A Mississippi River county that has drifted steadily rightward over two decades
Muscatine County, anchored by its industrial river city, voted within single digits of the national average as recently as 2008 but has since moved sharply toward Republican margins, reflecting broader rural and working-class realignment across the Iowa River corridor.
Contextual statewide polling for Iowa. County pages stay rooted in county returns, but live statewide polling helps frame the current cycle.