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1876–2024
Cass County, Iowa
Cass County·Iowa

Cass County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of southwest Iowa's most reliably lopsided presidential counties

18762024·38 elections
Cass County, Iowa · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+41
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
13,096
2024 ACS
Most similar
Burt County
NE · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 7,217 votes cast
Trump · R+41
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−40.6%
2,0775,0077,217
2020R
−38.0%
2,2014,9697,276
2016R
−39.0%
1,9514,7617,198
2012R
−18.9%
2,8584,2177,205
2008R
−10.8%
3,2114,0067,350
2004R
−28.1%
2,6794,7967,543
2000R
−25.1%
2,4814,2066,880
1996R
−11.2%
2,6163,3846,865
1992R
−13.4%
2,2313,1767,058
1988R
−14.8%
2,9343,9626,968
1984R
−35.0%
2,4175,0537,531
1980R
−39.6%
2,1765,3918,126
1976R
−22.8%
2,8664,5897,549
1972R
−45.6%
1,9235,2347,263
1968R
−39.8%
2,1365,2237,761
1964R
−2.1%
4,0064,1828,198
1960R
−34.5%
3,0596,2909,354
1956R
−36.8%
2,8186,1038,930
1952R
−51.5%
2,3497,3559,727
1948R
−20.3%
3,3725,1068,559
1944R
−31.3%
2,9285,6108,561
1940R
−25.7%
3,7636,37710,172
1936R
−13.4%
4,2845,6229,962
1932D
+1.4%
4,3394,2158,645
1928R
−39.5%
2,6406,1208,815
1924R
−55.5%
1,0995,7218,328
1920R
−58.3%
1,6686,5588,383
1916R
−20.8%
1,8012,7634,624
1912R
−4.8%
1,5101,7244,495
1908R
−25.0%
1,6552,7994,574
1904R
−35.6%
1,3943,0504,653
1900R
−21.5%
2,0103,1285,203
1896R
−13.6%
2,2402,9595,274
1892R
−7.0%
1,9902,3174,677
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
17.1%
Methodist
12.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.8%
Other Christian
6.3%
Baptist
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cass County has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 35 points in each of the last three cycles, reflecting the deep-red drift of Iowa's rural, agriculture-dependent southwest corner.

The Republican margin in Cass County reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cass County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,013, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 13,096 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burt County and Brown County.