Elkader, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+26.6 |
| 2012 | D+17.9 |
| 2016 | R+2.5 |
| 2020 | R+4.7 |
| 2024 | R+16.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,293 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+16.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $62,857 |
| County | Clayton County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Elkader anchors a rural northeast Iowa county where presidential margins have swung sharply rightward over the past two decades, reflecting broader shifts in small-town, agriculture-dependent communities across the Midwest.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −16.9% | 308 | 437 | 17 | 762 |
| 2020 | R | −4.7% | 359 | 395 | 14 | 768 |
| 2016 | R | −2.5% | 349 | 369 | 72 | 790 |
| 2012 | D | +17.9% | 458 | 317 | 15 | 790 |
| 2008 | D | +26.6% | 498 | 285 | 18 | 801 |
| 2004† | D | +13.7% | 447 | 339 | 1 | 787 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 94.1% |
| Black | 0.3% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.4% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $62,857 |
| Poverty rate | 9.6% |
| Median age | 40.5 |
| Age 18–29 | 11.3% |
| Age 65 and older | 27.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 26.0% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.4% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Clayton County county page and the IA state page.