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1876–2024
Ringgold County, Iowa
Ringgold County·Iowa

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

One of Iowa's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Ringgold County, Iowa · Scott Romine · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,645
2024 ACS
Most similar
Monroe County
IA · similarity 0.99
7 precincts · 2,686 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.3%
6382,0152,686
2020R
−46.4%
7091,9682,714
2016R
−38.9%
7531,8242,752
2012R
−7.0%
1,1861,3682,599
2008R
−6.1%
1,2361,4012,689
2004R
−6.5%
1,2861,4662,778
2000R
−4.6%
1,2461,3692,692
1996D
+17.2%
1,4399672,740
1992D
+13.0%
1,3419672,869
1988D
+18.3%
1,6091,1102,731
1984D
+2.6%
1,5931,5123,117
1980R
−22.6%
1,1501,8843,251
1976D
+5.9%
1,7391,5433,336
1972R
−38.2%
1,0032,2643,303
1968R
−21.5%
1,2371,9863,481
1964D
+17.9%
2,2601,5713,840
1960R
−17.5%
1,7812,5384,321
1956R
−20.9%
1,7752,7134,490
1952R
−41.8%
1,4083,4424,871
1948R
−12.7%
1,9222,4874,459
1944R
−19.3%
1,8672,7674,662
1940R
−19.2%
2,3743,5075,894
1936R
−11.7%
2,6153,3165,995
1932D
+8.6%
2,4802,0824,623
1928R
−39.8%
1,5723,6745,281
1924R
−43.7%
8823,1475,186
1920R
−46.6%
1,3273,7025,095
1916R
−12.2%
1,3511,7333,125
1912D
+1.4%
9589162,928
1908R
−27.1%
1,0921,9403,132
1904R
−43.0%
8352,2003,171
1900R
−27.0%
1,3112,3193,729
1896R
−14.3%
1,6512,2093,912
1892R
−20.4%
1,1111,7663,209
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
Methodist
12.6%
Baptist
7.4%
Other Christian
5.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ringgold County's R+51.3 margin in 2024 reflects a broader rural Iowa shift that has deepened steadily over two decades, driven by an aging, predominantly white farming population spread across one of the state's least-dense landscapes.

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

Ringgold County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,346, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,645 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 Monroe County and Lucas County.