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1876–2024
Grundy County, Iowa
Grundy County·Iowa

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

One of Iowa's most Republican-leaning rural counties by margin

18762024·38 elections
Grundy County, Iowa · Lolwhynot3498 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+42
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
12,384
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dickey County
ND · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 7,146 votes cast
Trump · R+42
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−41.7%
2,0194,9987,146
2020R
−37.4%
2,2064,9297,276
2016R
−38.5%
1,8564,5276,944
2012R
−22.7%
2,6354,2156,962
2008R
−16.9%
2,7903,9456,828
2004R
−29.8%
2,3864,4296,849
2000R
−28.0%
2,1393,8516,111
1996R
−10.7%
2,3222,9285,687
1992R
−20.5%
1,8953,1606,156
1988R
−21.5%
2,2113,4335,682
1984R
−40.1%
1,9154,5276,518
1980R
−39.5%
1,8694,6447,026
1976R
−26.5%
2,4104,1736,660
1972R
−43.2%
1,8444,7066,625
1968R
−46.7%
1,6754,8666,840
1964D
+5.4%
3,5823,2156,808
1960R
−39.3%
2,1744,9897,166
1956R
−44.0%
1,9084,9156,827
1952R
−58.3%
1,4835,6527,156
1948R
−14.3%
2,3443,1545,647
1944R
−24.6%
2,1913,6255,834
1940R
−17.4%
2,7453,9086,674
1936D
+18.8%
3,9182,6566,703
1932D
+20.2%
3,6612,4196,134
1928R
−38.6%
1,6203,6715,318
1924R
−47.1%
6153,3225,743
1920R
−72.7%
7144,6625,432
1916R
−35.1%
1,0152,1273,164
1912D
+23.5%
1,1494213,095
1908R
−25.1%
1,1051,8613,013
1904R
−35.7%
9382,0213,037
1900R
−25.1%
1,2032,0253,277
1896R
−21.9%
1,2061,8943,138
1892R
−0.7%
1,3551,3752,842
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
27.5%
Methodist
13.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Other Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grundy County's flat, productive farmland anchors an electorate that has shifted decisively rightward over two decades, delivering R+41.7 in 2024 — among the widest presidential margins of any county in the state.

The Republican margin in Grundy County reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Grundy County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,205, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 12,384 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 Dickey County and Jasper County.