Calvin Coolidge carried Iowa R+38.6.

John W. Davis (D) vs Calvin Coolidge (R) in Iowa, 1924. The state ran 13.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+25.1 nationally).

Nominees: John W. Davis (D) · Calvin Coolidge (R) · Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)

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Iowa result

976,770 votes counted

Davis (D)

160,382

16.4%

Coolidge (R)

537,458

55.0%

Follette + others

278,930

28.6%

Margin

R+38.6

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1924 presidential election

Iowa, 1924

CoolidgeR+38.6

How it voted

Share of the 1924 vote

Calvin Coolidge ✓Republican	55.0%	537,458
Robert La FolletteProgressive	28.6%	278,930
John W. DavisDemocratic	16.4%	160,382

D+60

R+60

99 counties, each filled by 1924 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1924 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 — 1924

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−55.8%	688	4,043	6,008
Adams County	R	−35.2%	897	2,547	4,692
Allamakee County	O	−20.4%	1,289	2,755	7,175
Appanoose County	R	−39.1%	2,032	6,421	11,238
Audubon County	R	−32.9%	965	2,475	4,595
Benton County	R	−42.2%	1,459	5,314	9,142
Black Hawk County	R	−53.0%	2,981	15,813	24,221
Boone County	O	−39.1%	702	4,980	10,928
Bremer County	R	−35.9%	911	3,532	7,310
Buchanan County	R	−42.5%	1,780	5,459	8,651
Buena Vista County	R	−43.0%	683	3,812	7,277
Butler County	R	−49.2%	667	3,823	6,418
Calhoun County	R	−42.4%	714	3,529	6,632
Carroll County	R	−18.3%	1,994	3,590	8,744
Cass County	R	−55.5%	1,099	5,721	8,328
Cedar County	R	−41.3%	1,478	4,625	7,615
Cerro Gordo County	R	−49.4%	1,345	8,410	14,291
Cherokee County	R	−37.7%	904	3,240	6,196
Chickasaw County	R	−22.9%	1,736	3,416	7,347
Clarke County	R	−37.2%	743	2,554	4,867
Clay County	R	−54.5%	378	3,549	5,823
Clayton County	O	−26.0%	1,556	4,168	10,049
Clinton County	R	−33.3%	3,811	10,359	19,665
Crawford County	O	−20.5%	1,255	2,882	7,949
Dallas County	R	−52.9%	933	6,359	10,261
Davis County	R	−17.4%	1,802	2,804	5,751
Decatur County	R	−22.4%	1,693	3,221	6,835
Delaware County	R	−49.7%	1,146	4,938	7,635
Des Moines County	R	−36.3%	2,616	7,995	14,810
Dickinson County	R	−56.5%	435	2,967	4,483
Dubuque County	O	−10.1%	5,718	8,280	25,267
Emmet County	R	−45.3%	407	2,739	5,143
Fayette County	R	−39.5%	1,272	5,974	11,898
Floyd County	R	−59.0%	529	5,012	7,594
Franklin County	R	−51.8%	360	3,064	5,216
Fremont County	R	−12.7%	2,525	3,313	6,223
Greene County	R	−55.3%	790	4,599	6,889
Grundy County	R	−47.1%	615	3,322	5,743
Guthrie County	R	−48.4%	840	4,314	7,183
Hamilton County	R	−54.0%	490	4,401	7,246
Hancock County	R	−49.3%	550	3,183	5,339
Hardin County	R	−51.5%	634	4,714	7,921
Harrison County	R	−19.0%	3,179	5,062	9,924
Henry County	R	−43.8%	1,344	4,536	7,296
Howard County	R	−20.8%	1,604	2,850	5,979
Humboldt County	R	−51.9%	370	2,841	4,758
Ida County	R	−28.8%	685	2,033	4,678
Iowa County	R	−30.6%	1,458	3,549	6,837
Jackson County	R	−22.2%	2,352	4,218	8,403
Jasper County	R	−46.3%	1,214	6,565	11,557
Jefferson County	R	−42.7%	1,249	4,062	6,593
Johnson County	R	−9.1%	4,570	5,741	12,891
Jones County	R	−29.2%	2,212	4,524	7,918
Keokuk County	R	−23.9%	2,568	4,795	9,336
Kossuth County	R	−27.9%	1,369	3,806	8,747
Lee County	R	−27.7%	4,903	9,999	18,377
Linn County	R	−47.4%	5,941	22,371	34,690
Louisa County	R	−50.8%	643	2,952	4,549
Lucas County	R	−39.4%	824	3,288	6,246
Lyon County	O	−33.8%	481	2,082	4,733
Madison County	R	−41.0%	1,367	4,191	6,893
Mahaska County	R	−39.2%	1,673	5,810	10,543
Marion County	R	−25.2%	2,383	5,058	10,615
Marshall County	R	−56.6%	1,516	9,010	13,233
Mills County	R	−27.4%	1,750	3,348	5,835
Mitchell County	R	−40.4%	400	2,892	6,163
Monona County	R	−30.7%	1,271	3,195	6,272
Monroe County	R	−33.7%	1,388	4,098	8,048
Montgomery County	R	−53.3%	805	4,617	7,157
Muscatine County	R	−48.4%	1,963	7,731	11,917
O'Brien County	R	−47.9%	756	4,172	7,135
Osceola County	R	−40.0%	386	1,876	3,721
Page County	R	−47.7%	1,643	6,023	9,184
Palo Alto County	R	−39.5%	593	2,943	5,947
Plymouth County	R	−24.3%	1,605	3,803	9,036
Pocahontas County	O	−26.9%	819	2,537	6,398
Polk County	R	−51.1%	6,665	37,491	60,270
Pottawattamie County	R	−31.9%	5,305	13,380	25,352
Poweshiek County	R	−36.2%	1,428	4,414	8,239
Ringgold County	R	−43.7%	882	3,147	5,186
Sac County	R	−50.4%	674	3,970	6,546
Scott County	R	−46.0%	4,347	18,360	30,438
Shelby County	R	−14.1%	2,297	3,252	6,780
Sioux County	R	−48.2%	900	4,960	8,420
Story County	R	−51.1%	1,310	6,916	10,968
Tama County	R	−32.0%	2,180	5,177	9,367
Taylor County	R	−44.6%	1,138	4,254	6,980
Union County	R	−39.3%	1,166	4,250	7,848
Van Buren County	R	−40.4%	1,209	3,623	5,970
Wapello County	R	−39.4%	3,039	9,870	17,329
Warren County	R	−45.2%	1,274	4,683	7,543
Washington County	R	−38.0%	1,868	5,053	8,378
Wayne County	R	−22.5%	1,826	3,322	6,648
Webster County	R	−31.6%	2,076	6,641	14,438
Winnebago County	O	−42.9%	225	2,445	5,172
Winneshiek County	R	−28.0%	1,510	4,154	9,450
Woodbury County	R	−31.2%	5,676	16,639	35,119
Worth County	R	−47.0%	180	2,340	4,591
Wright County	R	−50.8%	501	4,323	7,531