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Caucus Results
The Iowa Caucus gained in political notoriety following
the 1976 Democratic race, when a little-known former governor from
Georgia, Jimmy Carter, earned his first victory toward the presidency.
Below, the results are provided for his race and others.
| 1972: |
| Democrats
|
| Edmund Muskie |
|
35.5% |
| George McGovern |
|
22.6 |
| Hubert Humphrey |
|
1.6 |
| Republicans |
| Not Available |
|
|
| 1976:
|
| Democrats |
| Jimmy Carter |
|
27.6% |
| Birch Bayh |
|
13.2 |
| Fred Harris |
|
9.9 |
| Republicans
|
| Gerald Ford |
|
264 |
| Ronald Reagan |
|
248 |
Results from
62 sample precincts provided by the Iowa Republican Party.
| 1980: |
| Democrats
|
| Jimmy Carter |
|
59.1% |
| Edward Kennedy |
|
31.2 |
| Republicans |
| George Bush |
|
33,530 |
31.6% |
| Ronald Reagan |
|
31,348 |
29.5 |
| Howard Baker |
|
16,216 |
15.3 |
| 1984: |
| Democrats
|
| Walter Mondale |
|
48.9% |
| Gary Hart |
|
16.5 |
| George McGovern |
|
10.3 |
| Republicans |
| Ronald Reagan faced no opposition. |
| 1988: |
| Democrats
|
| Richard Gephardt |
|
31.3% |
| Paul Simon |
|
26.7 |
| Michael Dukakis |
|
22.2 |
| Republicans |
| Robert Dole |
|
40,661 |
37.4% |
| Pat Robertson |
|
26,761 |
24.6 |
| George Bush |
|
20,194 |
18.6 |
| 1992: |
| Democrats
|
| Tom Harkin |
|
76.4% |
| Paul Tsongas |
|
4.1 |
| Bill Clinton |
|
2.8 |
| Republicans
|
| George Bush faced no opposition. |
| 1996: |
| Democrats
|
| Bill Clinton faced no opposition. |
| Republicans |
| Robert Dole |
|
25,378 |
26.3% |
| Pat Buchanan |
|
22,512 |
23.3 |
| Lamar Alexander |
|
17,003 |
17.6 |
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