2022 population: 261,173
( 65,416 from 2010
, 490 from 2020)
Land area: 562.0 square miles
Population density: 464.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 198,859 | 76.14% | 24.4% |
Black: | 29,663 | 11.36% | 0.1% |
Indian: | 934 | 0.36% | 35.7% |
Asian: | 7,534 | 2.88% | 35.2% |
2+ races: | 9,140 | 3.50% | 5.8% |
Hispanic: | 15,043 | 5.76% | 15.1% |
Total non-White: | 62,314 | 23.86% | 1.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 6,256 | 12.0 |
Deaths: | 5,753 | 11.0 |
Net Migration: | -1,990 | -3.8 |
Net Immigration: | 969 | 1.9 |
Change in White population: | -64,216 | -19.7 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | -1,200 | -0.4 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +5,789 | D +10,749 | D + 5.5% | |
D +16,538 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +4,161 | D +10,474 | D + 5.7% | |
D +14,635 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +5,269 | D +1,366 | R + 0.7% | |
D +6,635 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -520 | R +9,383 | R + 6.2% | |
D -9,903 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 70% | Joe Biden (D) | 83,686 | 58.2% | Donald Trump* (R) | 56,823 | 39.5% | 3,237 [+] | 2.3% | 143,746 | -7 | 0.09% |
2016 | 63% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 67,148 | 53.2% | Donald Trump (R) | 51,034 | 40.4% | 8,117 [+] | 6.4% | 126,299 | -5 | 0.09% |
2012 | 63% | Barack Obama* (D) | 69,051 | 55.8% | Mitt Romney (R) | 52,662 | 42.6% | 1,977 [+] | 1.6% | 123,690 | -5 | 0.10% |
2008 | 69% | Barack Obama (D) | 77,051 | 58.8% | John McCain (R) | 51,554 | 39.3% | 2,456 [+] | 1.9% | 131,061 | -6 | 0.10% |
2004 | 64% | John Kerry (D) | 61,462 | 51.3% | George W. Bush* (R) | 57,147 | 47.7% | 1,174 [+] | 1.0% | 119,783 | -3 | 0.10% |
2000 | 56% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 48,807 | 48.5% | George W. Bush (R) | 48,254 | 47.9% | 3,595 [+] | 3.6% | 100,656 | 0 | 0.10% |
1996 | 53% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 45,644 | 49.0% | Robert Dole (R) | 40,703 | 43.7% | 6,788 [+] | 7.3% | 93,135 | 3 | 0.10% |
1992 | 61% | Bill Clinton (D) | 43,568 | 41.9% | George Bush* (R) | 38,035 | 36.6% | 22,255 [+] | 21.4% | 103,858 | -1 | 0.10% |
1988 | 54% | George Bush (R) | 50,205 | 55.6% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 39,457 | 43.7% | 573 [+] | 0.6% | 90,235 | 2 | 0.10% |
1984 | 57% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 58,327 | 63.8% | Walter Mondale (D) | 32,460 | 35.5% | 601 | 0.7% | 91,388 | 5 | 0.10% |
1980 | 61% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 48,669 | 50.9% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 34,528 | 36.1% | 12,420 [+] | 13.0% | 95,617 | 0 | 0.11% |
1976 | 47% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 51,462 | 59.1% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 33,411 | 38.4% | 2,212 [+] | 2.5% | 87,085 | 11 | 0.11% |
1972 | 48% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 50,405 | 58.8% | George McGovern (D) | 33,324 | 38.9% | 2,041 [+] | 2.4% | 85,770 | -2 | 0.11% |
1968 | 48% | Richard Nixon (R) | 39,796 | 53.9% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 26,437 | 35.8% | 7,599 [+] | 10.3% | 73,832 | 11 | 0.10% |
1964 | 48% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 40,789 | 59.9% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 27,100 | 39.8% | 215 | 0.3% | 68,104 | 1 | 0.10% |
1960 | 51% | Richard Nixon (R) | 42,800 | 63.5% | John Kennedy (D) | 24,286 | 36.0% | 348 | 0.5% | 67,434 | 14 | 0.10% |
1956 | 47% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 43,305 | 70.5% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 17,808 | 29.0% | 320 | 0.5% | 61,433 | 13 | 0.10% |
1952 | 49% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 38,847 | 66.8% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 18,967 | 32.6% | 371 | 0.6% | 58,185 | 12 | 0.09% |
1948 | 39% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 23,799 | 57.3% | Harry Truman* (D) | 16,393 | 39.5% | 1,325 [+] | 3.2% | 41,517 | 12 | 0.09% |
1944 | 42% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 24,974 | 60.0% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 16,223 | 38.9% | 457 | 1.1% | 41,654 | 14 | 0.09% |
1940 | 48% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 25,596 | 58.7% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 17,733 | 40.7% | 293 | 0.7% | 43,622 | 14 | 0.09% |
1936 | 45% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 17,870 | 47.8% | Alf Landon (R) | 17,824 | 47.7% | 1,686 [+] | 4.5% | 37,380 | 11 | 0.08% |
1932 | 42% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 18,584 | 55.0% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 13,974 | 41.4% | 1,227 [+] | 3.6% | 33,785 | 15 | 0.08% |
1928 | 40% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 23,626 | 79.2% | Al Smith (D) | 5,946 | 19.9% | 258 [+] | 0.9% | 29,830 | 21 | 0.08% |
1924 | 35% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 18,451 | 75.3% | John Davis (D) | 3,587 | 14.6% | 2,462 [+] | 10.0% | 24,500 | 21 | 0.08% |
1920 | 32% | Warren Harding (R) | 13,765 | 67.5% | James Cox (D) | 5,271 | 25.9% | 1,348 [+] | 6.6% | 20,384 | 7 | 0.08% |
1916 | 23% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 7,164 | 50.5% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 5,951 | 42.0% | 1,058 [+] | 7.5% | 14,173 | -4 | 0.08% |
1912 | 21% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 4,177 | 33.8% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 3,660 | 29.6% | 4,523 [+] | 36.6% | 12,360 | -2 | 0.08% |
1908 | 22% | William Taft (R) | 6,511 | 54.6% | William J. Bryan (D) | 4,477 | 37.6% | 930 [+] | 7.8% | 11,918 | 3 | 0.08% |
1904 | 23% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 7,163 | 62.3% | Alton Parker (D) | 3,264 | 28.4% | 1,064 [+] | 9.3% | 11,491 | 6 | 0.08% |
1900 | 24% | William McKinley* (R) | 6,010 | 53.6% | William J. Bryan (D) | 4,707 | 42.0% | 492 [+] | 4.4% | 11,209 | 2 | 0.08% |
2020 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 83,686 | 58.2% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 56,823 | 39.5% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 2,064 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,173 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 143,746 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 67,148 | 53.2% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 51,034 | 40.4% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 5,644 | 4.5% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 1,634 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 296 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 543 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 126,299 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 69,051 | 55.8% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 52,662 | 42.6% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 283 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 1,694 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 123,690 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 77,051 | 58.8% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 51,554 | 39.3% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 836 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 770 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 850 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 131,061 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 57,147 | 47.7% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 61,462 | 51.3% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 620 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 554 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 119,783 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 48,254 | 47.9% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 48,807 | 48.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 3,086 | 3.1% | ||||||||
