Iowa 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Iowa 1972 presidential election with 706,207 votes (57.6%), a margin of R+17.1. Iowa's 6 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

40.5%

57.6%

496,206

Democratic Candidate (40.5%)

706,207

Republican Candidate (57.6%)

Total Votes: 1,225,944|Margin: R+17.1

County Results

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County Results (99 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Johnson County	D+16.8	D+15.1	D+16.3	36,236	D+8.5%
Dubuque County	D+3.1	D+0.1	D+6.4	36,521	R+9.7%
Carroll County	D+2.1	R+11.6	R+0.6	9,285	R+7.5%
Palo Alto County	R+4.9	R+9.4	D+5.2	6,066	R+1.0%
Wapello County	R+5.2	D+8.2	D+19.4	18,171	R+13.6%
Des Moines County	R+7.0	D+4.0	D+7.7	19,358	R+15.5%
Linn County	R+7.4	R+5.5	R+3.2	69,160	R+5.8%
Polk County	R+8.3	R+1.5	D+2.7	132,659	R+9.1%
Story County	R+8.5	R+6.2	R+4.0	31,025	D+7.8%
Dallas County	R+9.3	R+7.6	D+3.8	11,436	R+4.9%
Howard County	R+9.9	R+13.6	R+11.9	5,481	D+2.5%
Chickasaw County	R+10.0	R+13.4	R+6.9	7,030	R+1.9%
Benton County	R+10.2	R+10.4	R+5.4	9,749	D+1.0%
Boone County	R+10.5	R+5.0	D+6.0	11,551	R+10.1%
Cerro Gordo County	R+11.0	R+8.0	D+1.6	21,693	R+0.7%
Worth County	R+11.4	R+12.2	D+6.5	4,636	D+1.4%
Davis County	R+11.5	R+8.0	D+5.5	4,188	R+8.9%
Poweshiek County	R+12.3	R+11.7	R+6.9	8,648	D+2.7%
Clinton County	R+12.5	R+13.2	R+10.5	22,964	R+3.5%
Lee County	R+12.7	R+3.2	D+0.9	17,618	R+8.2%
Jasper County	R+12.9	R+6.1	R+3.3	16,513	R+4.1%
Webster County	R+13.9	R+6.8	D+1.6	19,893	R+9.9%
Kossuth County	R+14.0	R+17.1	R+0.3	10,358	R+4.5%
Winneshiek County	R+14.1	R+19.7	R+17.1	10,452	D+9.9%
Jackson County	R+14.2	R+11.0	R+4.4	8,924	R+1.1%
Monroe County	R+14.9	R+3.3	D+9.7	4,155	R+17.0%
Tama County	R+15.4	R+20.8	R+9.1	8,880	R+2.5%
Clarke County	R+16.0	R+18.2	R+5.4	3,901	R+5.9%
Mitchell County	R+16.0	R+23.2	R+10.7	5,911	D+8.5%
Pocahontas County	R+16.3	R+21.7	R+2.8	5,487	R+6.1%
Woodbury County	R+16.4	R+17.6	R+9.6	41,430	R+9.5%
Decatur County	R+16.5	R+3.5	R+0.1	4,593	R+12.1%
Marion County	R+16.8	R+8.7	R+6.9	11,531	R+6.2%
Floyd County	R+16.9	R+11.3	R+2.2	8,192	D+5.3%
Warren County	R+17.1	R+4.8	R+0.6	12,804	R+8.1%
Black Hawk County	R+17.1	R+3.4	R+1.2	53,782	R+8.0%
Scott County	R+17.4	R+12.2	R+7.7	59,455	R+15.2%
Jones County	R+17.5	R+11.1	R+12.3	8,521	R+4.5%
Buchanan County	R+18.4	R+15.2	R+9.1	9,048	R+8.4%
Keokuk County	R+18.5	R+12.6	R+4.7	6,565	R+6.9%
Monona County	R+19.1	R+30.4	R+11.8	5,495	R+4.9%
Crawford County	R+19.2	R+29.8	R+14.4	7,667	R+0.7%
Wright County	R+20.9	R+18.1	R+10.4	7,162	R+3.3%
Madison County	R+21.2	R+12.9	R+1.6	5,864	R+4.4%
Dickinson County	R+21.4	R+18.9	R+14.5	6,381	R+2.1%
Adams County	R+21.4	R+28.1	R+16.4	3,045	D+6.5%
Greene County	R+21.5	R+15.9	D+4.5	5,680	R+4.0%
