2022 population: 729,053
( 159,420 from 2010
, 19,586 from 2020)
Land area: 3612.4 square miles
Population density: 201.8 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 578,147 | 79.30% | 21.3% |
Black: | 43,160 | 5.92% | 62.8% |
Indian: | 1,293 | 0.18% | 14.3% |
Asian: | 32,882 | 4.51% | 89.1% |
2+ races: | 15,565 | 2.13% | 64.3% |
Hispanic: | 58,006 | 7.96% | 52.6% |
Total non-White: | 150,906 | 20.70% | 61.9% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 20,059 | 14.1 |
Deaths: | 14,279 | 10.1 |
Net Migration: | 10,187 | 7.2 |
Net Immigration: | 3,562 | 2.5 |
Change in White population: | 101,713 | 17.9 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 57,707 | 10.1 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +28,239 | D +12,885 | D + 2.8% | |
D +41,124 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +28,610 | R +4,099 | R + 2.3% | |
D +24,511 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +40,219 | R +6,700 | R + 3.8% | |
D +33,519 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +11,980 | R +19,585 | R + 6.6% | |
D -7,605 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 70% | Joe Biden (D) | 198,559 | 52.0% | Donald Trump* (R) | 175,432 | 45.9% | 8,204 [+] | 2.1% | 382,195 | -1 | 0.24% |
2016 | 66% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 157,435 | 47.6% | Donald Trump (R) | 147,193 | 44.5% | 25,899 [+] | 7.8% | 330,527 | -1 | 0.24% |
2012 | 70% | Barack Obama* (D) | 174,048 | 53.2% | Mitt Romney (R) | 146,822 | 44.9% | 6,061 [+] | 1.9% | 326,931 | -2 | 0.25% |
2008 | 70% | Barack Obama (D) | 165,040 | 54.0% | John McCain (R) | 135,213 | 44.2% | 5,440 [+] | 1.8% | 305,693 | -1 | 0.23% |
2004 | 70% | John Kerry (D) | 143,289 | 50.1% | George W. Bush* (R) | 140,496 | 49.1% | 2,239 [+] | 0.8% | 286,024 | -2 | 0.23% |
2000 | 63% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 122,082 | 50.2% | George W. Bush (R) | 115,085 | 47.3% | 6,256 [+] | 2.6% | 243,423 | -1 | 0.23% |
1996 | 60% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 115,412 | 53.0% | Robert Dole (R) | 85,434 | 39.3% | 16,794 [+] | 7.7% | 217,640 | -1 | 0.23% |
1992 | 67% | Bill Clinton (D) | 106,630 | 46.2% | George Bush* (R) | 87,786 | 38.0% | 36,474 [+] | 15.8% | 230,890 | 1 | 0.22% |
1988 | 60% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 116,875 | 58.9% | George Bush (R) | 80,254 | 40.5% | 1,143 [+] | 0.6% | 198,272 | -13 | 0.22% |
1984 | 64% | Walter Mondale (D) | 103,755 | 50.5% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 100,297 | 48.8% | 1,396 | 0.7% | 205,448 | -10 | 0.22% |
1980 | 65% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 92,632 | 46.1% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 85,524 | 42.5% | 22,976 [+] | 11.4% | 201,132 | -5 | 0.23% |
1976 | 75% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 101,057 | 52.5% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 86,776 | 45.1% | 4,622 [+] | 2.4% | 192,455 | -3 | 0.24% |
1972 | 75% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 99,988 | 54.0% | George McGovern (D) | 80,896 | 43.7% | 4,414 [+] | 2.4% | 185,298 | -7 | 0.24% |
1968 | 76% | Richard Nixon (R) | 77,380 | 47.2% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 73,217 | 44.7% | 13,330 [+] | 8.1% | 163,927 | 4 | 0.22% |
1964 | 77% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 105,976 | 65.8% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 54,462 | 33.8% | 615 | 0.4% | 161,053 | -5 | 0.23% |
1960 | 85% | Richard Nixon (R) | 93,838 | 54.7% | John Kennedy (D) | 77,684 | 45.3% | 100 | 0.1% | 171,622 | 5 | 0.25% |
1956 | 81% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 91,917 | 55.1% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 74,670 | 44.8% | 126 | 0.1% | 166,713 | -2 | 0.27% |
1952 | 85% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 94,807 | 57.2% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 69,578 | 42.0% | 1,310 | 0.8% | 165,695 | 2 | 0.27% |
1948 | 67% | Harry Truman* (D) | 67,334 | 53.6% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 54,734 | 43.6% | 3,535 [+] | 2.8% | 125,603 | -2 | 0.26% |
1944 | 71% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 67,134 | 52.3% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 60,500 | 47.1% | 758 | 0.6% | 128,392 | 1 | 0.27% |
1940 | 84% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 76,494 | 52.4% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 68,929 | 47.2% | 597 | 0.4% | 146,020 | 2 | 0.29% |
1936 | 82% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 69,925 | 53.7% | Alf Landon (R) | 58,121 | 44.6% | 2,266 [+] | 1.7% | 130,312 | 8 | 0.29% |
1932 | 71% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 52,963 | 48.3% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 52,749 | 48.1% | 3,847 [+] | 3.5% | 109,559 | 9 | 0.28% |
1928 | 74% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 73,158 | 68.7% | Al Smith (D) | 33,342 | 31.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 106,500 | 10 | 0.29% |
1924 | 73% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 63,603 | 61.7% | Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 27,226 | 26.4% | 12,293 [+] | 11.9% | 103,122 | 8 | 0.35% |
1920 | 70% | Warren Harding (R) | 65,283 | 68.3% | James Cox (D) | 27,860 | 29.1% | 2,451 [+] | 2.6% | 95,594 | 8 | 0.36% |
1916 | 40% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 23,656 | 48.5% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 23,490 | 48.2% | 1,593 [+] | 3.3% | 48,739 | 2 | 0.26% |
1912 | 41% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 15,415 | 33.4% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 14,528 | 31.5% | 16,144 [+] | 35.0% | 46,087 | 3 | 0.31% |
1908 | 47% | William Taft (R) | 26,804 | 58.0% | William J. Bryan (D) | 17,265 | 37.4% | 2,136 [+] | 4.6% | 46,205 | 6 | 0.31% |
1904 | 46% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 29,971 | 69.0% | Alton Parker (D) | 9,600 | 22.1% | 3,841 [+] | 8.8% | 43,412 | 13 | 0.32% |
1900 | 53% | William McKinley* (R) | 28,485 | 60.8% | William J. Bryan (D) | 16,890 | 36.0% | 1,484 [+] | 3.2% | 46,859 | 9 | 0.34% |
2020 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 198,559 | 52.0% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 175,432 | 45.9% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 4,906 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 3,298 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 382,195 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 157,435 | 47.6% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 147,193 | 44.5% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 14,381 | 4.4% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 2,196 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 3,286 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 6,036 | 1.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 330,527 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 174,048 | 53.2% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 146,822 | 44.9% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 2,957 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 3,104 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 326,931 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 165,040 | 54.0% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 135,213 | 44.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,380 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 1,162 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,898 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 305,693 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 140,496 | 49.1% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 143,289 | 50.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 850 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,389 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 286,024 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 115,085 | 47.3% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 122,082 | 50.