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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Iowa

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in Iowa in 1872, 60.8% to 37.7%, a margin of 23.1 points and 49,930 votes.

Iowa voted 11.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant also won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Clinton, cast 7,826 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.9 points. The closest was Audubon, where 13 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 131,566 60.8%
Horace Greeley Democratic 81,636 37.7%
All other candidates 3,163 1.5%
Total216,365

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clinton 4,730 60.4% 3,096 39.6% 7,826 D+20.9
Lee 4,249 59.4% 2,907 40.6% 7,156 D+18.8
Dubuque 3,518 59.2% 2,424 40.8% 5,942 D+18.4
Scott 2,747 53.7% 2,369 46.3% 5,116 D+7.4
Linn 1,590 32.0% 3,373 68.0% 4,963 R+35.9
Jones 2,477 52.0% 2,285 48.0% 4,762 D+4.0
Polk 1,570 34.0% 3,051 66.0% 4,621 R+32.0
Des Moines 2,082 45.4% 2,501 54.6% 4,583 R+9.1
Clayton 2,124 48.0% 2,298 52.0% 4,422 R+3.9
Allamakee 2,769 65.6% 1,455 34.4% 4,224 D+31.1
Cedar 1,918 46.3% 2,225 53.7% 4,143 R+7.4
Black Hawk 1,642 39.9% 2,477 60.1% 4,119 R+20.3
Marion 1,868 45.5% 2,241 54.5% 4,109 R+9.1
Johnson 1,901 47.4% 2,109 52.6% 4,010 R+5.2
Winneshiek 1,785 46.6% 2,047 53.4% 3,832 R+6.8
Jackson 1,918 50.4% 1,884 49.6% 3,802 D+0.9
Jasper 950 25.0% 2,848 75.0% 3,798 R+50.0
Wapello 1,656 43.7% 2,131 56.3% 3,787 R+12.5
Mahaska 1,251 33.1% 2,532 66.9% 3,783 R+33.9
Henry 1,248 33.2% 2,507 66.8% 3,755 R+33.5
Muscatine 1,433 40.1% 2,145 59.9% 3,578 R+19.9
Benton 986 28.2% 2,510 71.8% 3,496 R+43.6
Washington 1,234 36.6% 2,140 63.4% 3,374 R+26.9
Keokuk 1,415 43.3% 1,852 56.7% 3,267 R+13.4
Fayette 1,006 30.9% 2,251 69.1% 3,257 R+38.2
Van Buren 1,369 42.3% 1,866 57.7% 3,235 R+15.4
Warren 804 27.4% 2,127 72.6% 2,931 R+45.1
Jefferson 1,158 39.6% 1,765 60.4% 2,923 R+20.8
Delaware 995 34.6% 1,880 65.4% 2,875 R+30.8
Davis 1,277 44.7% 1,582 55.3% 2,859 R+10.7
Pottawattamie 1,406 49.2% 1,451 50.8% 2,857 R+1.6
Buchanan 901 32.4% 1,877 67.6% 2,778 R+35.1
Madison 987 36.0% 1,758 64.0% 2,745 R+28.1
Poweshiek 724 27.0% 1,956 73.0% 2,680 R+46.0
Tama 744 27.8% 1,933 72.2% 2,677 R+44.4
Marshall 378 14.4% 2,246 85.6% 2,624 R+71.2
Appanoose 1,047 40.2% 1,558 59.8% 2,605 R+19.6
Fremont 1,311 51.0% 1,261 49.0% 2,572 D+1.9
Iowa 940 38.6% 1,493 61.4% 2,433 R+22.7
Hardin 516 22.4% 1,789 77.6% 2,305 R+55.2
Boone 844 37.4% 1,414 62.6% 2,258 R+25.2
Dallas 609 27.3% 1,620 72.7% 2,229 R+45.4
Louisa 715 32.2% 1,503 67.8% 2,218 R+35.5
Decatur 886 40.8% 1,283 59.2% 2,169 R+18.3
Page 718 33.8% 1,408 66.2% 2,126 R+32.5
Monroe 859 41.6% 1,205 58.4% 2,064 R+16.8
Wayne 849 41.2% 1,214 58.8% 2,063 R+17.7
Floyd 434 21.1% 1,620 78.9% 2,054 R+57.7
Bremer 469 23.9% 1,490 76.1% 1,959 R+52.1
Butler 444 23.7% 1,433 76.3% 1,877 R+52.7
Harrison 720 38.5% 1,150 61.5% 1,870 R+23.0
Mills 690 37.1% 1,169 62.9% 1,859 R+25.8
Webster 783 42.1% 1,076 57.9% 1,859 R+15.8