Calhoun County	R+21.6	R+23.4	R+13.1	6,368	R+0.6%
Clay County	R+21.8	R+14.8	R+8.1	7,696	R+2.3%
Plymouth County	R+22.0	R+34.3	R+30.1	10,466	D+7.9%
Hancock County	R+22.1	R+28.9	R+13.9	6,129	D+1.6%
Clayton County	R+23.0	R+19.7	R+18.5	9,048	R+0.9%
Guthrie County	R+23.2	R+24.4	R+5.0	6,022	R+0.9%
Lucas County	R+23.3	R+12.3	R+4.1	4,690	R+10.7%
Iowa County	R+23.3	R+20.6	R+21.2	6,964	R+1.6%
Marshall County	R+23.6	R+18.3	R+10.2	17,744	R+5.3%
Fayette County	R+23.9	R+17.3	R+16.2	11,940	D+0.4%
Sac County	R+23.9	R+27.9	R+16.3	6,541	D+5.7%
Hamilton County	R+24.0	R+24.2	R+12.3	7,890	R+4.6%
Buena Vista County	R+24.0	R+18.6	R+11.5	9,281	D+4.2%
Louisa County	R+24.0	R+18.1	R+15.2	4,577	R+4.0%
Delaware County	R+24.0	R+21.1	R+20.1	7,920	D+0.1%
Audubon County	R+24.1	R+22.4	R+10.8	4,082	R+4.5%
Hardin County	R+24.6	R+15.8	R+7.4	9,556	R+1.8%
Wayne County	R+25.6	R+14.5	R+3.3	4,324	R+7.5%
Cherokee County	R+25.6	R+18.2	R+9.3	7,594	R+2.5%
Muscatine County	R+25.8	R+14.7	R+20.3	13,642	R+5.3%
Osceola County	R+26.1	R+32.3	R+32.9	3,616	D+0.6%
Emmet County	R+26.8	R+15.9	R+3.5	5,461	R+4.9%
Humboldt County	R+26.9	R+29.4	R+16.9	5,792	R+2.9%
Union County	R+27.1	R+19.9	R+10.8	5,977	R+6.3%
Shelby County	R+27.8	R+34.8	R+29.2	6,439	R+4.9%
Van Buren County	R+27.9	R+22.6	R+14.1	3,596	R+3.0%
Cedar County	R+28.3	R+23.2	R+19.8	7,023	R+4.4%
Allamakee County	R+28.6	R+27.8	R+27.0	6,562	D+2.4%
Franklin County	R+28.6	R+24.1	R+14.1	5,786	D+3.5%
Adair County	R+29.3	R+29.2	R+13.8	4,782	R+2.4%
Winnebago County	R+29.6	R+24.7	R+15.0	6,669	R+6.5%
Washington County	R+29.7	R+14.3	R+19.7	8,089	R+1.8%
Henry County	R+29.7	R+13.2	R+14.3	7,884	R+2.6%
Mahaska County	R+30.0	R+16.2	R+19.2	9,988	R+10.4%
Appanoose County	R+30.2	R+11.5	R+1.8	6,747	R+23.2%
Ida County	R+30.5	R+36.5	R+25.2	4,359	R+1.3%
Jefferson County	R+31.7	R+20.9	R+22.9	7,139	R+7.0%
Harrison County	R+32.8	R+33.3	R+27.0	7,171	R+11.5%
Bremer County	R+33.4	R+28.1	R+25.4	9,611	D+3.2%
Fremont County	R+36.7	R+36.1	R+30.4	3,907	R+15.6%
Ringgold County	R+38.2	R+22.6	D+2.6	3,303	R+16.7%
O'Brien County	R+39.2	R+35.1	R+33.4	7,491	D+3.6%
Pottawattamie County	R+40.9	R+28.7	R+27.0	28,450	R+17.9%
Taylor County	R+41.4	R+35.3	R+24.8	4,336	R+14.1%
Grundy County	R+43.2	R+39.5	R+40.1	6,625	D+3.5%
Lyon County	R+45.3	R+47.0	R+49.2	5,252	D+3.2%
Cass County	R+45.6	R+39.6	R+35.0	7,263	R+5.8%
Butler County	R+45.6	R+38.2	R+32.5	6,426	R+0.4%
Montgomery County	R+46.9	R+42.3	R+43.2	6,041	R+12.0%
Mills County	R+52.4	R+45.1	R+46.7	4,712	R+16.1%
Page County	R+54.4	R+49.2	R+50.6	8,112	R+10.8%
Sioux County	R+57.3	R+57.0	R+63.5	13,697	D+5.3%

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County Results (99 counties)

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