United States presidential elections in Iowa

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.

Presidential elections in Iowa
No. of elections44
Voted Democratic14
Voted Republican30
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate32
Voted for losing candidate12

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

Elections from 1864 to present

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
2020[1]Joe Biden759,06144.89Donald Trump897,67253.096
2016[2]Donald Trump[lower-alpha 2]800,98351.15Hillary Clinton653,66941.74-6
2012[3]Barack Obama822,54451.99Mitt Romney730,61746.18-6
2008[4]Barack Obama828,94053.93John McCain682,37944.39-7
2004[5]George W. Bush751,95749.90John Kerry741,89849.23-7
2000[6]George W. Bush[lower-alpha 2]634,37348.22Al Gore638,51748.54-7
1996[7]Bill Clinton620,25850.26Bob Dole492,64439.92Ross Perot105,1598.527
1992Bill Clinton586,35343.29George H. W. Bush504,89137.27Ross Perot253,46818.717
1988George H. W. Bush545,35544.50Michael Dukakis670,55754.71-8
1984Ronald Reagan703,08853.27Walter Mondale605,62045.89-8
1980Ronald Reagan676,02651.31Jimmy Carter508,67238.60John B. Anderson115,6338.788
1976Jimmy Carter619,93148.46Gerald Ford632,86349.47-8
1972Richard Nixon706,20757.61George McGovern496,20640.48-8
1968Richard Nixon619,10653.01Hubert Humphrey476,69940.82George Wallace66,4225.699
1964Lyndon B. Johnson733,03061.88Barry Goldwater449,14837.92-9
1960John F. Kennedy550,56543.22Richard Nixon722,38156.71-10
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower729,18759.06Adlai Stevenson II501,85840.65T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 3]
3,2020.2610
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower808,90663.75Adlai Stevenson II451,51335.59-10
1948Harry S. Truman522,38050.31Thomas E. Dewey494,01847.58Strom Thurmond-10
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt499,87647.49Thomas E. Dewey547,26751.99-10
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt578,80047.62Wendell Willkie632,37052.03-11
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt621,75654.41Alf Landon487,97742.7-11
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt598,01957.69Herbert Hoover414,43339.98-11
1928Herbert Hoover623,57061.77Al Smith379,31137.57-13
1924Calvin Coolidge537,63555.03John W. Davis162,60016.64Robert M. La Follette272,24327.8713
1920Warren G. Harding634,67470.91James M. Cox227,92125.46Parley P. Christensen10,3211.1513
1916Woodrow Wilson218,69942.55Charles E. Hughes280,43954.57-13
1912Woodrow Wilson185,32537.64Theodore Roosevelt161,81932.87William H. Taft119,80524.3313
1908William H. Taft275,20955.62William Jennings Bryan200,77140.58-13
1904Theodore Roosevelt308,15863.39Alton B. Parker149,27630.71-13
1900William McKinley307,80858.04William Jennings Bryan209,26539.46-13
1896William McKinley289,29355.47William Jennings Bryan223,74142.9-13
1892Grover Cleveland196,36744.31Benjamin Harrison219,79549.6James B. Weaver20,5954.6513
1888Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 2]211,60352.36Grover Cleveland179,87744.51-13
1884Grover Cleveland177,31647.01James G. Blaine197,08952.25-13
1880James A. Garfield183,90456.99Winfield S. Hancock105,84532.8James B. Weaver32,32710.0211
1876Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 2]171,32658.50Samuel J. Tilden112,12138.28-11
1872Ulysses S. Grant131,56660.81Horace Greeley81,63637.73-11
1868Ulysses S. Grant120,39961.92Horatio Seymour74,04038.08-8
1864Abraham Lincoln83,85863.08George B. McClellan49,08936.92-8

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.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
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

Elections prior to 1860

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
Notes
1856James Buchanan37,56840.7John C. Frémont45,07348.83Millard Fillmore9,66910.474
1852Franklin Pierce17,76350.23Winfield Scott15,85644.84John P. Hale1,6064.544
1848Zachary Taylor9,93044.59Lewis Cass11,23850.46Martin Van Buren1,1034.954

Notes

  1. 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. 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

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