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Election 1924 Results

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1924 presidential election in Iowa

Calvin Coolidge (Republican) beat Robert M. La Follette (independent) in Iowa in 1924, 55.0% to 27.9%, a margin of 27.2 points and 265,392 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1920, when Warren G. Harding won.

Republicans led in 91 of the 99 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 8. The largest, Polk, cast 60,236 votes and went to the Republican by 51.2 points. The closest was Mitchell, where 21 votes separated the top two.

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Results

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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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Calvin Coolidge won	Republican	537,635	55.0%
Robert M. La Follette	Progressive	272,243	27.9%
John W. Davis	Democratic	162,600	16.6%
All other candidates		4,482	0.5%
Total		976,960

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Polk	6,665 11.1%	37,491 62.2%	16,080	60,236	R+51.2
Woodbury	5,676 16.2%	16,639 47.4%	12,792	35,107	R+31.2
Linn	5,941 17.1%	22,371 64.5%	6,359	34,671	R+47.4
Scott	4,347 14.3%	18,360 60.4%	7,713	30,420	R+46.1
Pottawattamie	5,305 20.9%	13,380 52.8%	6,660	25,345	R+31.9
Dubuque	5,718 22.7%	8,280 32.8%	11,236	25,234	Others
Black Hawk	2,981 12.3%	15,813 65.3%	5,418	24,212	R+53.0
Clinton	3,811 19.4%	10,359 52.7%	5,482	19,652	R+33.3
Lee	4,903 26.7%	9,999 54.4%	3,464	18,366	R+27.7
Wapello	3,039 17.5%	9,870 57.0%	4,413	17,322	R+39.4
Des Moines	2,616 17.7%	7,995 54.0%	4,187	14,798	R+36.3
Webster	2,076 14.4%	6,641 46.0%	5,709	14,426	R+31.6
Cerro Gordo	1,345 9.4%	8,410 58.9%	4,532	14,287	R+49.5
Marshall	1,516 11.5%	9,010 68.1%	2,700	13,226	R+56.7
Johnson	4,570 35.5%	5,741 44.6%	2,570	12,881	R+9.1
Muscatine	1,963 16.5%	7,731 64.9%	2,210	11,904	R+48.5
Fayette	1,272 10.7%	5,974 50.2%	4,649	11,895	R+39.5
Jasper	1,214 10.5%	6,565 56.8%	3,774	11,553	R+46.3
Appanoose	2,032 18.1%	6,421 57.2%	2,778	11,231	R+39.1
Story	1,310 11.9%	6,916 63.1%	2,738	10,964	R+51.1
Boone	702 6.4%	4,980 45.6%	5,239	10,921	Others
Marion	2,383 22.5%	5,058 47.7%	3,170	10,611	R+25.2
Mahaska	1,673 15.9%	5,810 55.1%	3,056	10,539	R+39.3
Dallas	933 9.1%	6,359 62.0%	2,965	10,257	R+52.9
Clayton	1,556 15.5%	4,168 41.5%	4,323	10,047	Others
Harrison	3,179 32.0%	5,062 51.0%	1,681	9,922	R+19.0
Winneshiek	1,510 16.0%	4,154 44.0%	3,783	9,447	R+28.0
Tama	2,180 23.3%	5,177 55.3%	2,003	9,360	R+32.0
Keokuk	2,568 27.5%	4,795 51.4%	1,970	9,333	R+23.9
Page	1,643 17.9%	6,023 65.6%	1,513	9,179	R+47.7
Benton	1,459 16.0%	5,314 58.2%	2,365	9,138	R+42.2
Plymouth	1,605 17.8%	3,803 42.1%	3,628	9,036	R+24.3
Carroll	1,994 22.8%	3,590 41.1%	3,160	8,744	R+18.3
Kossuth	1,369 15.7%	3,806 43.5%	3,567	8,742	R+27.9
Buchanan	1,780 20.6%	5,459 63.1%	1,412	8,651	R+42.5
Sioux	900 10.7%	4,960 58.9%	2,559	8,419	R+48.2
Jackson	2,352 28.0%	4,218 50.2%	1,828	8,398	R+22.2
Washington	1,868 22.3%	5,053 60.3%	1,455	8,376	R+38.0
Cass	1,099 13.2%	5,721 68.8%	1,493	8,313	R+55.6
