- Lead
- 2,481
- Total
- 11,235
- vs nation
- D+23.6
Iowa 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,182
- Total
- 12,851
- vs nation
- D+28.1
- Lead
- 4,227
- Total
- 12,790
- vs nation
- D+31.0
- Lead
- 6,248
- Total
- 13,805
- vs nation
- D+41.4
- Lead
- 6,343
- Total
- 13,433
- vs nation
- D+39.9
- Lead
- 5,011
- Total
- 12,770
- vs nation
- D+41.7
- Lead
- 4,185
- Total
- 11,165
- vs nation
- D+37.0
- Lead
- 4,643
- Total
- 10,892
- vs nation
- D+34.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 32,1802024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,041 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 30.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,8022024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 24.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47.2 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37.0 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 7, MI · twin score 92.3
presidential history
Party record book
Iowa 62nd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
73.5%
7,656 votes · D+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 72.9%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
65.9%
2,391 votes · R+37.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 56.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
9,936votes
72.0% of the vote · D+45.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 9,798 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
4,444votes
35.9% of the vote · D+27.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 4,277 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Michael Dukakis1988
+47.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+40.2 · U.S. R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +45.8 pts
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
+10.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+37.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · +10.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 57.3%7,285 | 42.7%5,428 | 12,713 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+22.1, this district sits well outside Iowa's statewide competitive range, anchored by the dense urban core and consistent Democratic coalitions that characterize its voter geography.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.2 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.
A population of 32,180, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,802 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 7 and State House District 77.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Iowa 62nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/19062/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.