Editing Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (section)

==Politics==
From the county's founding in 1851 until 1928, Cerro Gordo County voted Republican in every single election except for 1912, when former Republican [[Theodore Roosevelt]] won the county with a plurality as the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912–1920)|Progressive]] candidate. The tide in the county then shifted from 1932 to 2012, as the Democratic candidate won all but six elections in that span, four of which were nationwide Republican landslides in 1952, 1956, 1972, and 1980. Beginning in 2016, Cerro Gordo County has shifted back to the right, with [[Donald Trump]] winning the county in 2016, 2020, and 2024. Whilst Mason City leans Democratic, the rest of the county is Republican.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Park |first=Alice |last2=Smart |first2=Charlie |last3=Taylor |first3=Rumsey |last4=Watkins |first4=Miles |date=2021-02-02 |title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html |access-date=2024-05-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|12,627|9,955|438|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|12,442|10,941|418|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|11,621|9,862|1,482|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|10,128|13,316|380|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|9,375|14,405|363|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|10,960|13,372|184|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|9,397|12,185|580|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|7,427|11,943|1,857|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|8,250|11,415|4,628|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|9,358|12,857|150|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|11,214|11,570|166|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|11,189|9,363|2,276|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|10,604|11,189|403|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|11,856|9,460|377|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|10,661|8,554|1,095|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|7,884|13,156|31|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|12,830|10,044|15|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|12,449|9,362|30|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|13,207|8,354|47|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|7,840|9,544|298|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|8,311|9,088|60|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|9,728|10,839|45|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|7,599|9,694|501|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|7,317|8,752|149|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|9,582|4,908|77|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|8,410|1,345|4,536|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|8,293|2,302|356|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,556|2,289|154|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|1,334|1,742|2,126|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,990|1,520|158|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,108|836|225|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|3,345|1,320|146|Iowa}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Republican|3,048|1,408|112|Iowa}}