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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Iowa

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Iowa in 1996, 50.3% to 39.9%, a margin of 10.3 points and 127,614 votes.

Iowa voted 1.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Democrats led in 79 of the 99 counties and Republicans in 20. The largest, Polk, cast 156,106 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.7 points. The closest was Butler, where 25 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
Bill Clinton won Democratic 620,258 50.3%
Bob Dole Republican 492,644 39.9%
Ross Perot Reform 105,159 8.5%
All other candidates 16,014 1.3%
Total1,234,075

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 83,877 53.7% 60,884 39.0% 11,345 156,106 D+14.7
Linn 45,497 54.8% 30,958 37.3% 6,580 83,035 D+17.5
Scott 32,694 50.1% 26,751 41.0% 5,757 65,202 D+9.1
Black Hawk 29,651 55.8% 19,322 36.4% 4,136 53,109 D+19.4
Johnson 27,888 61.0% 13,402 29.3% 4,442 45,732 D+31.7
Dubuque 20,839 54.8% 13,391 35.2% 3,821 38,051 D+19.6
Woodbury 17,224 46.0% 16,368 43.7% 3,872 37,464 D+2.3
Pottawattamie 13,276 40.4% 15,648 47.7% 3,897 32,821 R+7.2
Story 17,234 52.7% 12,468 38.1% 2,993 32,695 D+14.6
Clinton 11,481 53.2% 7,624 35.3% 2,490 21,595 D+17.9
Cerro Gordo 11,943 56.3% 7,427 35.0% 1,857 21,227 D+21.3
Des Moines 10,761 57.9% 5,778 31.1% 2,035 18,574 D+26.8
Warren 9,120 52.2% 6,905 39.5% 1,447 17,472 D+12.7
Marshall 8,669 50.0% 7,017 40.5% 1,638 17,324 D+9.5
Jasper 8,776 52.9% 6,414 38.7% 1,395 16,585 D+14.2
Webster 8,380 51.3% 6,275 38.4% 1,673 16,328 D+12.9
Dallas 8,017 50.1% 6,647 41.5% 1,346 16,010 D+8.6
Lee 8,831 56.4% 4,932 31.5% 1,899 15,662 D+24.9
Muscatine 7,674 49.9% 5,858 38.1% 1,854 15,386 D+11.8
Wapello 8,437 57.1% 4,828 32.7% 1,505 14,770 D+24.4
Sioux 2,392 17.0% 10,864 77.0% 854 14,110 R+60.0
Marion 5,978 45.8% 6,100 46.7% 974 13,052 R+0.9
Boone 6,446 54.5% 4,293 36.3% 1,096 11,835 D+18.2
Benton 5,546 54.0% 3,835 37.3% 898 10,279 D+16.6
Bremer 5,023 49.4% 4,213 41.4% 936 10,172 D+8.0
Plymouth 3,745 37.6% 5,117 51.4% 1,094 9,956 R+13.8
Fayette 4,832 50.2% 3,848 40.0% 944 9,624 D+10.2
Buchanan 4,997 55.8% 3,043 34.0% 911 8,951 D+21.8
Mahaska 3,737 41.8% 4,473 50.0% 731 8,941 R+8.2
Carroll 4,333 49.3% 3,392 38.6% 1,065 8,790 D+10.7
Winneshiek 4,122 47.0% 3,532 40.3% 1,116 8,770 D+6.7
Jones 4,668 54.4% 3,083 35.9% 830 8,581 D+18.5
Kossuth 4,031 47.4% 3,477 40.9% 997 8,505 D+6.5
Jackson 4,609 54.5% 2,827 33.4% 1,025 8,461 D+21.1
Hardin 4,053 48.7% 3,505 42.1% 766 8,324 D+6.6
Henry 3,798 45.9% 3,478 42.0% 999 8,275 D+3.9
Poweshiek 4,183 50.9% 3,221 39.2% 810 8,214 D+11.7
Clayton 4,284 52.3% 2,944 35.9% 966 8,194 D+16.4
Washington 3,828 46.8% 3,600 44.0% 745 8,173 D+2.8
Buena Vista 3,420 42.9% 3,636 45.6% 909 7,965 R+2.7
Tama 3,994 51.5% 2,986 38.5% 772 7,752 D+13.0
