2022 population: 98,275
( 2,000 from 2010
, 754 from 2020)
Land area: 1431.8 square miles
Population density: 68.6 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 83,227 | 84.69% | 0.4% |
Black: | 8,135 | 8.28% | 1.2% |
Indian: | 320 | 0.33% | 19.0% |
Asian: | 1,640 | 1.67% | 71.9% |
2+ races: | 2,296 | 2.34% | 56.1% |
Hispanic: | 2,657 | 2.70% | 53.7% |
Total non-White: | 15,048 | 15.31% | 18.3% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 2,428 | 12.4 |
Deaths: | 2,911 | 14.9 |
Net Migration: | 1,008 | 5.2 |
Net Immigration: | 188 | 1.0 |
Change in White population: | -325 | -0.3 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 2,325 | 2.4 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +2,220 | R +75 | D + 4.6% | |
D +2,145 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +4,608 | R +4,910 | R + 6.5% | |
D -302 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +5,128 | R +8,611 | R + 16.8% | |
D -3,483 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +2,908 | R +8,536 | R + 21.4% | |
D -5,628 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 64% | Donald Trump* (R) | 35,560 | 72.6% | Joe Biden (D) | 12,604 | 25.7% | 846 [+] | 1.7% | 49,010 | 26 | 0.03% |
2016 | 60% | Donald Trump (R) | 33,340 | 72.8% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 10,459 | 22.8% | 2,008 [+] | 4.4% | 45,807 | 27 | 0.03% |
2012 | 60% | Mitt Romney (R) | 30,952 | 69.1% | Barack Obama* (D) | 12,906 | 28.8% | 928 [+] | 2.1% | 44,786 | 22 | 0.03% |
2008 | 64% | John McCain (R) | 30,432 | 64.5% | Barack Obama (D) | 16,087 | 34.1% | 658 [+] | 1.4% | 47,177 | 19 | 0.04% |
2004 | 62% | George W. Bush* (R) | 29,747 | 67.1% | John Kerry (D) | 14,338 | 32.3% | 248 [+] | 0.6% | 44,333 | 16 | 0.04% |
2000 | 57% | George W. Bush (R) | 24,907 | 63.6% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 13,383 | 34.2% | 885 [+] | 2.3% | 39,175 | 16 | 0.04% |
1996 | 56% | Robert Dole (R) | 19,189 | 51.9% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 14,754 | 39.9% | 3,030 [+] | 8.2% | 36,973 | 11 | 0.04% |
1992 | 60% | George Bush* (R) | 17,054 | 44.8% | Bill Clinton (D) | 14,321 | 37.6% | 6,705 [+] | 17.6% | 38,080 | 7 | 0.04% |
1988 | 55% | George Bush (R) | 21,247 | 62.8% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 12,480 | 36.9% | 91 [+] | 0.3% | 33,818 | 9 | 0.04% |
1984 | 57% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 22,756 | 65.2% | Walter Mondale (D) | 12,141 | 34.8% | 21 | 0.1% | 34,918 | 6 | 0.04% |
1980 | 59% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 20,374 | 57.7% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 13,710 | 38.8% | 1,248 [+] | 3.5% | 35,332 | 7 | 0.04% |
1976 | 63% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 17,069 | 50.7% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 16,426 | 48.8% | 189 [+] | 0.6% | 33,684 | 3 | 0.04% |
1972 | 66% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 22,431 | 67.6% | George McGovern (D) | 10,580 | 31.9% | 168 [+] | 0.5% | 33,179 | 7 | 0.04% |
1968 | 69% | Richard Nixon (R) | 15,121 | 49.1% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 11,278 | 36.6% | 4,399 [+] | 14.3% | 30,798 | 6 | 0.04% |
1964 | 75% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 18,986 | 57.9% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 13,796 | 42.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 32,782 | 4 | 0.05% |
1960 | 77% | Richard Nixon (R) | 18,360 | 55.7% | John Kennedy (D) | 14,584 | 44.2% | 18 | 0.1% | 32,962 | 6 | 0.05% |
1956 | 69% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 17,908 | 56.1% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 13,985 | 43.8% | 21 | 0.1% | 31,914 | -1 | 0.05% |
1952 | 71% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 19,008 | 56.8% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 14,420 | 43.1% | 54 | 0.2% | 33,482 | 2 | 0.05% |
1948 | 59% | Harry Truman* (D) | 14,588 | 51.1% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 13,832 | 48.5% | 116 [+] | 0.4% | 28,536 | 3 | 0.06% |
1944 | 59% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 15,981 | 54.1% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 13,453 | 45.6% | 92 | 0.3% | 29,526 | 8 | 0.06% |
1940 | 72% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 18,972 | 51.4% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 17,744 | 48.1% | 184 | 0.5% | 36,900 | 7 | 0.07% |
1936 | 75% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 18,680 | 53.6% | Alf Landon (R) | 15,915 | 45.7% | 257 [+] | 0.7% | 34,852 | 9 | 0.08% |
1932 | 68% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 17,041 | 56.3% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 12,936 | 42.7% | 307 [+] | 1.0% | 30,284 | 3 | 0.08% |
1928 | 65% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 16,024 | 59.5% | Al Smith (D) | 10,846 | 40.3% | 57 [+] | 0.2% | 26,927 | 1 | 0.07% |
1924 | 57% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 12,745 | 53.7% | John Davis (D) | 9,681 | 40.8% | 1,315 [+] | 5.5% | 23,741 | 0 | 0.08% |
1920 | 62% | Warren Harding (R) | 15,693 | 60.9% | James Cox (D) | 9,770 | 37.9% | 298 [+] | 1.2% | 25,761 | 1 | 0.10% |
1916 | 50% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 10,772 | 55.1% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 8,381 | 42.9% | 380 [+] | 1.9% | 19,533 | 9 | 0.11% |
1912 | 35% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 6,035 | 43.9% | William Taft* (R) | 5,306 | 38.6% | 2,396 [+] | 17.4% | 13,737 | 15 | 0.09% |
1908 | 43% | William Taft (R) | 8,764 | 57.7% | William J. Bryan (D) | 6,165 | 40.6% | 265 [+] | 1.7% | 15,194 | 6 | 0.10% |
1904 | 40% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 7,880 | 58.2% | Alton Parker (D) | 5,228 | 38.6% | 434 [+] | 3.2% | 13,542 | 2 | 0.10% |
1900 | 40% | William McKinley* (R) | 7,083 | 54.6% | William J. Bryan (D) | 5,611 | 43.3% | 273 [+] | 2.1% | 12,967 | 3 | 0.09% |
2020 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 12,604 | 25.7% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 35,560 | 72.6% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 578 | 1.2% | ||||||||
Other | 268 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 49,010 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 10,459 | 22.8% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 33,340 | 72.8% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 1,254 | 2.7% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 265 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 63 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 426 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 45,807 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 12,906 | 28.8% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 30,952 | 69.1% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 703 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Other | 225 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 44,786 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 16,087 | 34.1% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 30,432 | 64.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 254 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 200 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 204 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 47,177 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 29,747 | 67.1% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 14,338 | 32.3% | ||||||||
