Editing Van Buren County, Iowa (section)

==Politics==
Van Buren County has been predominantly Republican throughout its history, voting for the Democratic candidate only six times in presidential elections from 1896 onward. However, the county was a national bellwether between 1964 & 2004, but voted Republican by wide margins in years the nation went Republican. Aside from [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s landslide victory in 1964, the margins of victory Democrats won the county by in this 40-year period were incredibly narrow, with the difference being less than one hundred votes when [[Jimmy Carter]] (being a mere 3 vote margin) & [[Bill Clinton]] won the county. From 2000 on, the county has trended strongly Republican, particularly in 2016 where [[Hillary Clinton]] received the lowest percentage by a Democratic candidate in 60 years. Clinton also failed to win even 1,000 votes, a feat which every major party candidate prior to 2016 had been able to accomplish in the county.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,785|778|62|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,859|875|57|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,527|845|189|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,064|1,402|103|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,986|1,546|80|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,211|1,568|57|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,016|1,440|105|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,460|1,536|379|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,418|1,464|828|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,692|1,612|30|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,138|1,606|25|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,142|1,311|227|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,804|1,807|60|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,272|1,268|56|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,294|1,331|244|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,700|2,555|2|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,129|1,760|5|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,233|1,833|2|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,870|1,577|33|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,702|1,917|69|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,095|1,997|30|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,108|2,416|26|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,535|2,804|83|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,375|3,135|71|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,904|1,944|27|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,623|1,209|1,138|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,321|1,682|83|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,994|1,735|68|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,483|1,495|790|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,133|1,730|97|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,469|1,416|129|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,547|1,893|76|Iowa}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Republican|2,478|2,076|74|Iowa}}