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====Political culture==== {{PresHead|place=Iron County, Missouri|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,644|824|50|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,596|945|51|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,173|933|163|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,252|1,669|110|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,090|2,213|111|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,477|2,157|45|Missouri}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,237|2,044|133|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,328|2,221|611|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,276|2,507|851|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,877|2,283|10|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,316|2,023|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,205|2,226|120|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,765|2,646|23|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,203|1,346|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,600|1,755|491|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,050|2,730|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,122|1,851|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,810|1,970|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,831|2,286|7|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,435|2,552|7|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,649|2,205|0|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,062|2,495|8|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,605|2,413|11|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,439|2,689|44|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,910|1,342|3|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,328|1,675|68|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,463|1,554|54|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|874|1,027|35|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|666|845|145|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|828|931|18|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|670|861|30|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|642|932|23|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|607|1,016|7|Missouri}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|568|880|18|Missouri}} {{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|662|1,004|102|Missouri}} Historically, Iron County has been one of the most reliably [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] counties in Missouri. Located in the [[Southeast Missouri Lead District|Lead Belt]] region of the state, mining has been important to the county's economy. It was one of only three predominantly [[rural]] counties in Missouri to vote for [[Barack Obama]] in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]] (nearby [[Washington County, Missouri|Washington]] and [[Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri|Ste. Genevieve]] counties being the other two). Like much of the rest of the state's rural areas, the county saw a rapid rightward swing starting in [[2000 United States presidential election in Missouri|2000]], when [[George W. Bush]] became the first Republican since [[1984 United States presidential election in Missouri|1984]] (and the second since [[1972 United States presidential election in Missouri|1972]]) to carry it, after [[Bill Clinton]] had carried it in [[1996 United States presidential election in Missouri|1996]] by over twenty points. Apart from the interruption in 2008, the Republican vote share has, as of [[2024 United States presidential election in Missouri|2024]], grown in every subsequent election. At the local and state levels, however, Iron County still remains quite Democratic. At the same time [[Mitt Romney|Romney]] won Iron County by 15 points in 2012, all [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] statewide candidates [[Jay Nixon]] ([[Governor of Missouri|Governor]]), [[Claire McCaskill]] ([[U.S. Senator]]), [[Jason Kander]] ([[Missouri Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]), [[Chris Koster]] ([[Attorney General of Missouri|Attorney General]]), and [[Clint Zweifel]] ([[State Treasurer of Missouri|State Treasurer]]) carried Iron County by healthy margins; [[Peter Kinder]] ([[Lieutenant Governor of Missouri|Lieutenant Governor]]) was the only other statewide Republican to win Iron County alongside Romney, and even then, the margin of victory was smaller than in most other rural counties. Like most rural areas throughout Southeast Missouri, voters in Iron County generally adhere to socially and culturally [[Conservatism|conservative]] principles but are more moderate or [[Populism|populist]] on economic issues. In 2004, Missourians voted on [[Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004)|a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman]]—it overwhelmingly passed Iron County with 80.90 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban [[same-sex marriage]]. In 2006, Missourians voted on [[Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2006)|a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state]]—it failed in Iron County with 56.03 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve [[Embryonic stem cell|embryonic stem cell research]]. Despite Iron County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing [[Populism|populist]] causes like increasing the [[minimum wage]]. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Iron County with 78.25 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 75.94 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.
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