Other | 248 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 44,333 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 24,907 | 63.6% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 13,383 | 34.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 445 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 208 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 232 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 39,175 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 14,754 | 39.9% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 19,189 | 51.9% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 2,688 | 7.3% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 170 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 172 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 36,973 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 14,321 | 37.6% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 17,054 | 44.8% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 6,582 | 17.3% | ||||||||
Other | 123 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 38,080 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 21,247 | 62.8% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 12,480 | 36.9% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 4 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 87 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,818 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 22,756 | 65.2% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 12,141 | 34.8% | ||||||||
Other | 21 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 34,918 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 20,374 | 57.7% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 13,710 | 38.8% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 982 | 2.8% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 223 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 43 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 35,332 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 16,426 | 48.8% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 17,069 | 50.7% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 148 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 41 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,684 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 22,431 | 67.6% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 10,580 | 31.9% | ||||||||
Other | 168 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,179 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 15,121 | 49.1% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 11,278 | 36.6% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 4,377 | 14.2% | ||||||||
Other | 22 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 30,798 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 18,986 | 57.9% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 13,796 | 42.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 32,782 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 14,584 | 44.2% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 18,360 | 55.7% | ||||||||
Other | 18 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 32,962 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 17,908 | 56.1% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 13,985 | 43.8% | ||||||||
Other | 21 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 31,914 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 19,008 | 56.8% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 14,420 | 43.1% | ||||||||
Other | 54 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 33,482 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 14,588 | 51.1% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 13,832 | 48.5% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 11 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 105 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 28,536 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 13,453 | 45.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 15,981 | 54.1% | ||||||||
Other | 92 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 29,526 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 17,744 | 48.1% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 18,972 | 51.4% | ||||||||
Other | 184 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 36,900 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 18,680 | 53.6% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 15,915 | 45.7% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 150 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 47 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 60 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 34,852 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 17,041 | 56.3% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 12,936 | 42.7% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 241 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 66 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 30,284 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 16,024 | 59.5% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 10,846 | 40.3% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 48 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 9 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 26,927 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 12,745 | 53.7% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 9,681 | 40.8% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 1,292 | 5.4% | ||||||||
Other | 23 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 23,741 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 15,693 | 60.9% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 9,770 | 37.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 58 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Parley Christiansen (FL) | 5 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 15 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 220 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 25,761 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 8,381 | 42.9% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 10,772 | 55.1% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 259 | 1.3% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 104 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 17 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 19,533 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 6,035 | 43.9% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 1,956 | 14.2% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 5,306 | 38.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 319 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 98 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 23 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 13,737 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 8,764 | 57.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 6,165 | 40.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 111 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 121 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 9 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 24 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 15,194 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 7,880 | 58.2% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 5,228 | 38.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 129 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 228 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 57 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 20 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 13,542 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 7,083 | 54.6% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 5,611 | 43.3% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 135 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 43 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 95 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 12,967 | |||||||||
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