Branch County, Michigan

2024 results by precinct

43 precincts · 21,089 votes cast

Trump · R+42

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−42.4%	5,911	14,848	21,089
2020	R	−38.5%	6,159	14,064	20,536
2016	R	−38.1%	5,061	11,786	17,663
2012	R	−18.2%	6,913	10,035	17,147
2008	R	−6.1%	8,413	9,534	18,285
2004	R	−21.0%	7,004	10,784	17,967
2000	R	−13.0%	6,691	8,743	15,783
1996	D	+1.7%	6,567	6,321	14,805
1992	R	−0.8%	5,850	5,976	16,593
1988	R	−27.5%	5,231	9,225	14,531
1984	R	−47.8%	3,860	11,004	14,945
1980	R	−34.4%	4,635	10,224	16,230
1976	R	−13.2%	6,301	8,251	14,802
1972	R	−25.9%	4,887	8,388	13,526
1968	R	−20.2%	4,518	7,071	12,654
1964	D	+21.1%	7,858	5,110	13,034
1960	R	−29.4%	4,759	8,752	13,587
1956	R	−39.5%	3,827	8,856	12,744
1952	R	−43.9%	3,564	9,215	12,884
1948	R	−29.1%	3,405	6,323	10,027
1944	R	−35.3%	3,406	7,155	10,609
1940	R	−26.2%	4,318	7,400	11,764
1936	R	−0.9%	5,425	5,528	11,375
1932	D	+9.6%	5,685	4,663	10,640
1928	R	−49.7%	2,266	6,818	9,150
1924	R	−40.5%	2,253	6,016	9,302
1920	R	−43.1%	2,181	5,704	8,181
1916	R	−0.6%	3,062	3,100	6,356
1912	D	+5.2%	2,185	1,865	6,193
1908	R	−20.3%	2,402	3,715	6,463
1904	R	−44.3%	1,598	4,385	6,289
1900	R	−11.1%	3,419	4,293	7,844
1896	D	+4.9%	3,976	3,596	7,720
1892	R	−16.9%	2,161	3,271	6,584
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%

African American

1.4%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

0.9%

2.6%

75–84

3.5%

6.0%

65–74

5.8%

7.2%

55–64

6.7%

6.5%

45–54

5.2%

6.4%

35–44

5.2%

6.6%

25–34

5.6%

3.9%

18–24

3.7%

8.7%

5–17

8.4%

3.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$63,724

Branch County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Branch County$63,724

Michigan$72,875

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

14.3%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.6%

Baptist

2.5%

Methodist

2.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.7%

Non-Christian

0.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Branch County, anchored by Coldwater, posts presidential margins that routinely exceed 40 points Republican — an outlier even within a state where rural counties trend heavily red. Its manufacturing and agricultural base has tracked rightward for more than a decade.

The Republican margin in Branch County reached its widest at fifty points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was forty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Branch County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,724, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 45,300 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 Osceola County and Kalkaska County.

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