Editing Butler County, Iowa (section)

==Politics==
Butler County has long been consistently Republican. Since the county's founding in 1851, it has only favored candidates of another party four times. The first occasion was in 1912, when former Republican [[Theodore Roosevelt]] won the county as the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912–1920)|Progressive]] candidate. The next two times were during two landslide victories for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1932 and 1936. Finally, the most recent occurrence was in 1996, when incumbent [[Bill Clinton]] won the county with a plurality, aided in part by a strong third party performance by [[Ross Perot]]; furthermore, Clinton only defeated Republican candidate [[Bob Dole]] in Butler County by just 25 votes and a slim margin of 0.38%. No Democrat has ever received more than 57% of the vote in the county's history.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|5,784|2,144|118|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|5,542|2,424|132|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|4,921|2,157|435|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,106|3,329|110|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,700|3,364|102|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,417|3,001|57|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,837|2,735|152|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,036|3,061|534|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,209|2,548|1,380|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,523|2,593|30|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,570|2,323|31|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,730|1,990|457|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|4,207|2,503|98|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,615|1,682|129|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,651|1,673|265|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,462|3,370|0|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|5,345|2,268|3|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|5,669|2,289|3|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|6,360|1,836|14|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,380|3,008|125|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,182|2,225|24|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,848|2,760|20|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,604|3,786|161|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|3,012|4,028|76|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,789|1,876|33|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,823|667|1,928|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,900|830|76|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,722|977|58|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|903|926|1,668|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,467|994|98|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,743|815|100|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,902|1,167|76|Iowa}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Republican|2,670|1,302|69|Iowa}}