Editing Mitchell County, Iowa (section)

==Politics==
Starting with [[Michael Dukakis|Michael Dukakis's]] win in 1988, Mitchell County became a Democratic leaning county, voting for Democrats in all presidential elections through 2012. Mitchell County was the whitest county in the United States that voted for President [[Barack Obama]], both in 2008 and 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buchanan|first=Larry|last2=McDonald|first2=Brent|last3=Parlapiano|first3=Alicia|date=January 26, 2016|title=Rural Voters Can Swing the Iowa Caucuses. Meet Five of Them.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/us/elections/rural-iowa-election.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 10, 2019}}</ref>

In 2016, Trump became the first Republican to win the county since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984, winning it by a 24% margin, the largest margin for a presidential candidate since 1968. He won it again in 2020, by an even larger 28% margin, the largest margin for any candidate since 1952. 2020 also marked the first time since 1960 that a Democrat was elected president without carrying Mitchell County.

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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|3,736|1,943|92|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,677|2,053|92|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,190|1,888|339|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|2,643|2,831|112|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|2,469|3,179|118|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,646|2,785|49|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|2,388|2,650|124|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,877|2,596|598|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,933|2,177|1,237|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,338|2,870|43|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,144|2,531|68|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,401|2,040|423|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,887|2,906|99|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,395|2,449|67|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,533|2,103|194|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,489|3,868|16|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,915|2,873|10|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,175|2,630|7|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,050|2,175|12|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,021|2,873|225|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,406|2,696|30|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,947|3,025|15|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,765|3,610|228|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,527|3,940|82|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,534|2,308|58|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,892|400|2,871|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,476|773|83|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,963|1,033|53|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|590|1,082|1,230|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,932|988|48|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,158|634|88|Iowa}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,450|981|49|Iowa}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Republican|2,498|1,031|50|Iowa}}