Branson, MO · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Taney County, Missouri. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Branson, MO, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Branson, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
36,552
2018
36,027
2020
39,588
2022
38,059
2024
41,113
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+250 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,732 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Branson, MO in Branson, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+545
2012
+104
2013
+270
2014
+460
2015
+297
2016
+329
2017
+434
2018
+602
2019
+145
2021
+496
2022
+620
2023
+159
2024
+21
2025
+250
Branson's economy runs on entertainment-driven tourism, drawing millions of visitors annually while its permanent resident base stays small — a mismatch that shapes registration patterns and turnout rates in ways atypical for a metro its size.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 59.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.3 points.
A population of 56,529, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,497 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Joplin, MO-KS and Poplar Bluff, MO.
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In 2024, Branson, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 59.3 points (R+59.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,824 votes cast, 5,329 went Democratic and 21,236 went Republican.
How many people live in Branson, MO, Missouri?
Branson, MO, Missouri has a population of 56,529 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Branson, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in Branson, MO, Missouri is $56,497 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of Branson, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Branson, MO, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 34 went Republican.
