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Election 1871 Results

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1871 Iowa governor election

Cyrus Clay Carpenter (Republican) beat Joseph C. Knapp (Democrat) in Iowa in 1871, 61.6% to 38.4%, a margin of 23.2 points and 41,129 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1869, when Samuel Merrill won.

Republicans led in 92 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Dubuque, cast 5,273 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.7 points. The closest was Davis, where 17 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Cyrus Clay Carpenter won Republican 109,328 61.6%
Joseph C. Knapp Democratic 68,199 38.4%
All other candidates 22 0.0%
Total177,549

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dubuque 3,287 62.3% 1,986 37.7% 5,273 D+24.7
Lee 2,570 53.9% 2,197 46.1% 4,767 D+7.8
Marion 2,156 49.2% 2,229 50.8% 4,385 R+1.7
Polk 1,628 38.8% 2,568 61.2% 4,196 R+22.4
Johnson 2,127 50.9% 2,047 49.0% 1 4,175 D+1.9
Clinton 1,735 42.1% 2,390 57.9% 4,125 R+15.9
Linn 1,255 31.4% 2,737 68.6% 3,992 R+37.1
Des Moines 1,612 40.9% 2,326 59.1% 3,938 R+18.1
Scott 1,355 34.8% 2,535 65.1% 2 3,892 R+30.3
Jasper 1,116 28.8% 2,757 71.2% 3,873 R+42.4
Wapello 1,746 47.4% 1,934 52.6% 3,680 R+5.1
Clayton 1,633 45.6% 1,952 54.4% 3,585 R+8.9
Jackson 1,857 52.7% 1,666 47.3% 3,523 D+5.4
Mahaska 1,270 37.4% 2,123 62.6% 3,393 R+25.1
Henry 1,192 36.7% 2,052 63.3% 3,244 R+26.5
Warren 998 33.9% 1,948 66.1% 2,946 R+32.2
Van Buren 1,377 46.8% 1,565 53.2% 2,942 R+6.4
Muscatine 1,229 41.9% 1,701 58.1% 2,930 R+16.1
Appanoose 1,318 47.1% 1,481 52.9% 2,799 R+5.8
Davis 1,389 49.7% 1,406 50.3% 2,795 R+0.6
Madison 1,099 39.7% 1,669 60.3% 2,768 R+20.6
Jefferson 1,198 43.5% 1,557 56.5% 2,755 R+13.0
Keokuk 1,226 46.4% 1,416 53.6% 2,642 R+7.2
Cedar 922 35.1% 1,702 64.9% 2,624 R+29.7
Allamakee 1,363 52.0% 1,257 48.0% 2,620 D+4.0
Benton 845 32.9% 1,721 67.1% 2,566 R+34.1
Fayette 895 35.1% 1,657 64.9% 2,552 R+29.9
Black Hawk 614 24.1% 1,931 75.8% 3 2,548 R+51.7
Pottawattamie 1,123 44.5% 1,398 55.5% 2,521 R+10.9
Jones 823 33.3% 1,651 66.7% 2,474 R+33.5
Iowa 1,082 44.5% 1,352 55.5% 2,434 R+11.1
Marshall 476 19.9% 1,920 80.1% 2,396 R+60.3
Buchanan 846 35.8% 1,515 64.2% 2,361 R+28.3
Washington 937 40.2% 1,393 59.8% 2,330 R+19.6
Fremont 1,221 53.0% 1,082 47.0% 2,303 D+6.0
Decatur 1,059 46.2% 1,231 53.8% 2,290 R+7.5
Winneshiek 782 34.5% 1,486 65.5% 2,268 R+31.0
Poweshiek 731 32.4% 1,523 67.6% 2,254 R+35.1