Lucas 713 38.9% 1,118 61.1% 1,831 R+22.1
Chickasaw 661 37.1% 1,120 62.9% 1,781 R+25.8
Story 371 21.1% 1,389 78.9% 1,760 R+57.8
Mitchell 494 28.7% 1,226 71.3% 1,720 R+42.6
Taylor 440 28.2% 1,122 71.8% 1,562 R+43.7
Clarke 487 32.0% 1,035 68.0% 1,522 R+36.0
Montgomery 453 31.5% 987 68.5% 1,440 R+37.1
Guthrie 372 27.4% 986 72.6% 1,358 R+45.2
Cass 301 23.2% 998 76.8% 1,299 R+53.7
Woodbury 439 35.7% 790 64.3% 1,229 R+28.6
Adams 358 29.2% 870 70.8% 1,228 R+41.7
Hamilton 269 23.8% 862 76.2% 1,131 R+52.4
Union 296 27.1% 796 72.9% 1,092 R+45.8
Cerro Gordo 169 15.7% 906 84.3% 1,075 R+68.6
Howard 274 26.2% 772 73.8% 1,046 R+47.6
Franklin 155 15.2% 865 84.8% 1,020 R+69.6
Ringgold 216 21.2% 804 78.8% 1,020 R+57.6
Wright 594 58.3% 424 41.7% 1,018 D+16.7
Adair 216 22.2% 757 77.8% 973 R+55.6
Greene 229 23.6% 740 76.4% 969 R+52.7
Grundy 183 19.5% 757 80.5% 940 R+61.1
Monona 215 27.4% 571 72.6% 786 R+45.3
Kossuth 240 31.6% 519 68.4% 759 R+36.8
Carroll 288 41.3% 410 58.7% 698 R+17.5
Clay 99 14.7% 574 85.3% 673 R+70.6
Shelby 285 42.9% 379 57.1% 664 R+14.2
Crawford 229 35.3% 420 64.7% 649 R+29.4
Palo Alto 399 61.6% 249 38.4% 648 D+23.1
Cherokee 158 25.4% 463 74.6% 621 R+49.1
Plymouth 141 23.1% 469 76.9% 610 R+53.8
Buena Vista 94 15.5% 513 84.5% 607 R+69.0
Humboldt 141 25.9% 403 74.1% 544 R+48.2
Worth 89 18.2% 400 81.8% 489 R+63.6
Calhoun 140 29.2% 340 70.8% 480 R+41.7
O'Brien 122 26.8% 333 73.2% 455 R+46.4
Sioux 117 27.4% 310 72.6% 427 R+45.2
Sac 96 23.9% 305 76.1% 401 R+52.1
Emmet 185 47.1% 208 52.9% 393 R+5.9
Pocahontas 112 29.9% 263 70.1% 375 R+40.3
Dickinson 51 13.9% 317 86.1% 368 R+72.3
Audubon 171 48.2% 184 51.8% 355 R+3.7
Winnebago 16 5.6% 270 94.4% 286 R+88.8
Hancock 54 22.5% 186 77.5% 240 R+55.0
Osceola 9 4.3% 202 95.7% 211 R+91.5
Ida 13 13.7% 82 86.3% 95 R+72.6
Lyon 1 1.1% 87 98.9% 88 R+97.7

Counties as they stood in 1872; 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 in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.8
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+0.7
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+10.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+13.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+28.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.5
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+24.2
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+38.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+45.4
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+12.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.3
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.0
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+32.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+18.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+12.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+7.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+5.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+24.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+20.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.8