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1876–2024
Bay City, TX·Texas

Bay City, TX has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
TX
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
36,329
2024 ACS

Bay City, TX, Texas: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+50%. Democratic peak: D+66 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+50MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
36,3292024 5-year
Median household income
$58,6282024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
52.5%2024 5-year
Black
10.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
43.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+66 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+50 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−50.5%
3,2319,95713,327
R
−44.5%
3,7339,84513,727
R
−39.9%
3,5008,36612,196
R
−33.5%
3,9808,04012,133
R
−27.4%
4,4407,83512,373
R
−30.1%
4,3558,11912,521
R
−23.2%
4,6967,58412,459
R
−4.0%
5,3745,87612,494
R
−4.3%
4,7595,32813,165
R
−8.8%
5,6756,78712,566
R
−23.7%
5,2018,45213,694
R
−9.2%
4,5855,54510,382
D
+14.8%
4,9713,6798,731
R
−33.8%
2,4735,0037,495
D
+5.9%
3,5953,0948,466
D
+26.5%
4,1432,4076,555
R
−0.1%
2,9712,9755,998
R
−34.2%
1,9043,9275,909
R
−32.5%
2,1014,1226,224
D
+18.6%
1,6281,0163,299
D
+47.0%
1,8544123,067
D
+53.5%
2,1566512,813
D
+57.3%
1,7004592,164
D
+66.3%
2,0394082,461
R
−18.0%
8291,1942,029
D
+19.4%
1,3538932,374
D
+3.5%
9929182,091
D
+45.5%
7482521,091
D
+54.3%
7101071,111
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
11.5%
English
8.3%
Irish
6.6%
American
4.3%
French
2.4%
Italian
1.9%
Scottish
0.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 37.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
0.8%
2.6%
75–84
3.2%
5.8%
65–74
5.3%
6.6%
55–64
6.8%
4.9%
45–54
5.5%
6.1%
35–44
5.7%
6.8%
25–34
6.1%
4.1%
18–24
3.6%
9.2%
5–17
9.5%
2.4%
<5
4.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,628
Bay City, TX ranks near the middle of US counties.
Bay City, TX$58,628
Texas$78,476
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.7%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1831.7%
Working age (18–64)17.7%
Seniors (65+)9.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
72.8%
speak English only
Spanish24.9%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
20.6%
Baptist
19.4%
Other Christian
8.6%
Methodist
3.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bay City, TX sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. Its political identity has been Republican for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Republican candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Republican margin in Bay City, TX reached its widest at fifty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,628, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 36,329 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Bay City, TX, Texas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/13060/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Bay City, TX, Texas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Bay City, TX, Texas voted Republican by 50.5 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,327 votes cast, 3,231 went Democratic and 9,957 went Republican.
What is Bay City, TX, Texas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Bay City, TX, Texas as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 17 times, and other 0 times.
When did Bay City, TX, Texas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Bay City, TX, Texas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Bay City, TX, Texas?
Bay City, TX, Texas has a population of 36,329 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bay City, TX, Texas?
Median household income in Bay City, TX, Texas is $58,628 — below the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Bay City, TX, Texas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bay City, TX, Texas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.