Cedar 3,856 50.2% 2,966 38.6% 854 7,676 D+11.6
Clay 3,659 47.8% 3,129 40.9% 867 7,655 D+6.9
Dickinson 3,562 46.6% 3,129 40.9% 955 7,646 D+5.7
Delaware 3,704 49.4% 3,065 40.9% 728 7,497 D+8.5
Jefferson 2,597 35.1% 2,541 34.4% 2,259 7,397 D+0.8
Hamilton 3,455 47.5% 3,109 42.7% 713 7,277 D+4.8
Page 2,220 31.5% 4,032 57.2% 791 7,043 R+25.7
Iowa 3,354 47.7% 3,042 43.2% 639 7,035 D+4.4
Floyd 3,769 54.7% 2,379 34.5% 739 6,887 D+20.2
Cass 2,616 38.1% 3,384 49.3% 865 6,865 R+11.2
O'Brien 2,236 33.2% 3,877 57.6% 622 6,735 R+24.4
Crawford 3,140 46.8% 2,686 40.0% 889 6,715 D+6.8
Butler 3,061 46.2% 3,036 45.8% 534 6,631 D+0.4
Harrison 2,576 39.5% 3,070 47.0% 881 6,527 R+7.6
Cherokee 2,853 44.8% 2,629 41.3% 888 6,370 D+3.5
Chickasaw 3,355 52.8% 2,191 34.4% 814 6,360 D+18.3
Madison 3,070 48.5% 2,550 40.3% 707 6,327 D+8.2
Wright 2,912 48.9% 2,473 41.5% 574 5,959 D+7.4
Shelby 2,176 36.6% 3,056 51.4% 709 5,941 R+14.8
Allamakee 2,551 44.1% 2,457 42.5% 773 5,781 D+1.6
Mills 2,068 35.8% 2,958 51.2% 746 5,772 R+15.4
Grundy 2,322 40.8% 2,928 51.5% 437 5,687 R+10.7
Union 2,787 49.3% 2,156 38.1% 714 5,657 D+11.2
Appanoose 2,747 49.1% 2,233 39.9% 612 5,592 D+9.2
Winnebago 2,679 48.5% 2,211 40.0% 631 5,521 D+8.5
Lyon 1,489 27.8% 3,396 63.5% 467 5,352 R+35.6
Hancock 2,399 45.2% 2,353 44.3% 557 5,309 D+0.9
Montgomery 1,912 36.8% 2,583 49.7% 703 5,198 R+12.9
Guthrie 2,552 49.6% 2,034 39.6% 554 5,140 D+10.1
Keokuk 2,545 49.9% 2,080 40.8% 476 5,101 D+9.1
Mitchell 2,596 51.2% 1,877 37.0% 598 5,071 D+14.2
Sac 2,170 43.4% 2,209 44.2% 618 4,997 R+0.8
Humboldt 2,080 42.2% 2,236 45.3% 617 4,933 R+3.2
Greene 2,519 52.5% 1,861 38.8% 419 4,799 D+13.7
Calhoun 2,193 45.9% 2,077 43.5% 509 4,779 D+2.4
Franklin 2,232 47.2% 2,054 43.4% 447 4,733 D+3.8
Palo Alto 2,371 50.4% 1,817 38.6% 515 4,703 D+11.8
Emmet 2,270 51.5% 1,641 37.2% 500 4,411 D+14.3
Howard 2,303 52.3% 1,528 34.7% 574 4,405 D+17.6
Louisa 2,081 48.7% 1,565 36.6% 629 4,275 D+12.1
Monona 1,952 46.1% 1,674 39.5% 612 4,238 D+6.6
Pocahontas 1,981 47.0% 1,707 40.5% 527 4,215 D+6.5
Lucas 2,168 51.5% 1,586 37.7% 455 4,209 D+13.8
Worth 2,293 57.2% 1,284 32.0% 435 4,012 D+25.1
Adair 1,802 45.8% 1,655 42.1% 478 3,935 D+3.7
Clarke 2,053 52.3% 1,401 35.7% 469 3,923 D+16.6
Davis 1,894 50.4% 1,445 38.4% 420 3,759 D+11.9
Ida 1,589 42.6% 1,684 45.1% 459 3,732 R+2.5
Decatur 1,846 51.0% 1,287 35.5% 490 3,623 D+15.4
Fremont 1,481 41.6% 1,576 44.2% 505 3,562 R+2.7
Monroe 1,884 53.6% 1,272 36.2% 357 3,513 D+17.4
Audubon 1,827 52.4% 1,314 37.7% 347 3,488 D+14.7
Van Buren 1,536 45.5% 1,460 43.3% 379 3,375 D+2.3
Taylor 1,458 44.5% 1,419 43.3% 399 3,276 D+1.2
Wayne 1,650 50.5% 1,295 39.6% 322 3,267 D+10.9
Osceola 1,010 33.1% 1,736 56.9% 305 3,051 R+23.8
Ringgold 1,439 52.5% 967 35.3% 334 2,740 D+17.2
Adams 1,070 46.0% 920 39.6% 336 2,326 D+6.4

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