Poweshiek	1,428 17.3%	4,414 53.6%	2,391	8,233	R+36.3
Monroe	1,388 17.3%	4,098 51.0%	2,555	8,041	R+33.7
Crawford	1,255 15.8%	2,882 36.3%	3,803	7,940	Others
Jones	2,212 27.9%	4,524 57.1%	1,182	7,918	R+29.2
Hardin	634 8.0%	4,714 59.6%	2,564	7,912	R+51.6
Union	1,166 14.9%	4,250 54.2%	2,428	7,844	R+39.3
Delaware	1,146 15.0%	4,938 64.7%	1,550	7,634	R+49.7
Cedar	1,478 19.4%	4,625 60.7%	1,511	7,614	R+41.3
Floyd	529 7.0%	5,012 66.0%	2,052	7,593	R+59.0
Warren	1,274 16.9%	4,683 62.1%	1,583	7,540	R+45.2
Wright	501 6.7%	4,323 57.4%	2,707	7,531	R+50.8
Chickasaw	1,736 23.6%	3,416 46.5%	2,192	7,344	R+22.9
Bremer	911 12.5%	3,532 48.3%	2,866	7,309	R+35.9
Henry	1,344 18.4%	4,536 62.2%	1,413	7,293	R+43.8
Buena Vista	683 9.4%	3,812 52.4%	2,773	7,268	R+43.1
Hamilton	490 6.8%	4,401 60.8%	2,352	7,243	R+54.0
Guthrie	840 11.7%	4,314 60.1%	2,029	7,183	R+48.4
Allamakee	1,289 18.0%	2,755 38.4%	3,127	7,171	Others
Montgomery	805 11.3%	4,617 64.5%	1,733	7,155	R+53.3
O'Brien	756 10.6%	4,172 58.5%	2,206	7,134	R+47.9
Taylor	1,138 16.3%	4,254 61.0%	1,587	6,979	R+44.6
Madison	1,367 19.8%	4,191 60.8%	1,333	6,891	R+41.0
Greene	790 11.5%	4,599 66.8%	1,499	6,888	R+55.3
Decatur	1,693 24.8%	3,221 47.1%	1,921	6,835	R+22.4
Iowa	1,458 21.3%	3,549 51.9%	1,828	6,835	R+30.6
Shelby	2,297 33.9%	3,252 48.0%	1,227	6,776	R+14.1
Wayne	1,826 27.5%	3,322 50.0%	1,497	6,645	R+22.5
Calhoun	714 10.8%	3,529 53.2%	2,389	6,632	R+42.4
Jefferson	1,249 19.0%	4,062 61.6%	1,279	6,590	R+42.7
Sac	674 10.3%	3,970 60.7%	1,901	6,545	R+50.4
Butler	667 10.4%	3,823 59.6%	1,927	6,417	R+49.2
Pocahontas	819 12.8%	2,537 39.7%	3,039	6,395	Others
Monona	1,271 20.3%	3,195 50.9%	1,805	6,271	R+30.7
Lucas	824 13.2%	3,288 52.6%	2,134	6,246	R+39.4
Fremont	2,525 40.6%	3,313 53.2%	384	6,222	R+12.7
Cherokee	904 14.6%	3,240 52.4%	2,040	6,184	R+37.8
Mitchell	400 6.5%	2,892 46.9%	2,871	6,163	R+40.4
Adair	688 11.5%	4,043 67.3%	1,277	6,008	R+55.8
Howard	1,604 26.8%	2,850 47.7%	1,525	5,979	R+20.8
Van Buren	1,209 20.3%	3,623 60.7%	1,136	5,968	R+40.4
Palo Alto	593 10.0%	2,943 49.5%	2,410	5,946	R+39.5
Mills	1,750 30.0%	3,348 57.4%	734	5,832	R+27.4
Clay	378 6.5%	3,549 61.0%	1,893	5,820	R+54.5
Davis	1,802 31.3%	2,804 48.8%	1,144	5,750	R+17.4
Grundy	615 10.7%	3,322 57.9%	1,805	5,742	R+47.1
Hancock	550 10.3%	3,183 59.6%	1,606	5,339	R+49.3
Franklin	360 6.9%	3,064 58.8%	1,787	5,211	R+51.9
Ringgold	882 17.0%	3,147 60.7%	1,157	5,186	R+43.7
Winnebago	225 4.4%	2,445 47.3%	2,502	5,172	Others
Emmet	407 7.9%	2,739 53.3%	1,994	5,140	R+45.4
Clarke	743 15.3%	2,554 52.5%	1,569	4,866	R+37.2
Humboldt	370 7.8%	2,841 59.7%	1,546	4,757	R+51.9
Lyon	481 10.2%	2,082 44.0%	2,168	4,731	Others
Adams	897 19.1%	2,547 54.3%	1,248	4,692	R+35.2
Ida	685 14.6%	2,033 43.5%	1,960	4,678	R+28.8
Audubon	965 21.0%	2,475 53.9%	1,153	4,593	R+32.9
Worth	180 3.9%	2,340 51.0%	2,069	4,589	R+47.1
Louisa	643 14.2%	2,952 65.0%	949	4,544	R+50.8
Dickinson	435 9.7%	2,967 66.2%	1,080	4,482	R+56.5
Osceola	386 10.4%	1,876 50.4%	1,458	3,720	R+40.1

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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