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Do not fill this in! ===Voter trends=== {{See also|United States presidential elections in Iowa}} {{PresHead|place=Iowa|whig=yes|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=2008&fips=19&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state|title=Presidential General Election Results Comparison β Iowa|publisher=US Election Atlas|access-date=January 1, 2023|author=Leip, David}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2020|Republican|897,672|759,061|34,138|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|800,983|653,669|111,379|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2012|Democratic|730,617|822,544|29,019|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|682,379|828,940|25,804|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|751,957|741,898|13,053|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2000|Democratic|634,373|638,517|42,673|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|492,644|620,258|121,173|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|504,891|586,353|263,363|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|545,355|670,557|9,702|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|703,088|605,620|11,097|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|676,026|508,672|132,963|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|632,863|619,931|26,512|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|706,207|496,206|23,531|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|619,106|476,699|72,126|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|449,148|733,030|2,361|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|722,381|550,565|864|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|729,187|501,858|3,519|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|808,906|451,513|8,354|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|494,018|522,380|21,874|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|547,267|499,876|5,456|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|632,370|578,800|4,260|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|487,977|621,756|33,000|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|414,433|598,019|24,235|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|623,570|379,311|6,608|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|537,458|160,382|278,930|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|634,674|227,921|32,487|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|280,439|221,699|14,806|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|119,805|185,325|187,226|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|275,209|200,771|18,789|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|308,158|149,276|28,659|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|307,808|209,265|13,282|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|289,293|233,741|8,513|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1892|Republican|219,795|196,367|26,997|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|211,603|179,877|12,655|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1884|Republican|197,089|177,316|2,796|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1880|Republican|183,904|105,845|32,919|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1876|Republican|171,326|112,121|9,431|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1872|Republican|131,566|71,189|13,610|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1868|Republican|120,399|74,040|0|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1864|Republican|88,500|49,525|0|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1860|Republican|70,302|55,639|2,798|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1856|Republican|45,073|37,568|9,669|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1852|Democratic|15,856|17,763|1,745|Iowa}} {{PresFoot|1848|Democratic|9,930|11,238|1,103|Iowa}} As a result of the 2010 elections, each party controlled one house of the [[Iowa General Assembly]]: the House had a Republican majority, while the Senate had a Democratic majority. As a result of the 2016 elections, Republicans gained control of the Senate. Incumbent Democratic governor [[Chet Culver]] was defeated in 2010 by Republican [[Terry Branstad]], who had served as governor from 1983 to 1999. On December 14, 2015, Branstad became the longest serving governor in U.S. history, serving (at that time) 20 years, 11 months, and 3{{nbsp}}days; eclipsing [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]], who served 21 years until 1804.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/14/meet-iowa-gov-terry-branstad-who-as-of-monday-is-americas-longest-serving-governor/|title=Terry Branstad just became the longest serving governor in American history|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919170235/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/14/meet-iowa-gov-terry-branstad-who-as-of-monday-is-americas-longest-serving-governor/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds succeeded him on May 24, 2017, following Branstad's appointment as U.S. Ambassador to China. {| class=wikitable style="float:center" ! colspan = 6 | Party registration as of April 1, 2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regstat.html |title=State of Iowa Voter Registration Totals |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State |date=March 1, 2023 |access-date=March 3, 2023 |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234423/https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/regstat.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! colspan = 2 | Party ! Total voters ! Percentage |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Iowa Republican Party|Republican]] | align=center | 768,444 | align=center | 34.73% |- | {{party color cell|Independent politician}} | [[Independent voter|No affiliation]] | align=center | 768,521 | align=center | 34.73% |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic]] | align=center | 655,857 | align=center | 29.64% |- | {{party color cell|Other parties (US)}} | [[List of political parties in the United States|Other]] | align=center | 19,847 | align=center | 0.90% |- ! colspan = 2 | Total ! align=center | 2,212,669 ! align=center | 100.00% |} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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