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1876–2024
Barry County, Michigan
Barry County·Michigan

Barry County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of west Michigan's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Barry County, Michigan · Ryano913~commonswiki · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
63,409
2024 ACS
Most similar
Noble County
IN · similarity 1.00
48 precincts · 38,683 votes cast
Trump · R+34
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−34.3%
12,39125,65038,683
2020R
−32.5%
11,79723,47135,905
2016R
−33.1%
9,11419,20230,517
2012R
−18.0%
11,49116,65528,617
2008R
−9.8%
13,44916,43130,565
2004R
−24.2%
11,31218,63830,272
2000R
−22.7%
9,76915,71626,244
1996R
−7.2%
9,46711,13923,120
1992R
−3.4%
8,6529,48924,599
1988R
−22.1%
7,98312,54620,681
1984R
−41.2%
5,89814,24520,265
1980R
−24.9%
6,85712,00620,654
1976R
−22.9%
6,96711,17818,388
1972R
−30.2%
5,48410,39316,233
1968R
−21.3%
5,2068,49215,400
1964D
+19.0%
8,1025,50913,650
1960R
−35.5%
4,4069,29813,767
1956R
−40.9%
3,9079,35913,329
1952R
−46.4%
3,2308,93312,287
1948R
−33.7%
2,7265,6778,768
1944R
−39.7%
3,0107,05710,203
1940R
−37.7%
3,0916,87210,025
1936R
−11.6%
3,8804,9509,255
1932R
−1.5%
4,4164,5569,258
1928R
−60.6%
1,4596,0447,561
1924R
−45.1%
2,0465,6567,998
1920R
−45.0%
1,8745,1547,291
1916R
−11.4%
2,4913,1575,866
1912D
+3.9%
1,8001,5855,496
1908R
−19.8%
2,1263,2475,651
1904R
−31.9%
1,8173,6755,826
1900R
−6.2%
2,8953,2946,403
1896R
−2.1%
3,1573,2946,637
1892R
−18.2%
1,8002,8545,801
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Italian
0.5%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
14.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.3%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Methodist
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 75.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Barry County has delivered double-digit Republican presidential margins for decades, and its 2024 result of R+34.3 reflects a largely white, small-town electorate concentrated around Hastings with minimal urban counterweight.

The Republican margin in Barry County reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Barry County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,500, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 63,409 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Noble County and Lyon County.