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1876–2024
Guthrie County, Iowa
Guthrie County·Iowa

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

Rural consolidation: R+37.8 in 2024's presidential race

18762024·38 elections
Guthrie County, Iowa · Nst101 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+38
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
10,688
2024 ACS
Most similar
Madison County
IA · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 6,543 votes cast
Trump · R+38
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−37.8%
1,9744,4466,543
2020R
−35.9%
1,9854,2726,371
2016R
−32.6%
1,7323,6285,816
2012R
−10.2%
2,5693,1715,888
2008R
−7.7%
2,6253,0745,847
2004R
−11.9%
2,6143,3255,994
2000R
−6.3%
2,4932,8405,469
1996D
+10.1%
2,5522,0345,140
1992D
+5.0%
2,2341,9625,453
1988D
+18.2%
2,9102,0054,983
1984R
−5.0%
2,5172,7835,363
1980R
−24.4%
1,8663,2145,514
1976D
+4.1%
2,8732,6445,641
1972R
−23.2%
2,2583,6556,022
1968R
−22.3%
2,0633,3465,751
1964D
+29.2%
3,9622,1696,146
1960R
−16.5%
2,8964,0466,949
1956R
−17.9%
2,9814,2837,270
1952R
−40.4%
2,2815,3777,671
1948D
+0.0%
3,3923,3896,891
1944R
−16.4%
2,8994,0426,977
1940R
−15.1%
3,4894,7338,255
1936R
−6.6%
3,6194,1558,070
1932D
+7.9%
3,0992,6375,812
1928R
−36.1%
2,2354,7727,034
1924R
−48.4%
8404,3147,183
1920R
−52.0%
1,6475,3387,099
1916R
−12.2%
1,8052,3164,188
1912D
+3.2%
1,3901,2584,097
1908R
−24.7%
1,5322,5604,167
1904R
−45.1%
1,0322,8574,050
1900R
−20.8%
1,8242,8064,714
1896R
−6.7%
2,2202,5414,825
1892R
−18.0%
1,5402,2954,183
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%
Irish
1.4%
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
Catholic & Orthodox
13.0%
Methodist
11.9%
Mainline Protestant
7.4%
Other Christian
6.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Guthrie County's small-town and agricultural landscape has tracked a steady rightward shift over the past decade, with its 11,000-plus residents delivering one of Iowa's wider presidential margins in 2024.

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

Guthrie County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,711, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 10,688 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 Madison County and Lucas County.