Iowa Presidential Election Results,

Iowa Presidential Election Results, 1848-2008 Sources: Iowa Official Register; Iowa Secretary of State; Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 2008 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Barack Obama 828,940 53.9 Republican John McCain 682,379 44.4 Peace and Freedom Ralph Nader 8,014 0.5 Libertarian Bob Barr 4,590 0.3 Constitution Chuck Baldwin 4,445 0.3 Green Cynthia McKinney 1,423 0.1 Socialist Workers James Harris 292 0.0 Socialist Brian Moore 182 0.0 Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva 121 0.0 Scattering --- 6,737 0.4 9.5 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 2004 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican George W. Bush 751,957 49.9 Democrat John F. Kerry 741,898 49.2 Nominated by Petition Ralph Nader 5,973 0.4 Libertarian Michael Badnarik 2,992 0.2 Constitution Michael Peroutka 1,304 0.1 Iowa Green David Cobb 1,141 0.1 Socialist Workers Roger Calero 373 0.0 Nominated by Petition (Social Equity) Bill Van Auken 176 0.0 Scattering --- 1,094 0.1 0.7 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 2000 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Albert Gore 638,517 48.5 Republican George W. Bush 634,373 48.2 Iowa Green Ralph Nader 29,374 2.2 Reform Patrick Buchanan 5,731 0.4 Libertarian Harry Browne 3,209 0.2 Nominated by Petition (Natural Law) John Hagelin 2,281 0.2 Constitution Howard Philips 613 0.0 Socialist Workers James Harris, Jr. 190 0.0 Socialist David McReynolds 107 0.0 Scattering --- 1,168 0.1 0.3 Democrat

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1996 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat William Clinton 620,258 50.3 Republican Robert Dole 492,644 39.9 Reform H. Ross Perot 105,159 8.5 Green Ralph Nader 6,550 0.5 Natural Law John Hagelin 3,449 0.3 Libertarian Harry Browne 2,315 0.2 U.S. Taxpayers Howard Philips 2,229 0.2 Socialist Workers James Harris 331 0.0 Scattering --- 1,240 0.1 10.4 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1992 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat William Clinton 586,353 43.3 Republican George Bush 504,891 37.3 Independent H. Ross Perot 253,468 18.7 Natural Law John Hagelin 3,079 0.2 America First James Bo Gritz 1,177 0.1 Nominated by Petition Delbert L. Ehlers 1,149 0.1 Libertarian Andre Marrou 1,076 0.1 Grassroots Jack Herer 669 0.0 Nominated by Petition John Yiamouyiannis 604 0.0 U.S. Taxpayers Howard Phillips 480 0.0 Socialist Workers James Warren 273 0.0 Independents for Lyndon H. Economic Recovery LaRouche, Jr. 238 0.0 Campaign for a New Tomorrow Ron Daniels 212 0.0 New Alliance Lenore B. Fulani 197 0.0 Scattering --- 741 0.1 6.0 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1988 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Michael Dukakis 670,557 54.7 Republican George Bush 545,355 44.5 Nominated by Petition (National Lyndon H. LaRouche 3,526 0.3 Economic Recovery) Libertarian Ron Paul 2,494 0.2 Patriotic David Duke 755 0.1 New Alliance Lenore B. Fulani 540 0.0 Socialist Willa Kenoyer 334 0.0 Workers League Edward Winn 235 0.0 Socialist Workers James Warren 205 0.0 Scattering --- 1,613 0.1 10.2 Democrat

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1984 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Ronald Reagan 703,088 53.3 Democrat Walter Mondale 605,620 45.9 Nominated by Petition Lyndon LaRouche 6,248 0.5 Libertarian David Bergland 1,844 0.1 Big Deal Gerald Baker 892 0.1 Nominated by Petition (Alliance) Dennis Serrette 463 0.0 Socialist Workers Melvin Mason 313 0.0 Communist Gus Hall 286 0.0 Scattering --- 1,051 0.1 7.4 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1980 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Ronald Reagan 676,026 51.3 Democrat Jimmy Carter 508,672 38.6 Nominated by Petition John B. Anderson 115,633 8.8 Libertarian Edward Clark 13,123 1.0 Citizens Barry Commoner 2,273 0.2 Socialist David McReynolds 534 0.0 Communist Gus Hall 298 0.0 Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 244 0.0 American Percy Greaves Jr. 189 0.0 Statesman Benjamin Bubar 150 0.0 Scattering --- 519 0.0 12.7 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1976 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Gerald Ford 632,864 49.5 Democrat Jimmy Carter 619,937 48.5 Nominated by Petition Eugene J. McCarthy 20,057 1.6 American Party of IA Thomas Anderson 3,041 0.2 Libertarian Roger L. MacBride 1,454 0.1 Communist Gus Hall 551 0.0 Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 262 0.0 United States Labor Lyndon H. LaRouche 241 0.0 Socialist U.S.A. Frank P. Zeidler 233 0.0 Socialist Labor Julius Levin 160 0.0 Scattering --- 509 0.0 1.0 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1972 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Richard M. Nixon 706,207 57.6 Democrat George S. McGovern 496,206 40.5 American Ind. John G. Schmitz 22,056 1.8 Socialist Workers Linda Jenness 488 0.0 Communist Gus Hall 272 0.0 Universal Gabriel Green 199 0.0 Socialist Labor Louis Fisher 195 0.0 Scattering --- 321 0.0 17.1 Republican

