2022 population: 167,889
( 70 from 2010
, 575 from 2020)
Land area: 1503.1 square miles
Population density: 111.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 138,853 | 82.71% | 4.6% |
Black: | 12,875 | 7.67% | 10.0% |
Indian: | 368 | 0.22% | 64.3% |
Asian: | 4,585 | 2.73% | 121.6% |
2+ races: | 3,958 | 2.36% | 41.0% |
Hispanic: | 7,250 | 4.32% | 37.6% |
Total non-White: | 29,036 | 17.29% | 30.8% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 4,567 | 13.6 |
Deaths: | 4,329 | 12.8 |
Net Migration: | -1,656 | -4.9 |
Net Immigration: | 809 | 2.4 |
Change in White population: | -6,764 | -4.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 6,834 | 4.1 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +3,652 | D +714 | D + 0.8% | |
D +4,366 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +6,008 | R +11,416 | R + 13.3% | |
D -5,408 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +8,515 | R +13,618 | R + 16.4% | |
D -5,103 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +4,863 | R +14,332 | R + 17.2% | |
D -9,469 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 68% | Joe Biden (D) | 43,811 | 49.6% | Donald Trump* (R) | 42,863 | 48.5% | 1,741 [+] | 2.0% | 88,415 | 2 | 0.06% |
2016 | 65% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 39,445 | 46.5% | Donald Trump (R) | 39,211 | 46.2% | 6,159 [+] | 7.3% | 84,815 | 0 | 0.06% |
2012 | 67% | Barack Obama* (D) | 49,219 | 56.3% | Mitt Romney (R) | 36,855 | 42.1% | 1,375 [+] | 1.6% | 87,449 | -5 | 0.07% |
2008 | 65% | Barack Obama (D) | 48,914 | 57.9% | John McCain (R) | 34,348 | 40.7% | 1,226 [+] | 1.5% | 84,488 | -5 | 0.06% |
2004 | 65% | John Kerry (D) | 43,803 | 52.4% | George W. Bush* (R) | 39,140 | 46.9% | 592 [+] | 0.7% | 83,535 | -4 | 0.07% |
2000 | 58% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 37,420 | 51.7% | George W. Bush (R) | 32,994 | 45.6% | 1,957 [+] | 2.7% | 72,371 | -2 | 0.07% |
1996 | 56% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 36,996 | 53.6% | Robert Dole (R) | 26,463 | 38.4% | 5,509 [+] | 8.0% | 68,968 | -2 | 0.07% |
1992 | 66% | Bill Clinton (D) | 36,253 | 45.6% | George Bush* (R) | 29,040 | 36.6% | 14,127 [+] | 17.8% | 79,420 | -1 | 0.08% |
1988 | 60% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 38,829 | 54.0% | George Bush (R) | 32,624 | 45.3% | 499 [+] | 0.7% | 71,952 | -8 | 0.08% |
1984 | 66% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 43,684 | 53.4% | Walter Mondale (D) | 37,466 | 45.8% | 656 | 0.8% | 81,806 | -5 | 0.09% |
1980 | 65% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 40,977 | 49.9% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 32,839 | 40.0% | 8,250 [+] | 10.1% | 82,066 | -1 | 0.09% |
1976 | 68% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 41,419 | 52.4% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 36,121 | 45.7% | 1,520 [+] | 1.9% | 79,060 | 4 | 0.10% |
1972 | 61% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 41,968 | 59.9% | George McGovern (D) | 26,687 | 38.1% | 1,363 [+] | 1.9% | 70,018 | -1 | 0.09% |
1968 | 65% | Richard Nixon (R) | 36,064 | 55.6% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 25,253 | 38.9% | 3,600 [+] | 5.5% | 64,917 | 12 | 0.09% |
1964 | 68% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 39,343 | 59.4% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 26,839 | 40.5% | 81 | 0.1% | 66,263 | 2 | 0.09% |
1960 | 73% | Richard Nixon (R) | 39,928 | 57.5% | John Kennedy (D) | 29,486 | 42.5% | 45 | 0.1% | 69,459 | 8 | 0.10% |
1956 | 68% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 39,095 | 60.7% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 25,203 | 39.1% | 79 | 0.1% | 64,377 | 3 | 0.10% |
1952 | 71% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 41,129 | 65.7% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 21,206 | 33.9% | 238 | 0.4% | 62,573 | 11 | 0.10% |
1948 | 60% | Harry Truman* (D) | 25,449 | 51.6% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 23,032 | 46.7% | 829 [+] | 1.7% | 49,310 | 2 | 0.10% |
1944 | 60% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 24,173 | 52.7% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 21,548 | 46.9% | 189 | 0.4% | 45,910 | 7 | 0.10% |
1940 | 70% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 26,414 | 53.1% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 23,153 | 46.6% | 134 | 0.3% | 49,701 | 8 | 0.10% |
1936 | 72% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 25,769 | 55.0% | Alf Landon (R) | 19,542 | 41.7% | 1,543 [+] | 3.3% | 46,854 | 5 | 0.10% |
1932 | 71% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 23,732 | 54.1% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 19,685 | 44.8% | 476 [+] | 1.1% | 43,893 | 5 | 0.11% |
1928 | 70% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 26,959 | 67.1% | Al Smith (D) | 13,233 | 32.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 40,192 | 9 | 0.11% |
1924 | 68% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 22,667 | 60.9% | Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 10,057 | 27.0% | 4,507 [+] | 12.1% | 37,231 | 7 | 0.13% |
1920 | 67% | Warren Harding (R) | 27,869 | 80.1% | James Cox (D) | 5,616 | 16.1% | 1,317 [+] | 3.8% | 34,802 | 20 | 0.13% |
1916 | 39% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 11,553 | 62.9% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 6,417 | 34.9% | 402 [+] | 2.2% | 18,372 | 17 | 0.10% |
1912 | 40% | Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 6,933 | 39.6% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 6,795 | 38.8% | 3,783 [+] | 21.6% | 17,511 | -6 | 0.12% |
1908 | 40% | William Taft (R) | 8,954 | 56.7% | William J. Bryan (D) | 6,157 | 39.0% | 670 [+] | 4.2% | 15,781 | 5 | 0.11% |
1904 | 40% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 9,184 | 62.7% | Alton Parker (D) | 4,582 | 31.3% | 890 [+] | 6.1% | 14,656 | 6 | 0.11% |
1900 | 45% | William McKinley* (R) | 9,213 | 60.6% | William J. Bryan (D) | 5,644 | 37.1% | 353 [+] | 2.3% | 15,210 | 9 | 0.11% |
2020 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 43,811 | 49.6% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 42,863 | 48.5% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 994 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 747 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 88,415 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 39,445 | 46.5% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 39,211 | 46.2% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 3,144 | 3.7% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 729 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 628 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,658 | 2.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 84,815 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 49,219 | 56.3% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 36,855 | 42.1% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 655 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 720 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 87,449 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 48,914 | 57.9% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 34,348 | 40.7% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 437 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 216 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 573 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 84,488 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 39,140 | 46.9% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 43,803 | 52.4% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 323 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 269 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 83,535 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 32,994 | 45.6% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 37,420 | 51.7% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 1,462 | 2.0% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 207 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 288 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 72,371 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 36,996 | 53.6% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 26,463 | 38.4% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 4,886 | 7.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 297 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 125 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 201 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 68,968 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 36,253 | 45.6% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 29,040 | 36.6% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 13,589 | 17.1% | ||||||||
