Editing Des Moines County, Iowa (section)

==Politics==
From [[1896 United States presidential election in Iowa|1896]] through [[1960 United States presidential election in Iowa|1960]], Des Moines County was a primarily Republican county, backing Democratic nominees only four times in the period ([[Woodrow Wilson]] in [[1912 United States presidential election in Iowa|1912]], with a low plurality; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] in his two landslides in [[1932 United States presidential election in Iowa|1932]] and [[1936 United States presidential election in Iowa|1936]]; and [[Harry S. Truman|Harry Truman]] in [[1948 United States presidential election in Iowa|1948]]). From [[1964 United States presidential election in Iowa|1964]] through [[2012 United States presidential election in Iowa|2012]], it became a Democratic stronghold, backing the Democratic nominee in every election in this period save in [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]'s [[1972 United States presidential election in Iowa|1972]] landslide. In [[2016 United States presidential election in Iowa|2016]], [[Donald Trump]] became the first Republican since 1972 to carry the county, despite narrowly losing the overall national popular vote; the county swung over 25% in his favor relative to its [[2012 United States presidential election in Iowa|2012]] vote.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Here's a map of the US counties that flipped to Trump from Democrats|url=https://www.cnbc.com/heres-a-map-of-the-us-counties-that-flipped-to-trump-from-democrats/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=www.cnbc.com}}</ref> The change to the GOP happened while the county experienced an economic decline.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gabriel|first=Trip|url=https://nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/politics/iowa-democrats-republicans.html|title=Why Iowa Has Become Such a Heartbreaker for Democrats|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 27, 2021|accessdate=May 28, 2023}}</ref> In [[2020 United States presidential election in Iowa|2020]] and [[2024 United States presidential election in Iowa|2024]], Trump again carried the county, with an increased vote share each time, the first time the county has voted Republican three times in a row since between 1952 and 1960.
{{PresHead|place=Des Moines County, Iowa|whig=no|source1=<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=April 25, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|10,794|7,935|325|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|10,592|8,893|471|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,529|8,212|1,362|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|8,136|11,888|361|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|7,721|12,462|391|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|8,221|12,456|197|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|7,385|11,351|629|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|5,778|10,761|2,035|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|6,378|11,309|3,503|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|7,652|11,593|129|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|9,559|11,173|118|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|9,158|9,977|1,282|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|9,023|11,268|245|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|10,216|8,869|273|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|8,452|10,164|1,363|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|5,830|13,894|38|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|10,678|9,872|41|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|11,152|8,781|25|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|12,182|8,686|89|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|7,621|8,792|316|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|9,488|7,543|146|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|10,988|6,578|59|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|6,763|7,011|1,931|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|5,590|9,395|690|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|10,547|5,578|177|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|7,995|2,616|4,199|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|8,287|3,449|1,261|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|4,132|3,827|386|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|2,136|3,169|2,759|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|4,153|3,975|361|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|4,496|3,043|760|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|4,315|3,909|284|Iowa}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Republican|4,549|3,741|284|Iowa}}