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Elections in Iowa |
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by a comfortable margin of about 13 points. [1] This is the last presidential election in which a Republican has won Iowa by more than 10 points until 2024, as well as the last time a Republican won Polk County, [2] home to Iowa's capital and most populated city, Des Moines. It was also the last time until Donald Trump in 2016 that a Republican presidential candidate won the following counties: Boone, Cerro Gordo, Lee, Webster and Worth. [2]
Candidate | SDE | Delegates |
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Jimmy Carter(incumbent) | 1,840 | 35 |
Ted Kennedy | 995 | 19 |
Uncommitted | 304 | 0 |
Totals | 3,139 | 54 |
Note: SDE stands for 'State Delegate Equivalents' which (until 2020) was the closest thing to a popular vote available for the Democratic Caucus.
Candidate | Votes | Delegates |
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George H.W. Bush | 33,530 | 15 |
Ronald Reagan | 31,348 | 15 |
Howard Baker | 16,216 | 8 |
John Connally | 9,861 | 0 |
Phil Crane | 7,135 | 0 |
John Anderson | 4,585 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 1,800 | 0 |
Robert Dole | 1,576 | 0 |
Totals | 106,051 | 38 |
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Ronald Reagan of California | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 8 | 676,026 | 51.31% |
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | Democratic | 0 | 508,672 | 38.60% |
John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent | 0 | 115,633 | 8.78% |
Edward E. Clark | David Koch | Libertarian | 0 | 13,123 | 1.00% |
Barry Commoner | LaDonna Harris | Citizens | 0 | 2,273 | 0.17% |
David McReynolds | Diane Drufenbrock | Socialist | 0 | 534 | 0.04% |
— | — | Write-ins | 0 | 519 | 0.04% |
Gus Hall | Angela Davis | Communist | 0 | 298 | 0.02% |
Clifton DeBerry | Matilde Zimmermann | Socialist Workers | 0 | 244 | 0.02% |
Percy Greaves Jr. | Frank Varnum | American | 0 | 189 | 0.01% |
Benjamin Bubar | Earl Dodge | Statesman | 0 | 150 | 0.01% |
County [3] | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Nominated By Petition | Ed Clark Libertarian | Barry Commoner Citizens | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 2,821 | 60.16% | 1,454 | 31.01% | 356 | 7.59% | 48 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,367 | 29.15% | 4,689 |
Adams | 1,779 | 59.62% | 940 | 31.50% | 214 | 7.17% | 45 | 1.51% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.13% | 839 | 28.12% | 2,984 |
Allamakee | 4,000 | 60.73% | 2,170 | 32.95% | 343 | 5.21% | 54 | 0.82% | 11 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,830 | 27.78% | 6,586 |
Appanoose | 3,544 | 52.68% | 2,769 | 41.16% | 353 | 5.25% | 50 | 0.74% | 5 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.10% | 775 | 11.52% | 6,728 |
Audubon | 2,523 | 57.96% | 1,546 | 35.52% | 251 | 5.77% | 25 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | 977 | 22.44% | 4,353 |
Benton | 5,329 | 50.11% | 4,223 | 39.71% | 948 | 8.91% | 116 | 1.09% | 6 | 0.06% | 13 | 0.12% | 1,106 | 10.40% | 10,635 |
Black Hawk | 29,627 | 46.49% | 27,443 | 43.07% | 5,847 | 9.18% | 535 | 0.84% | 121 | 0.19% | 149 | 0.23% | 2,184 | 3.42% | 63,722 |
Boone | 5,732 | 47.42% | 5,126 | 42.41% | 1,081 | 8.94% | 120 | 0.99% | 16 | 0.13% | 12 | 0.10% | 606 | 5.01% | 12,087 |
Bremer | 6,706 | 59.25% | 3,527 | 31.16% | 970 | 8.57% | 97 | 0.86% | 13 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.04% | 3,179 | 28.09% | 11,318 |
Buchanan | 5,041 | 53.50% | 3,605 | 38.26% | 689 | 7.31% | 76 | 0.81% | 6 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,436 | 15.24% | 9,422 |