Other | 509 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 100,656 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 45,644 | 49.0% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 40,703 | 43.7% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 5,867 | 6.3% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 479 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 442 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 93,135 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 43,568 | 41.9% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 38,035 | 36.6% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 21,666 | 20.9% | ||||||||
Other | 589 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 103,858 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 50,205 | 55.6% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 39,457 | 43.7% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 333 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 240 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 90,235 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 58,327 | 63.8% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 32,460 | 35.5% | ||||||||
Other | 601 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 91,388 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 48,669 | 50.9% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 34,528 | 36.1% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 10,833 | 11.3% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 1,123 | 1.2% | ||||||||
Other | 464 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 95,617 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 33,411 | 38.4% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 51,462 | 59.1% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 1,858 | 2.1% | ||||||||
Other | 354 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 87,085 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 50,405 | 58.8% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 33,324 | 38.9% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 1,819 | 2.1% | ||||||||
Other | 222 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 85,770 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 39,796 | 53.9% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 26,437 | 35.8% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 7,398 | 10.0% | ||||||||
Other | 201 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 73,832 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 40,789 | 59.9% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 27,100 | 39.8% | ||||||||
Other | 215 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 68,104 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 24,286 | 36.0% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 42,800 | 63.5% | ||||||||
Other | 348 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 67,434 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 43,305 | 70.5% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 17,808 | 29.0% | ||||||||
Other | 320 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 61,433 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 38,847 | 66.8% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 18,967 | 32.6% | ||||||||
Other | 371 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 58,185 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 16,393 | 39.5% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 23,799 | 57.3% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 528 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 797 | 1.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 41,517 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 16,223 | 38.9% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 24,974 | 60.0% | ||||||||
Other | 457 | 1.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 41,654 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 17,733 | 40.7% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 25,596 | 58.7% | ||||||||
Other | 293 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 43,622 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 17,870 | 47.8% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 17,824 | 47.7% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 1,396 | 3.7% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 151 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 139 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,380 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 13,974 | 41.4% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 18,584 | 55.0% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 873 | 2.6% | ||||||||
Other | 354 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,785 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 23,626 | 79.2% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 5,946 | 19.9% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 158 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 100 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 29,830 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 18,451 | 75.3% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 3,587 | 14.6% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 2,283 | 9.3% | ||||||||
Other | 179 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 24,500 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 13,765 | 67.5% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 5,271 | 25.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 548 | 2.7% | ||||||||
Parley Christiansen (FL) | 521 | 2.6% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 217 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 62 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 20,384 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 7,164 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 5,951 | 42.0% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 794 | 5.6% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 243 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Other | 21 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 14,173 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 3,660 | 29.6% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 4,177 | 33.8% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 2,642 | 21.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,438 | 11.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 403 | 3.3% | ||||||||
Other | 40 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 12,360 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 6,511 | 54.6% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 4,477 | 37.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 425 | 3.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 448 | 3.8% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 37 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 20 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 11,918 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 7,163 | 62.3% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 3,264 | 28.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 479 | 4.2% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 495 | 4.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 26 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 64 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 11,491 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 6,010 | 53.6% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 4,707 | 42.0% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 256 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 192 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Other | 44 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 11,209 | |||||||||
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