Election Results for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	31,501	13.2
Deaths:	27,674	11.6
Net Migration:	7,996	3.4
Net Immigration:	5,614	2.4

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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	69%	Donald Trump* (R)	326,846	51.5%	Joe Biden (D)	294,876	46.4%	13,205 [+]	2.1%	634,927	5	0.40%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 7,768 (1.2%);
2016	65%	Donald Trump (R)	284,117	49.5%	Hillary Clinton (D)	246,483	42.9%	43,303 [+]	7.5%	573,903	4	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 23,760 (4.1%); Evan McMullin (I) 5,563 (1.0%); Jill Stein (Grn) 3,740 (0.7%);
2012	68%	Barack Obama* (D)	292,810	51.3%	Mitt Romney (R)	267,125	46.8%	11,069 [+]	1.9%	571,004	0	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 5,022 (0.9%);
2008	68%	Barack Obama (D)	287,591	52.4%	John McCain (R)	250,772	45.7%	10,208 [+]	1.9%	548,571	0	0.42%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 2,799 (0.5%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 2,039 (0.4%);
2004	68%	George W. Bush* (R)	269,147	50.7%	John Kerry (D)	257,324	48.5%	4,426 [+]	0.8%	530,897	0	0.43%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 1,759 (0.3%);
2000	61%	George W. Bush (R)	227,551	49.2%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	221,870	48.0%	12,892 [+]	2.8%	462,313	1	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 9,207 (2.0%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 1,530 (0.3%);
1996	58%	Bill Clinton* (D)	219,228	51.3%	Robert Dole (R)	169,860	39.8%	37,880 [+]	8.9%	426,968	-1	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 33,152 (7.8%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 2,164 (0.5%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 698 (0.2%);
1992	65%	Bill Clinton (D)	206,339	44.9%	George Bush* (R)	174,141	37.9%	79,217 [+]	17.2%	459,697	0	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 76,861 (16.7%);
1988	60%	Michael Dukakis (D)	238,741	57.5%	George Bush (R)	173,383	41.8%	3,001 [+]	0.7%	415,125	-12	0.45%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 787 (0.2%);
1984	65%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	227,420	50.9%	Walter Mondale (D)	216,138	48.3%	3,604	0.8%	447,162	-8	0.48%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	65%	Ronald Reagan (R)	219,474	49.3%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	177,620	39.9%	48,288 [+]	10.8%	445,382	-1	0.51%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 42,550 (9.6%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 4,314 (1.0%);
1976	67%	Jimmy Carter (D)	219,358	51.1%	Gerald Ford* (R)	200,542	46.7%	9,503 [+]	2.2%	429,403	-1	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 7,385 (1.7%);
1972	66%	Richard Nixon* (R)	234,573	56.5%	George McGovern (D)	171,475	41.3%	8,779 [+]	2.1%	414,827	-4	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 8,244 (2.0%);
1968	69%	Richard Nixon (R)	197,323	51.3%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	161,670	42.0%	25,641 [+]	6.7%	384,634	8	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 23,521 (6.1%);
1964	70%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	249,370	64.3%	Barry Goldwater (R)	137,305	35.4%	1,175	0.3%	387,850	-3	0.55%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	77%	Richard Nixon (R)	238,708	56.6%	John Kennedy (D)	182,842	43.3%	337	0.1%	421,887	7	0.61%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	72%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	238,132	57.1%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	177,424	42.6%	1,360	0.3%	416,916	0	0.67%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	75%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	265,712	62.0%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	158,629	37.0%	4,248	1.0%	428,589	7	0.69%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	61%	Harry Truman* (D)	177,138	51.3%	Thomas Dewey (R)	158,183	45.8%	9,782 [+]	2.8%	345,103	1	0.71%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 4,735 (1.4%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	63%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	177,386	50.0%	Thomas Dewey (R)	174,733	49.3%	2,341	0.7%	354,460	3	0.74%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	73%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	206,179	50.4%	Wendell Willkie (R)	200,789	49.1%	1,874	0.5%	408,842	4	0.82%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	73%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	206,065	53.7%	Alf Landon (R)	169,303	44.1%	8,503 [+]	2.2%	383,871	8	0.84%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 7,092 (1.8%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 519 (0.1%);
1932	63%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	177,893	54.3%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	139,055	42.4%	10,964 [+]	3.3%	327,912	3	0.82%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 9,431 (2.9%);
1928	65%	Herbert Hoover (R)	214,832	65.8%	Al Smith (D)	111,856	34.2%	4 [+]	0.0%	326,692	8	0.89%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 4 (0.0%);
1924	65%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	186,158	57.3%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	93,326	28.7%	45,512 [+]	14.0%	324,996	3	1.12%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 45,504 (14.0%);
1920	62%	Warren Harding (R)	216,047	70.4%	James Cox (D)	81,156	26.5%	9,490 [+]	3.1%	306,693	10	1.14%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 4,393 (1.4%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 2,887 (0.9%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 1,927 (0.6%);
1916	37%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	93,907	53.8%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	75,035	43.0%	5,554 [+]	3.2%	174,496	8	0.94%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 3,843 (2.2%); James Hanly (Proh) 1,518 (0.9%);
1912	37%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	56,228	33.8%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	55,876	33.6%	54,391 [+]	32.7%	166,495	3	1.11%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 43,627 (26.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 6,691 (4.0%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,070 (2.4%);
1908	40%	William Taft (R)	98,725	58.5%	William J. Bryan (D)	62,000	36.7%	8,079 [+]	4.8%	168,804	7	1.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,699 (2.8%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,166 (1.9%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 85 (0.1%);
1904	39%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	110,863	66.7%	Alton Parker (D)	42,569	25.6%	12,699 [+]	7.6%	166,131	10	1.23%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 6,186 (3.7%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 5,663 (3.4%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 846 (0.5%);
1900	43%	William McKinley* (R)	111,359	60.8%	William J. Bryan (D)	66,574	36.3%	5,216 [+]	2.8%	183,149	9	1.31%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 3,893 (2.1%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 933 (0.5%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

