Poweshiek County, Iowa
Precinct data
Results by precinct
10 precincts · 9,971 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -BMWJBMWJ | 486 | 1,213 | 24 | 1,723 | 28.2% | 70.4% | R+42.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -2nd Ward2nd Ward | 758 | 618 | 21 | 1,397 | 54.3% | 44.2% | D+10.0 |
| Precinct -4th Ward4th Ward | 672 | 514 | 24 | 1,210 | 55.5% | 42.5% | D+13.1 |
| Precinct -1st Ward1st Ward | 821 | 254 | 7 | 1,082 | 75.9% | 23.5% | D+52.4 |
| Precinct -JUPSJUPS | 231 | 799 | 13 | 1,043 | 22.1% | 76.6% | R+54.5 |
| Precinct -CGWSCGWS | 248 | 716 | 8 | 972 | 25.5% | 73.7% | R+48.1 |
| Precinct -3rd Ward3rd Ward | 480 | 462 | 25 | 967 | 49.6% | 47.8% | D+1.9 |
| Precinct -MontezumaMontezuma | 166 | 555 | 9 | 730 | 22.7% | 76.0% | R+53.3 |
| Precinct -MSMS | 121 | 300 | 9 | 430 | 28.1% | 69.8% | R+41.6 |
| Precinct -DRLDRL | 84 | 327 | 6 | 417 | 20.1% | 78.4% | R+58.3 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −13.1% |
| 1896 | −18.8% |
| 1900 | −28.3% |
| 1904 | −41.4% |
| 1908 | −24.2% |
| 1912 | +16.0% |
| 1916 | −18.1% |
| 1920 | −45.3% |
| 1924 | −36.2% |
| 1928 | −29.8% |
| 1932 | +13.9% |
| 1936 | +7.9% |
| 1940 | +0.2% |
| 1944 | +0.6% |
| 1948 | +5.2% |
| 1952 | −29.3% |
| 1956 | −17.6% |
| 1960 | −17.5% |
| 1964 | +25.2% |
| 1968 | −15.0% |
| 1972 | −12.3% |
| 1976 | +1.9% |
| 1980 | −11.7% |
| 1984 | −6.9% |
| 1988 | +13.8% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +11.7% |
| 2000 | −1.9% |
| 2004 | +0.8% |
| 2008 | +11.8% |
| 2012 | +9.4% |
| 2016 | −6.5% |
| 2020 | −13.3% |
| 2024 | −16.9% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 42.3%3,174 | 57.7%4,325 | 7,499 |
| 2020 | R | 43.7%4,381 | 53.4%5,361 | 10,035 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Poweshiek County, IA registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 19-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 15,144 | 5,714 | 4,022 | 5,396 | 12 |
| 2010 | 14,311 | 5,062 | 3,910 | 5,318 | 21 |
| 2012 | 14,910 | 5,134 | 3,968 | 5,783 | 25 |
| 2014 | 14,690 | 4,892 | 3,841 | 5,911 | 46 |
| 2016 | 14,575 | 5,091 | 3,934 | 5,488 | 62 |
| 2018 | 14,593 | 4,891 | 3,900 | 5,722 | 80 |
| 2020 | 14,540 | 5,165 | 4,182 | 5,120 | 73 |
| 2022 | 14,583 | 4,952 | 4,267 | 5,273 | 91 |
| 2024 | 14,642 | 4,631 | 4,388 | 5,533 | 90 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−36 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −446 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $55,681 in average income, against $84,719 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+14.2 on average — 2.7 points more Democratic-leaning than Poweshiek County, IA itself (R+16.9).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Jasper County, IA67R+27.5
- Polk County, IA37D+10.8
- Marshall County, IA21R+15.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Jasper County, IA74
- Polk County, IA67
- Marshall County, IA20
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −35 |
| 2012 | −140 |
| 2013 | −87 |
| 2014 | +21 |
| 2015 | −243 |
| 2016 | −77 |
| 2017 | +81 |
| 2018 | +166 |
| 2019 | +61 |
| 2021 | +5 |
| 2022 | −49 |
| 2023 | −38 |
| 2024 | −75 |
| 2025 | −36 |
Poweshiek County anchors a liberal-arts institution with a national reputation inside a rural Iowa landscape that voted Republican by nearly 17 points in 2024, a gap that illustrates how college towns no longer reliably offset surrounding agricultural precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.9 points.
A population of 18,545, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,391 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jasper County and Des Moines County.
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Poweshiek County, Iowa. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/19157/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.