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1876–2024
Madison County, Iowa
Madison County·Iowa

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

Covered-bridge country where Republicans dominate by wide margins

18762024·38 elections
Madison County, Iowa · en:User:Cburnett · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+38
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,926
2024 ACS
Most similar
Guthrie County
IA · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 10,028 votes cast
Trump · R+38
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−38.5%
3,0086,86410,028
2020R
−34.3%
3,1346,5079,824
2016R
−30.8%
2,6785,3608,706
2012R
−11.9%
3,6304,6388,458
2008R
−10.0%
3,7334,5798,480
2004R
−14.5%
3,3804,5388,004
2000R
−8.2%
3,0933,6626,969
1996D
+8.2%
3,0702,5506,327
1992D
+1.7%
2,5252,4216,149
1988D
+17.2%
3,4212,4105,862
1984R
−1.6%
3,0673,1686,261
1980R
−12.9%
2,4963,3206,411
1976D
+7.2%
3,1092,6815,910
1972R
−21.2%
2,2343,4805,864
1968R
−16.9%
2,1923,1515,679
1964D
+21.9%
3,5182,2505,780
1960R
−16.6%
2,7223,8046,529
1956R
−18.8%
2,6523,8836,544
1952R
−39.7%
2,1314,9677,149
1948R
−6.2%
2,8273,2076,123
1944R
−18.8%
2,5503,7376,313
1940R
−18.2%
3,0944,4777,600
1936R
−10.8%
3,3654,1887,609
1932D
+4.6%
2,9232,6635,655
1928R
−33.1%
2,1784,3646,597
1924R
−41.0%
1,3674,1916,893
1920R
−39.6%
1,8994,4656,487
1916R
−4.4%
1,7111,8713,650
1912R
−2.4%
1,1851,2743,770
1908R
−25.1%
1,4042,4254,073
1904R
−34.3%
1,1902,6024,117
1900R
−14.7%
1,9072,5904,652
1896R
−1.9%
2,2242,3134,600
1892R
−14.3%
1,4061,9663,923
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%
Italian
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
12.4%
Other Christian
9.7%
Mainline Protestant
5.0%
Methodist
4.2%
Baptist
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison County, best known for its historic covered bridges, has shifted decisively toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades, with 2024 margins exceeding 38 points in a county of just over 14,000 residents.

The Republican margin in Madison County reached its widest at forty-one points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was thirty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Madison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,855, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,926 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 Guthrie County and Pocahontas County.