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1968 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Richard M. Nixon 619,106 53.0 Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey 476,699 40.8 American Independent George C. Wallace 66,422 5.7 Nominated by Petition (Socialist Workers) Fred Halstead 3,377 0.3 Peace and Freedom Elridge Cleaver 1,332 0.1 Prohibition E. Harold Munn 362 0.0 Socialist Labor Henning A. Blomen 241 0.0 Universal Kirby Hensley 142 0.0 Scattering --- 250 0.0 12.2 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1964 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson 733,030 61.9 Republican Barry M. Goldwater 449,148 37.9 Prohibition E. Harold Munn 1,902 0.2 Socialist Labor Eric Hass 182 0.0 Socialist Workers Clifton DeBerry 159 0.0 Scattering --- 118 0.0 24.0 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1960 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Richard M. Nixon 722,381 56.7 Democrat John F. Kennedy 550,565 43.2 Write-in (Socialist Workers) Farrell Dobbs 634 0.0 Socialist Labor Eric Hass 230 0.0 13.5 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1956 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 729,187 59.1 Democrat Adlai Stevenson 501,858 40.7 A. C. P. of Iowa T. Coleman Andrews 3,202 0.3 Socialist Darlington Hoopes 192 0.0 Socialist Labor Eric Haas 125 0.0 18.4 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1952 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 808,906 63.8 Democrat Adlai Stevenson 451,513 35.6 Progressive Vincent Hallinan 5,085 0.4 Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 2,882 0.2 Socialist Darlington Hoopes 219 0.0 Socialist Labor Eric Hass 139 0.0 Scattering --- 29 0.0 28.2 Republican

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1948 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Harry S. Truman 522,380 50.3 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 494,018 47.6 Progressive Henry A. Wallace 12,125 1.2 Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 4,274 0.4 Prohibition Claude Watson 3,382 0.3 Socialist Norman M. Thomas 1,829 0.2 Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 256 0.0 2.7 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1944 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Thomas E. Dewey 547,267 52.0 Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt 499,876 47.5 Prohibition Claude Watson 3,752 0.4 Socialist Norman M. Thomas 1,511 0.1 Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 193 0.0 4.5 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1940 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Wendell L. Willkie 632,370 52.0 Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt 578,800 47.6 Prohibition Roger Babson 2,284 0.2 Communist Earl R. Browder 1,524 0.1 Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 452 0.0 4.4 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1936 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt 621,756 54.4 Republican Alfred M. Landon 487,977 42.7 Union William Lemke 29,687 2.6 Socialist Norman M. Thomas 1,373 0.1 Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 1,182 0.1 Communist Earl R. Browder 506 0.0 Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 252 0.0 11.7 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1932 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt 598,019 57.7 Republican Herbert Hoover 414,433 40.0 Socialist Norman M. Thomas 20,467 2.0 Prohibition William Upshaw 2,111 0.2 Farmer-Labor Jacob Coxey 1,094 0.1 Communist William Z. Foster 559 0.1 Scattering --- 4 0.0 17.7 Democrat