Buena Vista | 5,272 | 54.49% | 3,468 | 35.84% | 771 | 7.97% | 144 | 1.49% | 8 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.13% | 1,804 | 18.65% | 9,676 |
Butler | 4,730 | 65.90% | 1,990 | 27.73% | 392 | 5.46% | 56 | 0.78% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,740 | 38.17% | 7,177 |
Calhoun | 3,633 | 57.41% | 2,150 | 33.98% | 407 | 6.43% | 122 | 1.93% | 4 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,483 | 23.43% | 6,328 |
Carroll | 5,017 | 51.53% | 3,885 | 39.90% | 736 | 7.56% | 84 | 0.86% | 7 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,132 | 11.63% | 9,737 |
Cass | 5,391 | 66.34% | 2,176 | 26.78% | 475 | 5.85% | 70 | 0.86% | 3 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.14% | 3,215 | 39.56% | 8,126 |
Cedar | 4,398 | 56.41% | 2,589 | 33.21% | 697 | 8.94% | 83 | 1.06% | 18 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.15% | 1,809 | 23.20% | 7,797 |
Cerro Gordo | 11,189 | 49.01% | 9,363 | 41.02% | 2,024 | 8.87% | 185 | 0.81% | 31 | 0.14% | 36 | 0.16% | 1,826 | 7.99% | 22,828 |
Cherokee | 4,087 | 54.49% | 2,719 | 36.25% | 599 | 7.99% | 81 | 1.08% | 2 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,368 | 18.24% | 7,500 |
Chickasaw | 3,929 | 52.86% | 2,935 | 39.49% | 500 | 6.73% | 60 | 0.81% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.09% | 994 | 13.37% | 7,433 |
Clarke | 2,417 | 54.88% | 1,614 | 36.65% | 310 | 7.04% | 59 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 803 | 18.23% | 4,404 |
Clay | 4,479 | 51.11% | 3,179 | 36.27% | 991 | 11.31% | 101 | 1.15% | 7 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,300 | 14.84% | 8,764 |
Clayton | 5,115 | 55.56% | 3,297 | 35.81% | 669 | 7.27% | 106 | 1.15% | 9 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.11% | 1,818 | 19.75% | 9,206 |
Clinton | 13,025 | 51.66% | 9,698 | 38.47% | 2,140 | 8.49% | 260 | 1.03% | 35 | 0.14% | 53 | 0.21% | 3,327 | 13.19% | 25,211 |
Crawford | 4,883 | 61.02% | 2,500 | 31.24% | 509 | 6.36% | 97 | 1.21% | 10 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,383 | 29.78% | 8,002 |
Dallas | 6,296 | 48.57% | 5,310 | 40.96% | 1,200 | 9.26% | 128 | 0.99% | 16 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.11% | 986 | 7.61% | 12,964 |
Davis | 2,003 | 50.97% | 1,689 | 42.98% | 200 | 5.09% | 32 | 0.81% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.10% | 314 | 7.99% | 3,930 |
Decatur | 2,212 | 47.67% | 2,048 | 44.14% | 318 | 6.85% | 50 | 1.08% | 7 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.11% | 164 | 3.53% | 4,640 |
Delaware | 4,316 | 55.38% | 2,671 | 34.27% | 727 | 9.33% | 62 | 0.80% | 16 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,645 | 21.11% | 7,794 |
Des Moines | 9,158 | 44.85% | 9,977 | 48.87% | 1,041 | 5.10% | 183 | 0.90% | 29 | 0.14% | 29 | 0.14% | -819 | -4.02% | 20,417 |
Dickinson | 4,028 | 54.13% | 2,620 | 35.21% | 687 | 9.23% | 86 | 1.16% | 11 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.13% | 1,408 | 18.92% | 7,442 |
Dubuque | 18,649 | 44.90% | 18,689 | 44.99% | 3,708 | 8.93% | 368 | 0.89% | 67 | 0.16% | 58 | 0.14% | -40 | -0.09% | 41,539 |
Emmet | 3,062 | 53.49% | 2,153 | 37.61% | 446 | 7.79% | 55 | 0.96% | 4 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.07% | 909 | 15.88% | 5,724 |
Fayette | 6,374 | 55.32% | 4,377 | 37.98% | 647 | 5.61% | 100 | 0.87% | 10 | 0.09% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,997 | 17.34% | 11,523 |
Floyd | 4,665 | 51.16% | 3,634 | 39.86% | 728 | 7.98% | 66 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.05% | 20 | 0.22% | 1,031 | 11.30% | 9,118 |
Franklin | 3,290 | 57.90% | 1,920 | 33.79% | 406 | 7.15% | 56 | 0.99% | 3 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,370 | 24.11% | 5,682 |
