Elections in Iowa
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The number of elections in Iowa varies from year to year. Presidential elections are held every four years.
| Year | Republican / Whig | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2024 | 927,019 | 55.73% | 707,278 | 42.52% | 29,209 | 1.76% |
| 2020 | 897,672 | 53.09% | 759,061 | 44.89% | 34,138 | 2.02% |
| 2016 | 800,983 | 51.15% | 653,669 | 41.74% | 111,379 | 7.11% |
| 2012 | 730,617 | 46.18% | 822,544 | 51.99% | 29,019 | 1.83% |
| 2008 | 682,379 | 44.39% | 828,940 | 53.93% | 25,804 | 1.68% |
| 2004 | 751,957 | 49.90% | 741,898 | 49.23% | 13,053 | 0.87% |
| 2000 | 634,373 | 48.22% | 638,517 | 48.54% | 42,673 | 3.24% |
| 1996 | 492,644 | 39.92% | 620,258 | 50.26% | 121,173 | 9.82% |
| 1992 | 504,891 | 37.27% | 586,353 | 43.29% | 263,363 | 19.44% |
| 1988 | 545,355 | 44.50% | 670,557 | 54.71% | 9,702 | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 703,088 | 53.27% | 605,620 | 45.89% | 11,097 | 0.84% |
| 1980 | 676,026 | 51.31% | 508,672 | 38.60% | 132,963 | 10.09% |
| 1976 | 632,863 | 49.47% | 619,931 | 48.46% | 26,512 | 2.07% |
| 1972 | 706,207 | 57.61% | 496,206 | 40.48% | 23,531 | 1.92% |
| 1968 | 619,106 | 53.01% | 476,699 | 40.82% | 72,126 | 6.18% |
| 1964 | 449,148 | 37.92% | 733,030 | 61.88% | 2,361 | 0.20% |
| 1960 | 722,381 | 56.71% | 550,565 | 43.22% | 864 | 0.07% |
| 1956 | 729,187 | 59.06% | 501,858 | 40.65% | 3,519 | 0.29% |
| 1952 | 808,906 | 63.75% | 451,513 | 35.59% | 8,354 | 0.66% |
| 1948 | 494,018 | 47.58% | 522,380 | 50.31% | 21,874 | 2.11% |
| 1944 | 547,267 | 51.99% | 499,876 | 47.49% | 5,456 | 0.52% |
| 1940 | 632,370 | 52.03% | 578,800 | 47.62% | 4,260 | 0.35% |
| 1936 | 487,977 | 42.70% | 621,756 | 54.41% | 33,000 | 2.89% |
| 1932 | 414,433 | 39.98% | 598,019 | 57.69% | 24,235 | 2.34% |
| 1928 | 623,570 | 61.77% | 379,311 | 37.57% | 6,608 | 0.65% |
| 1924 | 537,458 | 55.02% | 160,382 | 16.42% | 278,930 | 28.56% |
| 1920 | 634,674 | 70.91% | 227,921 | 25.46% | 32,487 | 3.63% |
| 1916 | 280,439 | 54.25% | 221,699 | 42.89% | 14,806 | 2.86% |
| 1912 | 119,805 | 24.33% | 185,325 | 37.64% | 187,226 | 38.03% |
| 1908 | 275,209 | 55.62% | 200,771 | 40.58% | 18,789 | 3.80% |
| 1904 | 308,158 | 63.39% | 149,276 | 30.71% | 28,659 | 5.90% |
| 1900 | 307,808 | 58.04% | 209,265 | 39.46% | 13,282 | 2.50% |
| 1896 | 289,293 | 54.42% | 233,741 | 43.97% | 8,513 | 1.60% |
| 1892 | 219,795 | 49.60% | 196,367 | 44.31% | 26,997 | 6.09% |
| 1888 | 211,603 | 52.36% | 179,877 | 44.51% | 12,655 | 3.13% |
| 1884 | 197,089 | 52.25% | 177,316 | 47.01% | 2,796 | 0.74% |
| 1880 | 183,904 | 56.99% | 105,845 | 32.80% | 32,919 | 10.20% |
| 1876 | 171,326 | 58.50% | 112,121 | 38.28% | 9,431 | 3.22% |
| 1872 | 131,566 | 60.81% | 71,189 | 32.90% | 13,610 | 6.29% |
| 1868 | 120,399 | 61.92% | 74,040 | 38.08% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1864 | 88,500 | 64.12% | 49,525 | 35.88% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1860 | 70,302 | 54.61% | 55,639 | 43.22% | 2,798 | 2.17% |
| 1856 | 45,073 | 48.83% | 37,568 | 40.70% | 9,669 | 10.47% |
| 1852 | 15,856 | 44.84% | 17,763 | 50.23% | 1,745 | 4.93% |
| 1848 | 9,930 | 44.59% | 11,238 | 50.46% | 1,103 | 4.95% |
Since 1972, Iowa has been the first state to vote in
gubernatorial elections are held every four years - but are staggered such that they are held on general elections independently of the presidential election. Members of the Iowa Senate are elected every four years, with half of the Senate elected at each general election; all members of the Iowa House of Representatives
are elected every two years. Additionally, elections for various government officials, judicial retention elections, and elections on referendums occur as part of various elections in Iowa.
In a 2020 study, Iowa was ranked as the 24th easiest state for citizens to vote in.[2]
Electoral system
Party system
The Iowa Caucus is an electoral event in which residents meet in precinct caucuses in all of Iowa's 1,681 precincts and elect delegates to the corresponding county conventions.
General elections
In Iowa, a
Attorney General. Also included are judicial retention elections
and proposed amendments to the Iowa Constitution, along with various local elections.
Local elections
In Iowa, various local officials are elected at the general election. However,
school and city elections are not held during a general election, but at a different regularly scheduled time. Regular school elections are held on the second Tuesday in September during odd-numbered years.[3] Regular city elections are held on Election Day during odd-numbered years.[4]
Special elections
In Iowa,
ballot initiatives. Special elections are generally held on Tuesdays and may not generally be held on the same day as a general or local election.[5]
See also
References
External links
- Voting and Elections Information at the Iowa Secretary of State official website
- Iowa at Ballotpedia
- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Iowa", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- Iowa election laws - a compilation of Iowa laws related to elections.
- Iowa election laws changed pages - an update with those pages changed since the last publication of the Iowa election laws, current as of October 2008.
- "Iowa: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Iowa". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Georgia 2019 & 2020 Elections", OpenSecrets. (Also: 1997 & 1998, 1999 & 2000, 2001 & 2002, 2003 & 2004, 2005 & 2006, 2007 & 2008, 2009 & 2010, 2011 & 2012, 2013 & 2014, 2015 & 2016, 2017 & 2018).
- Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Iowa elections
- "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures,
State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020
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| U.S. senators |  | |
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| State Senate |
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| State House |
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| Supreme Court (appointed, retained by election) |
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