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==Politics== Between 1928 and 2004, Pocahontas County was a reliable bellwether county, backing the nationwide winner in every election except for 1960 (by only 37 votes) and 1988. The county has taken a rightward turn in the 21st century. After backing [[George W. Bush]] in 2000 and 2004, [[John McCain]] in 2008, and [[Mitt Romney]] in 2012 by sizable but not huge margins, Pocahontas County swung even further right in 2016. [[Donald Trump]] took nearly 70% of the vote share in the county and won the county by an astounding 45% margin. Trump further increased these numbers in 2020, winning almost 74% of the county's vote and increasing his margin of victory to just under 50%, and did even better in 2024, earning more than 76% of the vote and winning by nearly 54%, both records for Pocahontas County for any candidate since the beginning of the 20th century. {{PresHead|place=Pocahontas County, Iowa|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=August 15, 2022}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,727|796|59|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,826|933|64|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,702|963|200|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,396|1,523|113|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,138|1,800|74|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,441|1,822|50|Iowa}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,242|1,736|163|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,707|1,981|527|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,743|1,919|1,007|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,871|2,722|59|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,627|2,481|80|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,194|1,959|533|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,700|3,055|134|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,138|2,241|108|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,940|2,364|290|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,079|3,988|5|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,445|3,408|6|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,606|3,201|11|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,472|2,517|256|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,397|3,500|154|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,600|3,577|22|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,985|4,118|18|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,277|4,357|185|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,800|4,245|276|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,322|2,824|34|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1924|Progressive|2,537|819|3,042|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,046|1,639|89|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,808|1,658|59|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1912|Progressive|760|1,176|1,375|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,857|1,315|62|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,175|976|140|Iowa}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,176|1,287|56|Iowa}} {{PresFoot|1896|Republican|1,866|1,377|41|Iowa}}
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