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1876–2024
Sac County, Iowa
Sac County·Iowa

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

One of Iowa's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Sac County, Iowa · User:Magicpiano · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,689
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hancock County
IA · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 5,460 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.5%
1,2894,1005,460
2020R
−48.3%
1,3894,0615,535
2016R
−46.3%
1,2703,7035,257
2012R
−18.4%
2,1223,0945,291
2008R
−8.9%
2,2562,7055,053
2004R
−17.0%
2,2153,1285,374
2000R
−13.5%
2,0992,7765,033
1996R
−0.8%
2,1702,2094,997
1992R
−4.6%
1,8962,1385,215
1988D
+4.0%
2,6132,4115,077
1984R
−16.3%
2,3633,2985,729
1980R
−27.9%
1,9763,7256,264
1976R
−5.4%
2,9963,3476,493
1972R
−23.9%
2,4524,0176,541
1968R
−29.6%
2,2074,1826,676
1964D
+19.5%
4,3582,9377,302
1960R
−22.7%
3,0544,8507,904
1956R
−20.0%
3,2484,8748,125
1952R
−44.6%
2,4516,4178,894
1948D
+2.6%
3,6993,5057,363
1944R
−7.8%
3,2233,7707,030
1940R
−7.4%
3,7544,3588,121
1936D
+12.9%
4,4723,4378,023
1932D
+14.0%
4,1653,1317,369
1928R
−29.6%
2,4144,4616,918
1924R
−50.4%
6743,9706,546
1920R
−58.7%
1,2684,9846,334
1916R
−11.4%
1,6292,0573,738
1912D
+13.7%
1,1246223,665
1908R
−30.7%
1,2302,3663,696
1904R
−49.3%
8352,6093,602
1900R
−38.0%
1,2142,7864,135
1896R
−29.8%
1,3462,5133,918
1892R
−18.9%
1,2581,8883,325
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%
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
Mainline Protestant
36.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
19.3%
Methodist
11.8%
Other Christian
2.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sac County's population has declined steadily for decades as agriculture consolidated, leaving a small, older, and overwhelmingly rural electorate that has drifted toward increasingly wide Republican margins in presidential races.

The Republican margin in Sac County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Sac County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,838, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,689 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 Hancock County and Cherokee County.