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Number of elections | 45 |
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Voted Democratic | 14 |
Voted Republican | 31 |
Voted other | 0 |
Voted for winning candidate | 33 |
Voted for losing candidate | 12 |
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.
Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.
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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.
Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes |
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1860 | Abraham Lincoln | 70,302 | 54.6 | Stephen A. Douglas | 55,639 | 43.2 | John C. Breckinridge | 1,035 | 0.8 | John Bell | 1,763 | 1.4 | 4 |
Year | Winner (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Runner-up (nationally) | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates [a] | Votes | Percent | Electoral votes | Notes |
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1856 | James Buchanan | 37,568 | 40.7 | John C. Frémont | 45,073 | 48.83 | Millard Fillmore | 9,669 | 10.47 | 4 | |
1852 | Franklin Pierce | 17,763 | 50.23 | Winfield Scott | 15,856 | 44.84 | John P. Hale | 1,606 | 4.54 | 4 | |
1848 | Zachary Taylor | 9,930 | 44.59 | Lewis Cass | 11,238 | 50.46 | Martin Van Buren | 1,103 | 4.95 | 4 |