United States presidential elections in Iowa

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Presidential elections in Iowa
Iowa in United States.svg
Number of elections45
Voted Democratic14
Voted Republican31
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate33
Voted for losing candidate12

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Iowa, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1846, Iowa has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Contents

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [a]
VotesPercentElectoral
votes
Notes
2024 [1] Donald Trump 927,01955.73 Kamala Harris 707,27842.52-6
2020 [2] Joe Biden 759,06144.89 Donald Trump 897,67253.096
2016 [3] Donald Trump [b] 800,98351.15 Hillary Clinton 653,66941.74-6
2012 [4] Barack Obama 822,54451.99 Mitt Romney 730,61746.18-6
2008 [5] Barack Obama 828,94053.93 John McCain 682,37944.39-7
2004 [6] George W. Bush 751,95749.90 John Kerry 741,89849.23-7
2000 [7] George W. Bush [b] 634,37348.22 Al Gore 638,51748.54-7
1996 [8] Bill Clinton 620,25850.26 Bob Dole 492,64439.92 Ross Perot 105,1598.527
1992 Bill Clinton 586,35343.29 George H. W. Bush 504,89137.27 Ross Perot 253,46818.717
1988 George H. W. Bush 545,35544.50 Michael Dukakis 670,55754.71-8
1984 Ronald Reagan 703,08853.27 Walter Mondale 605,62045.89-8
1980 Ronald Reagan 676,02651.31 Jimmy Carter 508,67238.60 John B. Anderson 115,6338.788
1976 Jimmy Carter 619,93148.46 Gerald Ford 632,86349.47-8
1972 Richard Nixon 706,20757.61 George McGovern 496,20640.48-8
1968 Richard Nixon 619,10653.01 Hubert Humphrey 476,69940.82 George Wallace 66,4225.699
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 733,03061.88 Barry Goldwater 449,14837.92-9
1960 John F. Kennedy 550,56543.22 Richard Nixon 722,38156.71-10
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 729,18759.06 Adlai Stevenson II 501,85840.65 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors [c]
3,2020.2610
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 808,90663.75 Adlai Stevenson II 451,51335.59-10
1948 Harry S. Truman 522,38050.31 Thomas E. Dewey 494,01847.58 Strom Thurmond -10
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 499,87647.49 Thomas E. Dewey 547,26751.99-10
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 578,80047.62 Wendell Willkie 632,37052.03-11
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 621,75654.41 Alf Landon 487,97742.7-11
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 598,01957.69 Herbert Hoover 414,43339.98-11
1928 Herbert Hoover 623,57061.77 Al Smith 379,31137.57-13
1924 Calvin Coolidge 537,63555.03 John W. Davis 162,60016.64 Robert M. La Follette 272,24327.8713
1920 Warren G. Harding 634,67470.91 James M. Cox 227,92125.46 Parley P. Christensen 10,3211.1513
1916 Woodrow Wilson 218,69942.55 Charles E. Hughes 280,43954.57-13
1912 Woodrow Wilson 185,32537.64 Theodore Roosevelt 161,81932.87 William H. Taft 119,80524.3313
1908 William H. Taft 275,20955.62 William Jennings Bryan 200,77140.58-13
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 308,15863.39 Alton B. Parker 149,27630.71-13
1900 William McKinley 307,80858.04 William Jennings Bryan 209,26539.46-13
1896 William McKinley 289,29355.47 William Jennings Bryan 223,74142.9-13
1892 Grover Cleveland 196,36744.31 Benjamin Harrison 219,79549.6 James B. Weaver 20,5954.6513
1888 Benjamin Harrison [b] 211,60352.36 Grover Cleveland 179,87744.51-13
1884 Grover Cleveland 177,31647.01 James G. Blaine 197,08952.25-13
1880 James A. Garfield 183,90456.99 Winfield S. Hancock 105,84532.8 James B. Weaver 32,32710.0211
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes [b] 171,32658.50 Samuel J. Tilden 112,12138.28-11
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 131,56660.81 Horace Greeley 81,63637.73-11
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 120,39961.92 Horatio Seymour 74,04038.08-8
1864 Abraham Lincoln 83,85863.08 George B. McClellan 49,08936.92-8

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 70,30254.6 Stephen A. Douglas 55,63943.2 John C. Breckinridge 1,0350.8 John Bell 1,7631.44

Elections prior to 1860

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [a]
VotesPercentElectoral
votes
Notes
1856 James Buchanan 37,56840.7 John C. Frémont 45,07348.83 Millard Fillmore 9,66910.474
1852 Franklin Pierce 17,76350.23 Winfield Scott 15,85644.84 John P. Hale 1,6064.544
1848 Zachary Taylor 9,93044.59 Lewis Cass 11,23850.46 Martin Van Buren 1,1034.954

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

  1. "Official Canvass by County" (PDF). Iowa SOS. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  2. 2020 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  6. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  7. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  8. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.