

0.6%

TOTAL

60,333

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): 8

2016 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

21,642

40.6%

Donald Trump (R)

28,328

53.2%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

2,189

4.1%

Jill Stein (Grn)

544

1.0%

Evan McMullin (I)

0.1%

Other

531

1.0%

TOTAL

53,274

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): 7

2012 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

27,877

52.0%

Mitt Romney (R)

24,911

46.5%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

0.1%

Other

763

1.4%

TOTAL

53,586

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): -1

2008 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

32,589

56.6%

John McCain (R)

23,795

41.3%

Ralph Nader (I)

510

0.9%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

254

0.4%

Other

440

0.8%

TOTAL

57,588

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): -4

2004 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

25,448

44.6%

John Kerry (D)

31,049

54.4%

Ralph Nader (I)

345

0.6%

Other

217

0.4%

TOTAL

57,059

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): -6

2000 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

22,150

42.9%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

28,251

54.7%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

972

1.9%

Other

263

0.5%

TOTAL

51,636

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -5

1996 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

27,835

56.1%

Robert Dole (R)

16,038

32.3%

Ross Perot (Ref)

5,410

10.9%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

141

0.3%

Other

179

0.4%

TOTAL

49,603

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): -8

1992 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

26,492

48.7%

George Bush* (R)

16,383

30.1%

Ross Perot (I)

11,258

20.7%

Other

222

0.4%

TOTAL

54,355

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -7

1988 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

20,710

42.1%

Michael Dukakis (D)

28,225

57.4%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

149

0.3%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

49,152

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): -11

1984 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

26,198

53.4%

Walter Mondale (D)

22,597

46.1%

Other

235

0.5%

TOTAL

49,030

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -5

1980 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

25,331

46.4%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

24,517

44.9%

John Anderson (I)

3,886

7.1%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

690

1.3%

Other

168

0.3%

TOTAL

54,592

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -4

1976 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

25,958

52.2%

Gerald Ford* (R)

23,174

46.6%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

423

0.9%

Other

134

0.3%

TOTAL

49,689

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

23,094

50.1%

George McGovern (D)

21,712

47.1%

John Schmitz (Amer)

1,254

2.7%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

46,118

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -11

1968 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

18,779

44.1%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

21,410

50.3%

George Wallace (AIP)

2,291

5.4%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

42,567

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): 1

1964 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

29,754

71.3%

Barry Goldwater (R)

11,896

28.5%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

41,706

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -10

1960 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

22,998

52.3%

Richard Nixon (R)

20,909

47.5%

Other

104

0.2%

TOTAL

44,011

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): -2

1956 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

23,519

60.4%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

15,301

39.3%

Other

128

0.3%

TOTAL

38,948

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 3

1952 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

20,087

58.4%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

14,113

41.0%

Other

196

0.6%

TOTAL

34,396

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): 3

1948 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

14,349

51.3%

Thomas Dewey (R)

13,321

47.6%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

117

0.4%

Other

210

0.8%

TOTAL

27,997

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): 2

1944 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

15,602

50.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

15,459

49.5%

Other

143

0.5%

TOTAL

31,204

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 4

1940 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

14,902

50.4%

Wendell Willkie (R)

14,618

49.4%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

29,587

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 5

1936 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

13,789

55.4%

Alf Landon (R)

8,729

35.1%

William Lemke (Union)

2,292

9.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

0.2%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

24,885

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -1

1932 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

14,708

58.6%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

9,816

39.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

545

2.2%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

25,092

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): 0

1928 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

12,467

56.9%

Al Smith (D)

9,395

42.9%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

0.1%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

21,917

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -1

1924 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

14,861

64.8%

John Davis (D)

5,881

25.6%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

1,991

8.7%

Other

218

0.9%

TOTAL

22,951

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): 11

1920 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

13,933

64.9%

James Cox (D)

7,011

32.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

180

0.8%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

207

1.0%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

0.3%

Other

0.3%

TOTAL

21,460

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): 5

1916 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

5,996

45.7%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

6,708

51.1%

Allan Benson (Soc)

317

2.4%

James Hanly (Proh)

0.5%

Other

0.3%

TOTAL

13,130

Turnout: 32%	Diff (US): 5

1912 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

2,990

26.7%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

4,760

42.4%

William Taft* (R)

2,625

23.4%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

521

4.6%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

238

2.1%

Other

0.7%

TOTAL

11,217

Turnout: 28%	Diff (US): 0

1908 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

6,760

58.2%

William J. Bryan (D)

4,223

36.4%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

403

3.5%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

180

1.6%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.2%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

11,611

Turnout: 30%	Diff (US): 7

1904 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

7,609

68.3%

Alton Parker (D)

3,142

28.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

0.7%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

245

2.2%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

0.2%

Other

0.5%

TOTAL

11,148

Turnout: 30%	Diff (US): 12

1900 President, Bay City, MI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

6,462

54.6%

William J. Bryan (D)

5,081

42.9%

John Woolley (Proh)

233

2.0%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

0.2%

Other

0.3%

TOTAL

11,836

Turnout: 33%	Diff (US): 3

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	91,587	89.07%	6.8%
Black:	1,894	1.84%	20.3%
Indian:	548	0.53%	15.1%
Asian:	634	0.62%	9.5%
2+ races:	2,047	1.99%	16.0%
Hispanic:	6,111	5.94%	20.0%

Total non-White:	11,234	10.93%	17.9%

Change in White population:	-6,654	-6.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,704	1.6

Bay City, MI Metro Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Bay City, MI Metro Area