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1928 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Herbert Hoover 623,818 61.8 Democrat Alfred E. Smith 378,936 37.5 Farmer-Labor Frank Webb 3,088 0.3 Socialist Norman M. Thomas 2,960 0.3 Workers William Z. Foster 328 0.0 Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 230 0.0 Scattering --- 2 0.0 24.3 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1924 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Calvin Coolidge 537,635 55.0 Ind. Progressive Robert M. LaFollette 272,243 27.9 Democrat John W. Davis 162,600 16.6 Workers William Z. Foster 4,037 0.4 Scattering --- 445 0.0 27.1 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1920 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Warren G. Harding 634,674 70.9 Democrat James M. Cox 227,921 25.5 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 16,981 1.9 Farmer-Labor Parley Christiansen 10,321 1.2 Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 4,197 0.5 Socialist Labor William W. Cox 982 0.1 Scattering --- 6 0.0 45.4 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1916 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Charles E. Hughes 280,439 54.2 Democrat Woodrow Wilson 221,699 42.9 Socialist Allan L. Benson 10,976 2.1 Prohibition J. Frank Hanly 3,371 0.7 Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 459 0.1 11.3 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1912 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Woodrow Wilson 185,325 37.6 Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 161,819 32.9 Republican William H. Taft 119,805 24.3 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 16,967 3.4 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 8,440 1.7 4.7 Democrat

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1908 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican William H. Taft 275,210 55.6 Democrat William J. Bryan 200,771 40.6 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 9,837 2.0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 8,287 1.7 Independent Thomas Hisgen 404 0.1 People s Thomas Watson 261 0.1 15.0 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1904 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Theodore Roosevelt 307,907 63.4 Democrat Alton B. Parker 149,141 30.7 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 14,847 3.1 Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 11,603 2.4 People s Thomas E. Watson 2,207 0.5 32.7 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1900 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican William McKinley 307,808 58.0 Democrat William J. Bryan 209,265 39.5 Prohibition John G. Woolley 9,502 1.8 Social Democrat Eugene V. Debs 2,742 0.5 People s Wharton Barker 613 0.1 Socialist Labor Joseph R. Maloney 259 0.0 United Christian Jonah F. R. Leonard 166 0.0 18.5 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1896 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican William McKinley 289,293 55.5 Fusion William J. Bryan 223,741 42.9 National Democrat John M. Palmer 4,516 0.9 Prohibition Joshua Levering 3,192 0.6 Socialist Labor Charles H. Machett 453 0.1 National Prohibition Charles Bentley 352 0.1 12.6 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1892 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Benjamin H. Harrison 219,795 49.6 Democrat S. Grover Cleveland 196,365 44.3 People s James B. Weaver 20,595 4.6 Prohibition John Bidwell 6,402 1.4 5.3 Republican

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1888 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Benjamin H. Harrison 211,603 52.4 Democrat S. Grover Cleveland 179,877 44.5 Union Labor Andrew J. Streeter 9,105 2.3 Prohibition Clinton B. Fisk 3,550 0.9 Scattering --- 13 0.0 7.9 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1884 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican James G. Blaine 197,088 52.4 Democrat-Greenback S. Grover Cleveland 177,316 47.2 Prohibition John P. St. John 1,472 0.4 Scattering --- 175 0.0 5.2 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1880 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican James A. Garfield 183,904 57.0 Democrat Winfield S. Hancock 105,845 32.8 Greenback James B. Weaver 32,327 10.0 Scattering --- 633 0.2 24.2 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1876 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Rutherford Hayes 171,326 58.5 Democrat Samuel J. Tilden 112,121 38.3 Greenback Peter Cooper 9,431 3.2 Prohibition Green C. Smith 99 0.0 20.2 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1872 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Ulysses S. Grant 131,566 64.2 Democrat Horace Greeley 71,179 34.7 Straight Democrat Charles O Conor 2,221 1.1 29.5 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1868 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Ulysses S. Grant 120,399 61.9 Democrat Horatio Seymour 74,040 38.1 23.8 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1864 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Abraham Lincoln 88,500 64.1 Democrat George B. McClellan 49,525 35.9 28.2 Republican

IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1860 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican Abraham Lincoln 70,118 54.5 Democrat Stephen A. Douglas 55,639 43.3 Constitution Union John Bell 1,763 1.4 Southern Democrat John C. Breckenridge 1,034 0.8 11.2 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1856 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Republican John C. Frémont 45,073 48.8 Democrat James Buchanan 37,568 40.7 American Millard Fillmore 9,660 10.5 8.1 Republican IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1852 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Franklin Pierce 17,823 50.4 Whig Winfield Scott 15,895 45.0 Free Soil John P. Hale 1,612 4.6 5.4 Democrat IOWA VOTE FOR PRESIDENT 1848 Votes Percent MoV Winning Party Democrat Lewis Cass 12,052 50.6 Whig Zachary Taylor 10,626 44.6 Free Soil Martin Van Buren 1,126 4.7 6.0 Democrat