294,876

46.4%

Donald Trump* (R)

326,846

51.5%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

7,768

1.2%

Other

5,437

0.9%

TOTAL

634,927

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 5

2016 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

246,483

42.9%

Donald Trump (R)

284,117

49.5%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

23,760

4.1%

Jill Stein (Grn)

3,740

0.7%

Evan McMullin (I)

5,563

1.0%

Other

10,240

1.8%

TOTAL

573,903

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 4

2012 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

292,810

51.3%

Mitt Romney (R)

267,125

46.8%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

5,022

0.9%

Other

6,047

1.1%

TOTAL

571,004

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 0

2008 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

287,591

52.4%

John McCain (R)

250,772

45.7%

Ralph Nader (I)

2,799

0.5%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

2,039

0.4%

Other

5,370

1.0%

TOTAL

548,571

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 0

2004 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

269,147

50.7%

John Kerry (D)

257,324

48.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

1,759

0.3%

Other

2,667

0.5%

TOTAL

530,897

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 0

2000 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

227,551

49.2%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

221,870

48.0%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

9,207

2.0%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

1,530

0.3%

Other

2,155

0.5%

TOTAL

462,313

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 1

1996 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

219,228

51.3%

Robert Dole (R)

169,860

39.8%

Ross Perot (Ref)

33,152

7.8%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

2,164

0.5%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

698

0.2%

Other

1,866

0.4%

TOTAL

426,968

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -1

1992 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

206,339

44.9%

George Bush* (R)

174,141

37.9%

Ross Perot (I)

76,861

16.7%

Other

2,356

0.5%

TOTAL

459,697

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 0

1988 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

173,383

41.8%

Michael Dukakis (D)

238,741

57.5%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

787

0.2%

Other

2,214

0.5%

TOTAL

415,125

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): -12

1984 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

227,420

50.9%

Walter Mondale (D)

216,138

48.3%

Other

3,604

0.8%

TOTAL

447,162

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -8

1980 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

219,474

49.3%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

177,620

39.9%

John Anderson (I)