Boone 878 41.3% 1,250 58.7% 2,128 R+17.5
Harrison 996 47.2% 1,114 52.8% 2,110 R+5.6
Delaware 709 34.7% 1,332 65.3% 2,041 R+30.5
Wayne 875 44.5% 1,093 55.5% 1,968 R+11.1
Louisa 647 33.7% 1,272 66.3% 1,919 R+32.6
Tama 569 30.5% 1,295 69.4% 1 1,865 R+38.9
Monroe 788 42.6% 1,063 57.4% 1,851 R+14.9
Dallas 513 29.7% 1,215 70.3% 1,728 R+40.6
Chickasaw 690 40.8% 1,001 59.2% 1,691 R+18.4
Story 470 28.2% 1,199 71.8% 1,669 R+43.7
Bremer 403 24.9% 1,212 75.0% 1 1,616 R+50.1
Webster 604 38.4% 970 61.6% 1,574 R+23.3
Clarke 513 32.6% 1,059 67.4% 1,572 R+34.7
Mills 659 42.5% 893 57.5% 1,552 R+15.1
Hardin 340 22.1% 1,198 77.9% 1,538 R+55.8
Floyd 370 24.2% 1,159 75.8% 1,529 R+51.6
Butler 328 22.5% 1,127 77.4% 2 1,457 R+54.8
Lucas 606 42.7% 814 57.3% 1,420 R+14.6
Page 454 32.2% 957 67.8% 1,411 R+35.6
Guthrie 503 37.5% 839 62.5% 1,342 R+25.0
Taylor 387 29.2% 937 70.8% 1,324 R+41.5
Mitchell 295 22.7% 1,002 77.2% 1 1,298 R+54.5
Montgomery 455 36.8% 781 63.2% 1,236 R+26.4
Union 385 32.3% 807 67.7% 1,192 R+35.4
Cass 341 28.7% 847 71.3% 1,188 R+42.6
Ringgold 330 30.2% 761 69.8% 1,091 R+39.5
Hamilton 237 22.7% 807 77.3% 1,044 R+54.6
Howard 371 36.0% 659 64.0% 1,030 R+28.0
Woodbury 236 25.0% 708 74.9% 1 945 R+49.9
Adair 268 28.5% 672 71.5% 940 R+43.0
Franklin 89 10.7% 745 89.3% 834 R+78.7
Greene 244 29.3% 589 70.7% 833 R+41.4
Adams 245 30.1% 568 69.9% 813 R+39.7
Cerro Gordo 127 16.3% 654 83.7% 781 R+67.5
Kossuth 63 10.1% 563 89.9% 626 R+79.9
Crawford 226 39.0% 354 61.0% 580 R+22.1
Clay 2 0.4% 566 99.6% 568 R+99.3
Grundy 56 10.4% 480 89.6% 536 R+79.1
Humboldt 131 24.8% 397 75.2% 528 R+50.4
Carroll 196 37.4% 328 62.6% 524 R+25.2
Monona 17 3.4% 477 95.0% 8 502 R+91.6
Cherokee 103 20.8% 393 79.2% 496 R+58.5
Plymouth 124 25.6% 360 74.4% 484 R+48.8
Shelby 177 38.3% 285 61.7% 462 R+23.4
Worth 43 10.0% 385 90.0% 428 R+79.9
Wright 90 22.0% 320 78.0% 410 R+56.1
Buena Vista 68 16.8% 336 83.2% 404 R+66.3
Palo Alto 166 43.3% 217 56.7% 383 R+13.3
Sac 89 25.0% 267 75.0% 356 R+50.0
Calhoun 113 32.8% 232 67.2% 345 R+34.5
Audubon 177 53.3% 155 46.7% 332 D+6.6
Pocahontas 51 16.2% 263 83.8% 314 R+67.5
Winnebago 34 11.3% 267 88.7% 301 R+77.4
Dickinson 30 11.2% 239 88.8% 269 R+77.7
Hancock 47 18.6% 206 81.4% 253 R+62.8
O'Brien 47 22.2% 165 77.8% 212 R+55.7
Sioux 84 40.8% 122 59.2% 206 R+18.4
Emmet 36 23.1% 118 75.6% 2 156 R+52.6
Ida 12 14.8% 69 85.2% 81 R+70.4
Lyon 0 0.0% 59 100.0% 59 R+100.0
Osceola 0 0.0% 45 100.0% 45 R+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1871; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1