Iowa City, IA, Iowa
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 64.3% | 63,143 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 33.8% | 33,206 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.We The People | 1.9% | 1,883 |
County-level results (2 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson County, IA | Democratic | D+37.8 |
| Washington County, IA | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 64.3%Harris63,143 | 33.8%Trump33,206 | 1.9%Kennedy1,883 | 98,232 | ||
| D | 66.7%Biden63,738 | 31.3%Trump29,896 | 2.1%Jorgensen1,982 | 95,616 | ||
| D | 61.1%Clinton54,143 | 30.7%Trump27,217 | 8.1%Johnson7,208 | 88,568 | ||
| D | 64.1%Obama55,781 | 33.6%Romney29,260 | 2.2%Johnson1,940 | 86,981 | ||
| D | 67.2%Obama56,197 | 31.1%McCain25,979 | 1.7%Nader1,425 | 83,601 | ||
| D | 61.1%Kerry46,442 | 37.7%Bush28,692 | 1.2%Other927 | 76,061 | ||
| D | 56.7%Gore35,106 | 36.7%Bush22,726 | 6.5%Nader4,031 | 61,863 | ||
| D | 58.8%Clinton31,716 | 31.5%Dole17,002 | 9.6%Perot5,187 | 53,905 | ||
| D | 52.7%Clinton32,040 | 29.0%Bush17,617 | 18.3%Perot11,135 | 60,792 | ||
| D | 62.3%Dukakis32,535 | 36.7%Bush19,194 | 1.0%Larouche534 | 52,263 | ||
| D | 55.1%Mondale29,079 | 44.1%Reagan23,290 | 0.8%Larouche445 | 52,814 | ||
| D | 45.4%Carter22,999 | 34.8%Reagan17,609 | 19.8%Anderson10,016 | 50,624 | ||
| D | 50.9%Carter23,656 | 43.7%Ford20,308 | 5.5%McCarthy2,553 | 46,517 | ||
| D | 53.5%McGovern23,706 | 45.1%Nixon20,010 | 1.4%Schmitz609 | 44,325 | ||
| R | 47.9%Humphrey16,220 | 48.1%Nixon16,283 | 4.1%Wallace1,384 | 33,887 | ||
| D | 65.4%Johnson19,304 | 34.4%Goldwater10,175 | 0.2%Hass58 | 29,537 | ||
| R | 45.1%Kennedy13,785 | 54.9%Nixon16,788 | 0.1%Byrd24 | 30,597 | ||
| R | 40.7%Stevenson11,789 | 59.2%Eisenhower17,142 | 0.1%Andrews21 | 28,952 | ||
| R | 36.9%Stevenson10,671 | 62.8%Eisenhower18,177 | 0.3%Hallinan87 | 28,935 | ||
| D | 49.3%Truman12,096 | 48.1%Dewey11,819 | 2.6%Thurmond633 | 24,548 | ||
| D | 50.1%Roosevelt11,857 | 49.5%Dewey11,704 | 0.4%Thomas99 | 23,660 | ||
| D | 50.2%Roosevelt13,047 | 49.4%Willkie12,855 | 0.4%Thomas97 | 25,999 | ||
| D | 55.2%Roosevelt13,173 | 42.9%Landon10,248 | 1.8%Lemke440 | 23,861 | ||
| D | 57.7%Roosevelt13,318 | 40.6%Hoover9,373 | 1.7%Thomas387 | 23,078 | ||
| R | 42.7%Smith9,935 | 57.0%Hoover13,236 | 0.3%Thomas69 | 23,240 | ||
| R | 30.3%Davis6,438 | 50.7%Coolidge10,794 | 19.0%La Follette4,037 | 21,269 | ||
| R | 38.2%Cox7,289 | 60.3%Harding11,509 | 1.6%Debs302 | 19,100 | ||
| D | 50.9%Wilson5,789 | 47.9%Hughes5,449 | 1.1%Benson128 | 11,366 | ||
| D | 49.9%Wilson5,330 | 27.2%Taft2,909 | 22.9%Roosevelt2,444 | 10,683 | ||
| D | 49.2%Bryan5,433 | 48.8%Taft5,389 | 2.0%Debs218 | 11,040 | ||
| R | 44.2%Parker4,857 | 53.1%Roosevelt5,838 | 2.7%Debs297 | 10,992 | ||
| R | 47.1%Bryan5,416 | 50.9%McKinley5,854 | 2.0%Woolley229 | 11,499 | ||
| R | 47.6%Bryan5,462 | 50.5%McKinley5,792 | 2.0%Palmer226 | 11,480 | ||
| D | 51.7%Cleveland5,361 | 45.3%Harrison4,697 | 3.1%Weaver317 | 10,375 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +6.4% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −8.9% |
| 1908 | +0.4% |
| 1912 | +22.7% |
| 1916 | +3.0% |
| 1920 | −22.1% |
| 1924 | −20.5% |
| 1928 | −14.2% |
| 1932 | +17.1% |
| 1936 | +12.3% |
| 1940 | +0.7% |
| 1944 | +0.6% |
| 1948 | +1.1% |
| 1952 | −25.9% |
| 1956 | −18.5% |
| 1960 | −9.8% |
| 1964 | +30.9% |
| 1968 | −0.2% |
| 1972 | +8.3% |
| 1976 | +7.2% |
| 1980 | +10.6% |
| 1984 | +11.0% |
| 1988 | +25.5% |
| 1992 | +23.7% |
| 1996 | +27.3% |
| 2000 | +20.0% |
| 2004 | +23.3% |
| 2008 | +36.1% |
| 2012 | +30.5% |
| 2016 | +30.4% |
| 2020 | +35.4% |
| 2024 | +30.5% |
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 117,662 | 51,082 | 24,879 | 41,546 | 155 |
| 2010 | 121,474 | 50,512 | 26,753 | 43,870 | 339 |
| 2012 | 127,829 | 51,964 | 28,741 | 46,679 | 445 |
| 2014 | 125,793 | 50,273 | 27,932 | 46,872 | 716 |
| 2016 | 126,413 | 54,308 | 29,241 | 41,776 | 1,088 |
| 2018 | 126,745 | 54,652 | 27,379 | 43,452 | 1,262 |
| 2020 | 129,535 | 62,276 | 27,310 | 38,720 | 1,229 |
| 2022 | 129,708 | 60,200 | 27,091 | 41,206 | 1,211 |
| 2024 | 130,825 | 57,906 | 27,563 | 44,097 | 1,259 |
Home to the University of Iowa, Iowa City's metro turns out among the highest shares of college-degree holders in the state, a demographic pattern that has increasingly tilted its margins toward Democratic candidates in recent election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.1 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 25.9 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.5 points.
A population of 179,200, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,025 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Madison, WI and Ithaca, NY.
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