Fremont | 2,693 | 65.19% | 1,203 | 29.12% | 191 | 4.62% | 43 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,490 | 36.07% | 4,131 |
Greene | 3,154 | 53.11% | 2,210 | 37.21% | 510 | 8.59% | 55 | 0.93% | 5 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.08% | 944 | 15.90% | 5,939 |
Grundy | 4,644 | 66.10% | 1,869 | 26.60% | 440 | 6.26% | 56 | 0.80% | 10 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.10% | 2,775 | 39.50% | 7,026 |
Guthrie | 3,214 | 58.29% | 1,866 | 33.84% | 384 | 6.96% | 44 | 0.80% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,348 | 24.45% | 5,514 |
Hamilton | 4,745 | 57.40% | 2,741 | 33.16% | 679 | 8.21% | 82 | 0.99% | 11 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.10% | 2,004 | 24.24% | 8,266 |
Hancock | 3,681 | 60.42% | 1,918 | 31.48% | 462 | 7.58% | 17 | 0.28% | 8 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,763 | 28.94% | 6,092 |
Hardin | 5,329 | 53.72% | 3,757 | 37.87% | 730 | 7.36% | 89 | 0.90% | 3 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.12% | 1,572 | 15.85% | 9,920 |
Harrison | 4,502 | 63.83% | 2,152 | 30.51% | 311 | 4.41% | 81 | 1.15% | 1 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,350 | 33.32% | 7,053 |
Henry | 4,430 | 52.35% | 3,317 | 39.20% | 629 | 7.43% | 70 | 0.83% | 11 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,113 | 13.15% | 8,462 |
Howard | 2,975 | 53.35% | 2,214 | 39.71% | 336 | 6.03% | 42 | 0.75% | 5 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.07% | 761 | 13.64% | 5,576 |
Humboldt | 3,575 | 60.60% | 1,840 | 31.19% | 394 | 6.68% | 77 | 1.31% | 7 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,735 | 29.41% | 5,899 |
Ida | 2,825 | 64.88% | 1,235 | 28.36% | 254 | 5.83% | 37 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,590 | 36.52% | 4,354 |
Iowa | 4,153 | 55.21% | 2,606 | 34.65% | 667 | 8.87% | 84 | 1.12% | 5 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.09% | 1,547 | 20.56% | 7,522 |
Jackson | 4,479 | 51.17% | 3,518 | 40.19% | 622 | 7.11% | 106 | 1.21% | 16 | 0.18% | 13 | 0.15% | 961 | 10.98% | 8,754 |
Jasper | 8,286 | 48.84% | 7,258 | 42.78% | 1,221 | 7.20% | 152 | 0.90% | 28 | 0.17% | 21 | 0.12% | 1,028 | 6.06% | 16,966 |
Jefferson | 4,099 | 56.16% | 2,577 | 35.31% | 505 | 6.92% | 99 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.14% | 1,522 | 20.85% | 7,299 |
Johnson | 13,642 | 31.73% | 20,122 | 46.80% | 8,101 | 18.84% | 508 | 1.18% | 403 | 0.94% | 221 | 0.51% | -6,480 | -15.07% | 42,997 |
Jones | 4,506 | 50.56% | 3,521 | 39.50% | 759 | 8.52% | 114 | 1.28% | 4 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.10% | 985 | 11.06% | 8,913 |
Keokuk | 3,145 | 52.64% | 2,390 | 40.00% | 369 | 6.18% | 62 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 8 | 0.13% | 755 | 12.64% | 5,975 |
Kossuth | 5,568 | 54.26% | 3,810 | 37.13% | 775 | 7.55% | 94 | 0.92% | 10 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,758 | 17.13% | 10,262 |
Lee | 8,793 | 48.14% | 8,204 | 44.92% | 1,047 | 5.73% | 183 | 1.00% | 21 | 0.11% | 17 | 0.09% | 589 | 3.22% | 18,265 |
Linn | 36,254 | 46.35% | 31,950 | 40.84% | 8,773 | 11.22% | 994 | 1.27% | 107 | 0.14% | 146 | 0.19% | 4,304 | 5.51% | 78,224 |
Louisa | 2,530 | 55.19% | 1,700 | 37.09% | 291 | 6.35% | 57 | 1.24% | 4 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.04% | 830 | 18.10% | 4,584 |
Lucas | 2,593 | 52.61% | 1,989 | 40.35% | 291 | 5.90% | 49 | 0.99% | 6 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 604 | 12.26% | 4,929 |
Lyon | 4,349 | 70.05% | 1,431 | 23.05% | 375 | 6.04% | 48 | 0.77% | 2 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,918 | 47.00% | 6,208 |
