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1876–2024
Iowa County, Wisconsin
Iowa County·Wisconsin

Iowa County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Rural Wisconsin county that bucked its region with a Democratic lean

18762024·38 elections
Iowa County, Wisconsin · Tgkrause · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+8
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
23,867
2024 ACS
Most similar
Rock County
WI · similarity 0.98
29 precincts · 14,677 votes cast
Harris · D+8
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+7.6%
7,7506,63114,677
2020D
+13.7%
7,8285,90913,992
2016D
+15.2%
6,6694,80912,275
2012D
+30.5%
8,1054,28712,534
2008D
+34.7%
7,9873,82911,969
2004D
+14.1%
7,1225,34812,542
2000D
+15.4%
5,8424,22110,541
1996D
+20.5%
4,6902,8668,916
1992D
+11.6%
4,4673,28810,151
1988D
+0.3%
4,2684,2408,548
1984R
−12.8%
3,8434,9838,897
1980D
+1.0%
4,1544,0688,992
1976D
+0.7%
4,2524,1958,678
1972R
−16.5%
3,1314,3877,626
1968R
−14.9%
2,8974,0057,413
1964D
+17.0%
4,6203,2757,907
1960R
−18.4%
3,5475,1438,694
1956R
−24.1%
3,1765,2018,417
1952R
−39.0%
2,7226,2118,952
1948D
+2.2%
3,9173,7457,794
1944R
−12.4%
3,5854,6088,228
1940R
−10.4%
4,0254,9789,140
1936D
+15.0%
4,9883,6239,094
1932D
+19.2%
4,6213,1137,856
1928R
−27.2%
3,1295,4848,669
1924R
−31.7%
6893,2918,213
1920R
−67.3%
9425,4286,667
1916R
−0.9%
2,2302,2714,656
1912D
+4.6%
2,1031,8864,684
1908R
−17.1%
2,0772,9865,315
1904R
−32.8%
1,6393,3285,153
1900R
−29.2%
1,7433,2705,231
1896R
−19.4%
2,0603,1155,425
1892D
+1.2%
2,3362,2744,995
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
Catholic & Orthodox
20.7%
Other Christian
19.3%
Mainline Protestant
8.6%
Methodist
4.4%
Non-Christian
4.0%
Baptist
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Iowa County, Wisconsin posted a D+7.6 margin in 2024, an outlier relative to surrounding rural counties. Its mix of small-farm communities and proximity to university-influenced Dodgeville anchors a persistently center-left tilt.

The Democratic margin in Iowa County reached its widest at thirty-five points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was eight points — still decisive.

Iowa County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $82,182, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 23,867 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 Rock County and La Crosse County.