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1876–2024
Wright County, Iowa
Wright County·Iowa

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

A rural corn-belt county where Republican margins have widened each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Wright County, Iowa · Ann Sullivan-Larson · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+36
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
12,791
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hardin County
IA · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 5,723 votes cast
Trump · R+36
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−36.4%
1,7703,8535,723
2020R
−34.2%
1,9964,1366,254
2016R
−31.3%
1,8963,8006,092
2012R
−8.2%
2,8363,3496,278
2008R
−1.5%
3,1023,1986,395
2004R
−10.6%
2,9303,6316,603
2000R
−9.3%
2,7963,3846,336
1996D
+7.4%
2,9122,4735,959
1992D
+1.0%
2,7762,7086,665
1988D
+11.5%
3,3532,6586,054
1984R
−10.4%
2,9803,6756,705
1980R
−18.1%
2,6453,9367,147
1976D
+1.3%
3,6373,5447,282
1972R
−20.9%
2,7804,2787,162
1968R
−17.6%
2,9694,2997,549
1964D
+27.7%
4,9982,8317,836
1960R
−12.8%
4,1595,3869,560
1956R
−17.5%
3,8655,5129,390
1952R
−34.5%
3,1866,5669,783
1948D
+0.7%
3,8663,8107,800
1944D
+3.9%
4,2323,9168,183
1940D
+4.6%
4,8714,4439,350
1936D
+21.4%
5,1773,3118,710
1932D
+19.9%
4,9223,2628,334
1928R
−32.4%
2,5475,0207,630
1924R
−50.8%
5014,3237,531
1920R
−64.0%
1,2055,7397,082
1916R
−38.4%
1,1352,5993,810
1912R
−1.1%
7658053,555
1908R
−47.3%
8662,4983,453
1904R
−58.1%
6952,7953,612
1900R
−52.7%
8912,9903,983
1896R
−44.2%
1,1382,9924,191
1892R
−28.4%
1,1372,0653,263
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
19.3%
Methodist
11.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.4%
Other Christian
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wright County's economy centers on agriculture and food processing, and its electorate has shifted decisively rightward over the past decade, delivering a 36-point Republican margin in 2024 — among the wider gaps in north-central Iowa.

The Republican margin in Wright County reached its widest at sixty-four points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wright County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,190, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 12,791 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 Hardin County and Keokuk County.