What Cheer, IA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+10.9 |
| 2012 | D+2.0 |
| 2016 | R+36.2 |
| 2020 | R+40.4 |
| 2024 | R+51.4 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 580 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+51.4 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $48,182 |
| County | Keokuk County |
| State | IA |
Place narrative
What Cheer grew around 19th-century coal extraction and once drew immigrant miners from Wales and other regions; today its population of roughly 580 reflects the broader rural contraction that has reshaped small Iowa communities over the past century.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −51.4% | 71 | 223 | 2 | 296 |
| 2020 | R | −40.4% | 77 | 186 | 7 | 270 |
| 2016 | R | −36.2% | 81 | 181 | 14 | 276 |
| 2012 | D | +2.0% | 149 | 143 | 7 | 299 |
| 2008 | D | +10.9% | 177 | 141 | 12 | 330 |
| 2004† | R | Tied | 160 | 161 | 0 | 321 |
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 | 92.4% |
| Black | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.6% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $48,182 |
| Poverty rate | 21.2% |
| Median age | 44 |
| Age 18–29 | 18.4% |
| Age 65 and older | 19.8% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 14.5% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 2.7% |
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 Keokuk County county page and the IA state page.