IOWA 7 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa Secretary of State)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 2,926,324
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 2,165,000 % change from '96 +1.8
Total Registration, Oct. 28, 2000 1,841,346 (active)
Rep. 590,209 (32.05%)   Dem. 565,561 (30.71%)   No-Party 685,576 (37.23%)
Iowa has: 99 counties, 949 cities, 2,131 precincts.
Five largest counties: Polk, Linn, Scott, Black Hawk, Johnson.
Five largest cities: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Waterloo.

Government
Governor: Tom Vilsack (D) elected in 1998.
State Legislature: General Assembly  House:44D, 56R  Senate: 20D, 30R
Local: Cities, Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 4R,1D - 1. J.Leach (R) | 2. J.Nussle (R) | 3. L.Boswell (D) | 4. G.Ganske (R) | 5. T.Latham (R)
U.S. Senate: Tom Harkin (D) up for re-election in 2002, Chuck Grassley (R) re-elected 1998.
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 100 House seats and 25 of 50 Senate seats up.  No change in partisan balance.
U.S. House: All 5 members were re-elected.

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General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.).......620,258
(50.26)
Dole (Rep.)............492,644
(39.92)
Perot (Ref.)............105,159
(8.52)
Others (5+w/ins).....16,014
(1.30)
Total........1,234,075

1992
Clinton (Dem.)........586,353 (43.28)
Bush (Rep.)...........504,891 (37.27)
Perot (Ind.) ...........253,468 (18.71)
Others(11+w/ins).......9,895
(0.73)
Total........1,354,607

Results
2000
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
638,517
 (48.54)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
634,373
(48.22)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
3,209
(0.24)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
29,374
(2.23)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
5,731
(0.44)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
190
 (0.01)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
  613
(0.05)
McReynolds/Hollis (Soc.)
107
(0.01)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (pet.)
2,281
(0.17)
Scattering
1,168
(0.09)
Total........1,315,563

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 60.77%.  (U.S. avg. 53.76%)...l

Overview
The Gore-Lieberman ticket eked out a narrow win, finishing with a plurality of just 4,144 votes (0.32 percentage points).  Bush carried 68 counties to Gore's 31.  Typically in Iowa Democratic candidates do well East of I-35, the main North-South highway, and Republicans do well in the West.  This held true in 2000 as Bush swept all counties in the Western-most quarter of the state, while Gore did well in counties along the Mississippi River in the East, as well as in the Des Moines-Fort Dodge and Mason City areas. 
General Election Activity

Primary Election: June 6, 2000


Precinct Caucuses-- Monday, January 24, 2000
Main Iowa Caucuses Page
Notes/Iowa Code
.Low turnout in both the Republican and Democratic precinct caucuses.

 Republicans 
Precinct Caucuses--Monday Jan. 24, 2000
County Conventions--March 4, 2000 
Cong. District Pres. Caucuses--June 9, 2000 
State Convention--June 10, 2000
. Any person voting at a precinct caucus must be a registered Republican in that precinct, or a person who will by the date of the general election be eighteen years of age and indicates an affiliation with the Republican Party and is a resident of the precinct.
2,114 of 2,131 precincts reporting (99%):
Total Vote
Percent
Gary Bauer
7,487
8.53%
+George W. Bush
35,948
40.99%
Steve Forbes
26,744
30.50%
Orrin Hatch
898
1.02%
Alan Keyes
12,496
14.24%
John McCain
4,093
4.67%
Total
 87,666
Detailed Results
Total Delegates 
25 of 2,066 (1.2%).

Delegate Allocation
Congressional District delegates  15
At-large delegates                       10
"The congressional district caucuses [June 9] each elect three delegates and three alternates to the national convention.  The state convention [June 10] elects at-large delegates and alternates to the national convention."
 



Democrats 
Precinct Caucuses--Monday Jan. 24, 2000
County Conventions--March 25, 2000 
District Conventions--May 6, 2000 
State Convention--June 17, 2000
2,131 of 2,131 precincts reporting (100%):
Percent
Bill Bradley
34.92%
Al Gore
 63.44%
Uncommitted
1.60%
Others
 0.05%
Total
60,760 people participated (Iowa Democratic Party).
Detailed Results
Total Pledged Delegates
47 of 3,537 (1.3%).
Total Delegates
57 of 4,335 (1.3%).


Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.