Primghar, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+11.5 |
| 2012 | R+30.4 |
| 2016 | R+49.1 |
| 2020 | R+49.8 |
| 2024 | R+52.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,014 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+52.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $78,750 |
| County | O'Brien County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
Primghar functions as the administrative center for one of Iowa's most consistently Republican-leaning rural counties, where population has trended downward for decades and agriculture dominates both the economy and the political calculus.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −52.9% | 114 | 382 | 11 | 507 |
| 2020 | R | −49.8% | 115 | 357 | 14 | 486 |
| 2016 | R | −49.1% | 114 | 357 | 24 | 495 |
| 2012 | R | −30.4% | 159 | 301 | 7 | 467 |
| 2008 | R | −11.5% | 210 | 266 | 10 | 486 |
| 2004† | R | −14.1% | 210 | 279 | 0 | 489 |
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 | 94.0% |
| Black | 4.5% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.2% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $78,750 |
| Poverty rate | 6.3% |
| Median age | 33.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 13.8% |
| Age 65 and older | 16.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 20.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.2% |
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 O'Brien County county page and the IA state page.