Madison | 3,320 | 51.79% | 2,496 | 38.93% | 505 | 7.88% | 72 | 1.12% | 7 | 0.11% | 11 | 0.17% | 824 | 12.86% | 6,411 |
Mahaska | 5,650 | 54.52% | 3,968 | 38.29% | 603 | 5.82% | 106 | 1.02% | 21 | 0.20% | 15 | 0.14% | 1,682 | 16.23% | 10,363 |
Marion | 6,665 | 49.30% | 5,490 | 40.61% | 1,232 | 9.11% | 108 | 0.80% | 10 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.10% | 1,175 | 8.69% | 13,518 |
Marshall | 10,707 | 54.56% | 7,114 | 36.25% | 1,541 | 7.85% | 188 | 0.96% | 37 | 0.19% | 39 | 0.20% | 3,593 | 18.31% | 19,626 |
Mills | 3,581 | 69.09% | 1,244 | 24.00% | 281 | 5.42% | 60 | 1.16% | 6 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.21% | 2,337 | 45.09% | 5,183 |
Mitchell | 3,401 | 58.00% | 2,040 | 34.79% | 361 | 6.16% | 49 | 0.84% | 5 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.14% | 1,361 | 23.21% | 5,864 |
Monona | 3,268 | 61.85% | 1,660 | 31.42% | 275 | 5.20% | 69 | 1.31% | 6 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,608 | 30.43% | 5,284 |
Monroe | 2,003 | 48.65% | 1,866 | 45.32% | 216 | 5.25% | 22 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.15% | 137 | 3.33% | 4,117 |
Montgomery | 4,115 | 67.97% | 1,556 | 25.70% | 301 | 4.97% | 65 | 1.07% | 5 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.20% | 2,559 | 42.27% | 6,054 |
Muscatine | 7,829 | 51.69% | 5,597 | 36.96% | 1,522 | 10.05% | 160 | 1.06% | 21 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.11% | 2,232 | 14.73% | 15,145 |
O'Brien | 4,937 | 63.61% | 2,210 | 28.48% | 536 | 6.91% | 63 | 0.81% | 8 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.09% | 2,727 | 35.13% | 7,761 |
Osceola | 2,177 | 62.45% | 1,051 | 30.15% | 234 | 6.71% | 20 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,126 | 32.30% | 3,486 |
Page | 5,618 | 71.93% | 1,772 | 22.69% | 356 | 4.56% | 49 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.13% | 3,846 | 49.24% | 7,810 |
Palo Alto | 3,025 | 50.69% | 2,463 | 41.27% | 412 | 6.90% | 60 | 1.01% | 4 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.07% | 562 | 9.42% | 5,968 |
Plymouth | 6,515 | 62.97% | 2,965 | 28.66% | 756 | 7.31% | 92 | 0.89% | 8 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.10% | 3,550 | 34.31% | 10,346 |
Pocahontas | 3,194 | 56.17% | 1,959 | 34.45% | 397 | 6.98% | 113 | 1.99% | 7 | 0.12% | 16 | 0.28% | 1,235 | 21.72% | 5,686 |
Polk | 64,156 | 44.63% | 61,984 | 43.12% | 15,819 | 11.00% | 1,301 | 0.90% | 309 | 0.21% | 189 | 0.13% | 2,172 | 1.51% | 143,758 |
Pottawattamie | 20,222 | 60.96% | 10,709 | 32.29% | 1,870 | 5.64% | 319 | 0.96% | 17 | 0.05% | 33 | 0.10% | 9,513 | 28.67% | 33,170 |
Poweshiek | 4,598 | 50.52% | 3,529 | 38.77% | 821 | 9.02% | 72 | 0.79% | 66 | 0.73% | 16 | 0.18% | 1,069 | 11.75% | 9,102 |
Ringgold | 1,884 | 57.95% | 1,150 | 35.37% | 191 | 5.88% | 25 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 734 | 22.58% | 3,251 |
Sac | 3,725 | 59.47% | 1,976 | 31.55% | 467 | 7.46% | 89 | 1.42% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,749 | 27.92% | 6,264 |
Scott | 34,701 | 51.09% | 26,391 | 38.85% | 5,760 | 8.48% | 832 | 1.22% | 143 | 0.21% | 99 | 0.15% | 8,310 | 12.24% | 67,926 |
Shelby | 4,147 | 64.03% | 1,892 | 29.21% | 372 | 5.74% | 54 | 0.83% | 7 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,255 | 34.82% | 6,477 |
Sioux | 10,768 | 76.01% | 2,698 | 19.04% | 610 | 4.31% | 64 | 0.45% | 17 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.07% | 8,070 | 56.97% | 14,167 |
Story | 15,829 | 42.36% | 13,529 | 36.20% | 7,252 | 19.41% | 503 | 1.35% | 184 | 0.49% | 74 | 0.20% | 2,300 | 6.16% | 37,371 |
Tama | 4,840 | 56.27% | 3,049 | 35.45% | 593 | 6.89% | 98 | 1.14% | 8 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.16% | 1,791 | 20.82% | 8,602 |