Other | 538 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 79,420 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 32,624 | 45.3% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 38,829 | 54.0% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 110 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 389 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 71,952 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 43,684 | 53.4% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 37,466 | 45.8% | ||||||||
Other | 656 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 81,806 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 40,977 | 49.9% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 32,839 | 40.0% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 7,257 | 8.8% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 688 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 305 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 82,066 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 36,121 | 45.7% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 41,419 | 52.4% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 1,153 | 1.5% | ||||||||
Other | 367 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 79,060 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 41,968 | 59.9% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 26,687 | 38.1% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 1,242 | 1.8% | ||||||||
Other | 121 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 70,018 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 36,064 | 55.6% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 25,253 | 38.9% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 3,334 | 5.1% | ||||||||
Other | 266 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 64,917 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 39,343 | 59.4% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 26,839 | 40.5% | ||||||||
Other | 81 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 66,263 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 29,486 | 42.5% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 39,928 | 57.5% | ||||||||
Other | 45 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 69,459 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 39,095 | 60.7% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 25,203 | 39.1% | ||||||||
Other | 79 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 64,377 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 41,129 | 65.7% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 21,206 | 33.9% | ||||||||
Other | 238 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 62,573 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 25,449 | 51.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 23,032 | 46.7% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 438 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 391 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 49,310 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 21,548 | 46.9% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 24,173 | 52.7% | ||||||||
Other | 189 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 45,910 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 23,153 | 46.6% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 26,414 | 53.1% | ||||||||
Other | 134 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 49,701 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 25,769 | 55.0% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 19,542 | 41.7% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 1,434 | 3.1% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 69 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 40 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 46,854 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 23,732 | 54.1% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 19,685 | 44.8% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 375 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 101 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 43,893 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 26,959 | 67.1% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 13,233 | 32.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 40,192 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 22,667 | 60.9% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 4,507 | 12.1% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 10,057 | 27.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 37,231 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 27,869 | 80.1% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 5,616 | 16.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 540 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Parley Christiansen (FL) | 608 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 144 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 25 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 34,802 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 6,417 | 34.9% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 11,553 | 62.9% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 280 | 1.5% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 96 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 26 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 18,372 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 6,795 | 38.8% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 6,933 | 39.6% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 3,035 | 17.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 447 | 2.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 301 | 1.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 17,511 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 8,954 | 56.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 6,157 | 39.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 259 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 394 | 2.5% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 9 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 8 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 15,781 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 9,184 | 62.7% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 4,582 | 31.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 505 | 3.4% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 343 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 42 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 14,656 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 9,213 | 60.6% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 5,644 | 37.1% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 320 | 2.1% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 19 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 14 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 15,210 | |||||||||
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