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State House District 24·Iowa

Iowa 24th State House District was solidly Democratic for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

One of Iowa's most lopsided legislative districts by presidential margin

18762024·38 elections
IA
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
32,511
2024 ACS

Iowa 24th State House District, Iowa: Populist district. In 2024, voted R+48%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+48MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
32,5112024 5-year
Median household income
$62,8882024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
90.7%2024 5-year
Black
0.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+28 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+48 in 2024MIT Election Lab
5 counties · 0 D · 5 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−48.1%
4,03011,76416,070
R
−42.2%
4,58111,43416,253
R
−34.6%
4,59410,02415,695
R
−4.8%
7,2187,96315,536
R
−3.1%
7,5868,07516,030
R
−6.7%
7,5358,63316,335
R
−6.1%
6,9437,87315,222
D
+13.8%
7,7135,63315,078
D
+10.1%
7,5315,84716,620
D
+16.5%
8,9256,38715,426
R
−3.1%
8,5799,12417,841
R
−11.6%
7,3889,49618,223
D
+12.9%
9,9607,65017,923
R
−21.4%
6,82910,63217,783
R
−11.1%
7,5209,54918,250
D
+27.5%
12,6177,16319,822
R
−17.0%
9,12612,86022,022
R
−10.8%
9,99012,41922,430
R
−23.3%
9,26814,95524,396
D
+6.0%
11,68610,34322,409
R
−3.3%
11,25712,03723,435
R
−2.0%
13,82814,38828,393
D
+5.5%
14,86613,30028,538
D
+21.2%
13,7018,83023,014
R
−24.8%
8,99315,02224,301
R
−30.1%
5,27712,93725,463
R
−32.0%
7,97915,74224,268
R
−2.6%
6,9297,31714,830
D
+5.1%
5,2724,58213,567
R
−11.9%
6,0847,80214,444
R
−27.7%
4,8738,99714,883
R
−11.6%
7,0378,94016,396
R
−1.5%
7,7818,02716,033
R
−11.8%
5,2116,79213,404
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.5%
English
14.6%
Irish
12.0%
American
5.5%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.6%
French
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.2%
speak English only
Other Indo-European4.2%
Spanish3.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.0%
Methodist
8.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.2%
Mainline Protestant
4.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Baptist
2.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+47.7, this rural Iowa district sits at the far edge of the state's partisan distribution, reflecting the sharp geographic sorting that has reshaped legislative maps across the Midwest.

The Democratic margin in Iowa 24th State House District peaked at twenty-eight points in 1964. By 2000 the district had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was forty-eight points, the most Republican-leaning result in the district's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $62,888 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 24, Iowa vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 24, Iowa voted Republican by 48.1 points (R+48), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,070 votes cast, 4,030 went Democratic and 11,764 went Republican.
What is State House District 24, Iowa's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 24, Iowa as a "Populist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 0 times.
When did State House District 24, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 24, Iowa voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in State House District 24, Iowa?
State House District 24, Iowa has a population of 32,511 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 24, Iowa?
Median household income in State House District 24, Iowa is $62,888 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of State House District 24, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 24, Iowa from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.