42,550

9.6%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

4,314

1.0%

Other

1,424

0.3%

TOTAL

445,382

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -1

1976 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

219,358

51.1%

Gerald Ford* (R)

200,542

46.7%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

7,385

1.7%

Other

2,118

0.5%

TOTAL

429,403

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -1

1972 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

234,573

56.5%

George McGovern (D)

171,475

41.3%

John Schmitz (Amer)

8,244

2.0%

Other

535

0.1%

TOTAL

414,827

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -4

1968 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

197,323

51.3%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

161,670

42.0%

George Wallace (AIP)

23,521

6.1%

Other

2,120

0.6%

TOTAL

384,634

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 8

1964 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

249,370

64.3%

Barry Goldwater (R)

137,305

35.4%

Other

1,175

0.3%

TOTAL

387,850

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): -3

1960 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

182,842

43.3%

Richard Nixon (R)

238,708

56.6%

Other

337

0.1%

TOTAL

421,887

Turnout: 77%	Diff (US): 7

1956 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

238,132

57.1%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

177,424

42.6%

Other

1,360

0.3%

TOTAL

416,916

Turnout: 72%	Diff (US): 0

1952 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

265,712

62.0%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

158,629

37.0%

Other

4,248

1.0%

TOTAL

428,589

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): 7

1948 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

177,138

51.3%

Thomas Dewey (R)

158,183

45.8%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

4,735

1.4%

Other

5,047

1.5%

TOTAL

345,103

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 1

1944 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

177,386

50.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

174,733

49.3%

Other

2,341

0.7%

TOTAL

354,460

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 3

1940 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

206,179

50.4%

Wendell Willkie (R)

200,789

49.1%

Other

1,874

0.5%

TOTAL

408,842

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): 4

1936 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

206,065

53.7%

Alf Landon (R)

169,303

44.1%

William Lemke (Union)

7,092

1.8%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

519

0.1%

Other

892

0.2%

TOTAL

383,871

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): 8

1932 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

177,893

54.3%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

139,055

42.4%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

9,431

2.9%

Other

1,533

0.5%

TOTAL

327,912

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 3

1928 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

214,832

65.8%

Al Smith (D)

111,856

34.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

0.0%

TOTAL

326,692

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 8

1924 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

186,158

57.3%

John Davis (D)

45,504

14.0%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

93,326

28.7%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

324,996

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 3

1920 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

216,047

70.4%

James Cox (D)

81,156

26.5%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

4,393

1.4%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

2,887

0.9%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

1,927

0.6%

Other

283

0.1%

TOTAL

306,693

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 10

1916 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

75,035

43.0%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

93,907

53.8%

Allan Benson (Soc)

3,843

2.2%

James Hanly (Proh)

1,518

0.9%

Other

193

0.1%

TOTAL

174,496

Turnout: 37%	Diff (US): 8

1912 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

55,876

33.6%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

56,228

33.8%

William Taft* (R)

43,627

26.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

6,691

4.0%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

4,070

2.4%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

166,495

Turnout: 37%	Diff (US): 3

1908 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

98,725

58.5%

William J. Bryan (D)

62,000

36.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,166

1.9%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

4,699

2.8%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.1%

Other

129

0.1%

TOTAL

168,804

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): 7

1904 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

110,863

66.7%

Alton Parker (D)

42,569

25.6%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

6,186

3.7%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

5,663

3.4%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

846

0.5%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

166,131

Turnout: 39%	Diff (US): 10

1900 President, Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

111,359

60.8%

William J. Bryan (D)

66,574

36.3%

John Woolley (Proh)

3,893

2.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

933

0.5%

Other

390

0.2%

TOTAL

183,149

Turnout: 43%	Diff (US): 9

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	997,659	82.43%	4.6%
Black:	52,027	4.30%	57.8%
Indian:	2,681	0.22%	25.2%
Asian:	46,041	3.80%	78.5%
2+ races:	22,521	1.86%	54.0%
Hispanic:	89,338	7.38%	51.2%

Total non-White:	212,608	17.57%	56.8%

Change in White population:	44,103	4.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	77,015	7.1

Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Des Moines-Ames, IA-MO Market Area