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 4,538 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 665 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,053 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 243,423 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 115,412 | 53.0% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 85,434 | 39.3% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 14,413 | 6.6% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 994 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 380 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 1,007 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 217,640 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 106,630 | 46.2% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 87,786 | 38.0% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 35,393 | 15.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,081 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 230,890 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 80,254 | 40.5% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 116,875 | 58.9% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 368 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 775 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 198,272 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 100,297 | 48.8% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 103,755 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,396 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 205,448 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 92,632 | 46.1% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 85,524 | 42.5% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 20,498 | 10.2% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 1,828 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 650 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 201,132 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 101,057 | 52.5% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 86,776 | 45.1% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 3,661 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 961 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 192,455 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 99,988 | 54.0% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 80,896 | 43.7% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 4,120 | 2.2% | ||||||||
Other | 294 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 185,298 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 77,380 | 47.2% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 73,217 | 44.7% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 12,487 | 7.6% | ||||||||
Other | 843 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 163,927 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 105,976 | 65.8% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 54,462 | 33.8% | ||||||||
Other | 615 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 161,053 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 77,684 | 45.3% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 93,838 | 54.7% | ||||||||
Other | 100 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 171,622 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 91,917 | 55.1% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 74,670 | 44.8% | ||||||||
Other | 126 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 166,713 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 94,807 | 57.2% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 69,578 | 42.0% | ||||||||
Other | 1,310 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 165,695 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 67,334 | 53.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 54,734 | 43.6% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 1,735 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,800 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 125,603 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 67,134 | 52.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 60,500 | 47.1% | ||||||||
Other | 758 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 128,392 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 76,494 | 52.4% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 68,929 | 47.2% | ||||||||
Other | 597 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 146,020 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 69,925 | 53.7% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 58,121 | 44.6% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 1,766 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 202 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 298 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 130,312 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 52,749 | 48.1% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 52,963 | 48.3% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 3,389 | 3.1% | ||||||||
Other | 458 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 109,559 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 73,158 | 68.7% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 33,342 | 31.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 106,500 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 63,603 | 61.7% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 12,293 | 11.9% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 27,226 | 26.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 103,122 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 65,283 | 68.3% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 27,860 | 29.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,297 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Parley Christiansen (FL) | 511 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 580 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 63 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 95,594 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 23,490 | 48.2% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 23,656 | 48.5% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 1,092 | 2.2% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 421 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 80 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 48,739 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 15,415 | 33.4% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 14,528 | 31.5% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 12,174 | 26.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 2,505 | 5.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,465 | 3.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 46,087 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 26,804 | 58.0% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 17,265 | 37.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 856 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,226 | 2.7% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 15 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 39 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 46,205 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 29,971 | 69.0% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 9,600 | 22.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 2,209 | 5.1% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 1,438 | 3.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 194 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 43,412 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 28,485 | 60.8% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 16,890 | 36.0% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 1,036 | 2.2% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 286 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 162 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 46,859 | |||||||||
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