Taylor | 2,715 | 64.44% | 1,226 | 29.10% | 240 | 5.70% | 28 | 0.66% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,489 | 35.34% | 4,213 |
Union | 3,372 | 56.40% | 2,182 | 36.49% | 368 | 6.15% | 46 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.13% | 1,190 | 19.91% | 5,979 |
Van Buren | 2,142 | 58.21% | 1,311 | 35.63% | 183 | 4.97% | 36 | 0.98% | 2 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.16% | 831 | 22.58% | 3,680 |
Wapello | 7,475 | 42.31% | 8,923 | 50.50% | 1,050 | 5.94% | 176 | 1.00% | 27 | 0.15% | 17 | 0.10% | -1,448 | -8.19% | 17,668 |
Warren | 7,360 | 47.43% | 6,610 | 42.59% | 1,369 | 8.82% | 131 | 0.84% | 22 | 0.14% | 27 | 0.17% | 750 | 4.84% | 15,519 |
Washington | 3,967 | 52.01% | 2,877 | 37.72% | 703 | 9.22% | 67 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,090 | 14.29% | 7,627 |
Wayne | 2,221 | 54.12% | 1,627 | 39.64% | 218 | 5.31% | 36 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 594 | 14.48% | 4,104 |
Webster | 10,438 | 49.63% | 9,001 | 42.80% | 1,386 | 6.59% | 154 | 0.73% | 28 | 0.13% | 23 | 0.11% | 1,437 | 6.83% | 21,030 |
Winnebago | 3,808 | 58.77% | 2,208 | 34.08% | 417 | 6.44% | 35 | 0.54% | 4 | 0.06% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,600 | 24.69% | 6,479 |
Winneshiek | 5,033 | 54.10% | 3,201 | 34.40% | 938 | 10.08% | 81 | 0.87% | 39 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.13% | 1,832 | 19.70% | 9,304 |
Woodbury | 23,553 | 54.43% | 15,930 | 36.81% | 3,184 | 7.36% | 489 | 1.13% | 41 | 0.09% | 78 | 0.18% | 7,623 | 17.62% | 43,275 |
Worth | 2,247 | 52.13% | 1,721 | 39.93% | 301 | 6.98% | 31 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.12% | 526 | 12.20% | 4,310 |
Wright | 3,936 | 55.07% | 2,645 | 37.01% | 497 | 6.95% | 57 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,291 | 18.06% | 7,147 |
Totals | 676,026 | 51.31% | 508,672 | 38.60% | 115,633 | 8.78% | 13,123 | 1.00% | 2,273 | 0.17% | 1,934 | 0.15% | 167,354 | 12.71% | 1,317,661 |
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The 1984 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Iowa was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California, who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas, and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York, the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. While the majority of counties turned out for Reagan, the politically volatile state of Iowa was a relatively narrow victory for him, thanks in part to the Midwest Farm Crisis of the early 1980s. The relatively weak Republican trend for this election is highlighted with the loss of Des Moines's highly populated Polk County to Mondale.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
The 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4, 1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Iowa was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Iowa voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and his running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against the Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Iowa has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.
The 1976 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1972, as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1968 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1968. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
The 1968 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1964 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1964 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1952 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1932 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.