Theodore Roosevelt carried Iowa.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Iowa, 1912. Theodore Roosevelt won the state as a third-party candidate; the D+13.3 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 6.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+19.5 nationally).

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)

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Iowa result

492,356 votes counted

Wilson (D)

185,325

37.6%

Taft (R)

119,805

24.3%

Roosevelt + others

187,226

38.0%

Margin

D+13.3

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1912 presidential election

Iowa, 1912

WilsonD+13.3

How it voted

Share of the 1912 vote

Theodore Roosevelt ✓Progressive	38.0%	187,226
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic	37.6%	185,325
William H. TaftRepublican	24.3%	119,805

D+60

R+60

99 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1912

99 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−1.6%	1,195	1,248	3,402
Adams County	D	+10.9%	1,215	913	2,783
Allamakee County	D	+11.4%	1,767	1,269	4,361
Appanoose County	R	−5.1%	2,058	2,356	5,807
Audubon County	O	+10.2%	963	692	2,646
Benton County	D	+11.0%	2,472	1,831	5,808
Black Hawk County	O	+19.7%	3,702	1,601	10,649
Boone County	O	+13.6%	1,601	802	5,880
Bremer County	D	+24.7%	1,944	1,013	3,764
Buchanan County	D	+12.6%	1,866	1,271	4,719
Buena Vista County	O	+4.6%	921	755	3,635
Butler County	O	+0.7%	926	903	3,497
Calhoun County	O	+6.1%	1,182	963	3,619
Carroll County	D	+38.8%	2,326	664	4,282
Cass County	R	−4.8%	1,510	1,724	4,495
Cedar County	D	+20.4%	1,938	1,036	4,420
Cerro Gordo County	O	+7.8%	1,742	1,334	5,202
Cherokee County	O	+17.8%	930	381	3,092
Chickasaw County	D	+23.9%	1,891	1,022	3,631
Clarke County	D	+1.1%	910	882	2,489
Clay County	O	+1.0%	707	679	2,824
Clayton County	D	+28.7%	2,919	1,239	5,861
Clinton County	O	+19.0%	3,633	1,890	9,185
Crawford County	D	+21.9%	2,193	1,169	4,670
Dallas County	R	−2.0%	1,718	1,825	5,249
Davis County	D	+8.8%	1,453	1,184	3,065
Decatur County	D	+7.8%	1,659	1,351	3,928
Delaware County	D	+0.1%	1,399	1,394	4,064
Des Moines County	D	+12.8%	3,169	2,136	8,064
Dickinson County	O	+2.4%	502	457	1,862
Dubuque County	D	+39.4%	6,237	1,620	11,724
Emmet County	O	−6.0%	486	602	1,943
Fayette County	O	+19.1%	2,379	1,192	6,227
Floyd County	O	+0.7%	1,244	1,216	3,906
Franklin County	O	−2.6%	694	773	3,066
Fremont County	D	+21.3%	1,762	973	3,699
Greene County	R	−9.7%	980	1,324	3,562
Grundy County	O	+23.5%	1,149	421	3,095
Guthrie County	O	+3.2%	1,390	1,258	4,097
Hamilton County	O	+4.9%	1,041	831	4,290
Hancock County	O	−6.0%	710	860	2,507
Hardin County	O	+7.6%	1,072	732	4,454
Harrison County	D	+11.8%	2,157	1,528	5,321
Henry County	R	−2.0%	1,580	1,663	4,251
Howard County	D	+21.2%	1,416	750	3,135
Humboldt County	O	+6.2%	634	477	2,543
Ida County	O	+19.9%	1,087	530	2,792
Iowa County	D	+15.0%	1,841	1,237	4,022
Jackson County	D	+22.6%	2,259	1,174	4,800
Jasper County	D	+11.4%	2,487	1,766	6,345
Jefferson County	R	−1.8%	1,311	1,378	3,662
Johnson County	D	+28.6%	3,327	1,645	5,886
Jones County	D	+12.4%	2,189	1,622	4,567
Keokuk County	D	+20.6%	2,434	1,361	5,220
Kossuth County	O	+20.8%	1,813	857	4,586
Lee County	D	+22.0%	3,891	2,016	8,520
Linn County	D	+8.1%	5,422	4,326	13,515
Louisa County	R	−6.4%	881	1,070	2,943
Lucas County	O	+1.0%	968	939	2,924
Lyon County	O	+17.4%	896	412	2,777
Madison County	O	−2.4%	1,185	1,274	3,770
Mahaska County	D	+13.9%	2,576	1,682	6,448
Marion County	D	+20.6%	2,276	1,191	5,255
Marshall County	O	+18.4%	2,162	926	6,717
Mills County	D	+13.8%	1,312	850	3,345
Mitchell County	O	+17.0%	1,082	590	2,902
Monona County	D	+6.5%	1,358	1,109	3,824
Monroe County	O	+1.9%	1,485	1,385	5,282
Montgomery County	O	+7.3%	1,206	917	3,974
Muscatine County	O	+26.6%	2,679	789	7,110
O'Brien County	O	+22.9%	1,506	620	3,870
Osceola County	D	+13.6%	786	520	1,958
Page County	O	+9.7%	1,462	980	4,987
Palo Alto County	D	+10.2%	1,274	953	3,145
Plymouth County	O	+24.5%	2,038	825	4,942
Pocahontas County	O	+12.6%	1,176	760	3,311
Polk County	O	+11.4%	7,239	4,665	22,575
Pottawattamie County	O	+27.3%	4,993	1,753	11,866
Poweshiek County	O	+16.0%	1,631	902	4,545
Ringgold County	O	+1.4%	958	916	2,928
Sac County	O	+13.7%	1,124	622	3,665
Scott County	O	+29.7%	5,632	1,568	13,679
Shelby County	D	+25.1%	1,841	872	3,853
Sioux County	O	+18.8%	1,453	575	4,664
Story County	O	−0.4%	1,224	1,247	5,234
Tama County	D	+23.2%	2,446	1,179	5,465
Taylor County	D	+0.2%	1,372	1,364	3,853
Union County	D	+11.1%	1,528	1,096	3,893
Van Buren County	D	+0.3%	1,495	1,483	3,768
Wapello County	D	+4.1%	3,102	2,755	8,470
Warren County	D	+0.2%	1,396	1,386	4,051
Washington County	D	+15.4%	2,003	1,264	4,797
Wayne County	D	+10.3%	1,581	1,193	3,771
Webster County	O	+3.5%	2,370	2,123	7,127
Winnebago County	O	−6.4%	390	532	2,231
Winneshiek County	O	+25.4%	2,105	802	5,130
Woodbury County	O	+16.2%	4,564	2,441	13,082
Worth County	O	+2.4%	402	354	1,982
Wright County	O	−1.1%	765	805	3,555