Muscatine, IA · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Muscatine County, Iowa. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Muscatine, IA, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+5.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+14.9
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.2 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Muscatine, IA
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2008
28,665
8,988
8,902
10,772
3
2010
29,208
8,845
8,960
11,398
5
2012
29,928
8,708
9,001
12,205
14
2014
29,252
8,417
8,799
11,992
44
2016
29,251
8,847
8,904
11,383
117
2018
28,639
8,507
8,381
11,569
182
2020
29,482
9,272
9,323
10,621
266
2022
29,034
8,613
9,304
10,830
287
2024
29,194
7,973
9,627
11,264
330
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−323 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −3,786 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Muscatine, IA in Muscatine, IA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−176
2012
−75
2013
−162
2014
−249
2015
−188
2016
−318
2017
−309
2018
−233
2019
−412
2021
−423
2022
−345
2023
−289
2024
−284
2025
−323
Muscatine's economy anchors on manufacturing and agriculture along the Mississippi, producing a working-class electorate that has trended toward Republican candidates in recent cycles while retaining competitive down-ballot races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 50.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.9 points.
A population of 42,559, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,396 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burlington, IA-IL and Ottumwa, IA.
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In 2024, Muscatine, IA, Iowa voted Republican by 14.9 points (R+14.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,752 votes cast, 8,212 went Democratic and 11,152 went Republican.
When did Muscatine, IA, Iowa last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Muscatine, IA, Iowa voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Muscatine, IA, Iowa?
Muscatine, IA, Iowa has a population of 42,559 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Muscatine, IA, Iowa?
Median household income in Muscatine, IA, Iowa is $69,396 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of Muscatine, IA, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Muscatine, IA, Iowa from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.
