Kalamazoo-Portage, MI · 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: Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, 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 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Year
Total registered
2016
195,448
2018
196,052
2020
211,033
2022
211,544
2024
216,493
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−356 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,696 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+317
2012
+1,022
2013
+238
2014
+65
2015
−702
2016
−73
2017
+363
2018
+514
2019
−715
2021
−1,576
2022
−260
2023
+147
2024
−680
2025
−356
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI sits in the Great Lakes. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.7 points.
A population of 262,375, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,532 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lansing-East Lansing, MI and Iowa City, IA.
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How did Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan voted Democratic by 17.7 points (D+17.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 145,710 votes cast, 84,501 went Democratic and 58,671 went Republican.
When did Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan?
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan has a population of 262,375 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan?
Median household income in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan is $72,532 — below the national median of $80,734. The Michigan state median is $72,875.
What is the political history of Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI, Michigan from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
