Editing Chickasaw County, Iowa (section)

==Politics==
Chickasaw County was a bellwether county from 1948 to 1984, voting for the nationwide winner in every election in that span. From 1988 to 2012, the county favored Democrats, as the Democratic nominee won the county by at least 10% in each election in that span except for 2000. Then, in 2016, Chickasaw County swung significantly to the right, shifting from [[Barack Obama]] winning the county by 11% in 2012 to [[Donald Trump]] winning by 23% in 2016, a shift of 34% to the right. Trump won over 58% of the county's vote, turning in the best performance for a Republican since the 1952 landslide election of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]. Trump further improved on this performance in 2020, taking nearly 65% of the vote and winning by a margin of over 31%, the best vote share and margin of victory for any candidate in Chickasaw County since the 1932 landslide election of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Trump once again improved in 2024, winning nearly 68% of the county's vote and earning the greatest margin of victory in Chickasaw County since at least the beginning of the 20th century.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,234|1,919|86|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,308|2,233|90|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,742|2,266|427|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|2,836|3,554|94|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,557|3,923|106|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|3,040|3,708|58|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,936|3,435|213|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,191|3,355|814|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,129|2,913|1,598|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,549|3,530|57|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,661|3,186|70|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,929|2,935|569|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,432|3,503|53|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,836|3,134|60|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,510|2,966|288|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,632|4,545|5|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,822|4,063|4|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,205|3,275|15|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,022|2,921|6|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,449|4,071|69|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,575|3,328|26|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,440|3,981|2|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,143|4,458|265|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,585|5,047|44|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,712|3,665|17|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,416|1,736|2,195|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,517|2,171|56|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,999|1,697|33|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,022|1,891|718|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,571|1,877|53|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,972|1,790|49|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,085|2,063|46|Iowa}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|1,967|2,084|30|Iowa}}