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1876–2024
Delaware County, Iowa
Delaware County·Iowa

Delaware County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Rural northeast Iowa county where presidential margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Delaware County, Iowa · Kevin Schuchmann · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+40
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,558
2024 ACS
Most similar
Union County
IA · similarity 0.99
12 precincts · 10,138 votes cast
Trump · R+40
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−39.5%
2,9786,98410,138
2020R
−35.1%
3,1576,66610,003
2016R
−29.3%
2,9575,6949,339
2012R
−0.2%
4,6164,6369,378
2008D
+6.0%
4,6494,1138,901
2004R
−7.4%
4,2274,9089,200
2000R
−5.6%
3,8084,2738,349
1996D
+8.5%
3,7043,0657,497
1992R
−1.2%
3,0933,1958,492
1988D
+7.0%
3,9473,4257,432
1984R
−20.1%
3,1584,7698,001
1980R
−21.1%
2,6714,3167,794
1976R
−13.3%
3,1684,1617,481
1972R
−24.0%
2,9444,8487,920
1968R
−24.1%
2,7604,6507,829
1964D
+14.8%
4,6233,4278,065
1960R
−15.2%
3,6885,0158,703
1956R
−37.2%
2,6215,7328,369
1952R
−46.5%
2,3516,4498,810
1948R
−22.4%
2,8764,5557,498
1944R
−34.7%
2,4985,1647,682
1940R
−34.8%
2,9856,1759,176
1936R
−1.5%
4,3504,4839,046
1932D
+5.4%
4,5594,0888,754
1928R
−27.8%
3,0435,3908,456
1924R
−49.7%
1,1464,9387,635
1920R
−67.3%
1,1115,8807,088
1916R
−35.3%
1,3322,8274,233
1912D
+0.1%
1,3991,3944,064
1908R
−23.3%
1,4712,3963,970
1904R
−36.6%
1,2362,7264,066
1900R
−27.7%
1,5702,8054,451
1896R
−22.1%
1,7782,7994,625
1892R
−11.7%
1,8102,2944,138
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Italian
1.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
36.8%
Mainline Protestant
6.7%
Other Christian
5.4%
Methodist
4.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Delaware County's economy centers on livestock and grain farming, and its small-town voter base has shifted toward Republican presidential candidates by double digits over the past four election cycles, reaching a 39.5-point margin in 2024.

The Republican margin in Delaware County reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was forty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Delaware County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,989, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,558 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Union County and Crawford County.