1972

Democrat (turnout-20,000) - Percent of Delegates
Uncommitted 36%
Muskie (Ed) 35.5%
McGovern (George) 23%

Republican - Percent of Delegates
No Race

1976

Democrat (turnout-38,500) - Percent of Delegates
Uncommitted 37%
Carter (Jimmy) 28%
Bayh (Birch) 13%
Harris (Fred) 10%
Udall (Mo) 6%
Shriver (Sargent) 3%

Republican - Percent of Delgates
Very few results. Governor Ronal Reagan challenged incumbent Gerald Ford, but neither candidate campaigned heavily in Iowa.

1980

Democrat (turnout-100,000) - Percent of Delegates
Carter (Jimmy) 59%
Kennedy (Edward) 31%
Uncommitted 10%

Republican (turnout-106,051) - Percent of Delegates
Bush (George HW) 32%
Reagan (Ronald) 29.5%
Baker (Howard) 15%
Connally (John) 9%
Crane (Phil) 7%
Anderson (John) 4%
Dole (Bob) 1.5%

1984

Democrat (turnout-75,000) - Percent of Delegates
Hart (Gary) 16.5%
McGovern (George) 10%
Uncommitted 9%
Cranston (Alan) 7%
Glenn (John) 3.5%
Askew (Reubin) 2.5%
Jackson (Jesse) 1.5%

Republican - Percent of Delegates
None-President Reagan ran unopposed.

1988

Democrat (turnout-125,000): - Percent of Delegates
Gephardt (Dick) 31%
Simon (Paul) 27%
Dukakis (Michael) 22%
Jackson (Jesse) 9%
Babbitt (Bruce) 6%
Uncommitted 4.5%
Hart (Gary) .3%

Republican (turnout-108,806) - Percent of Delegates
Dole (Bob) 37%
Robertson (Pat) 25%
Bush (George HW) 19%
Kemp (Jack) 11%
du Pont (Pete) 7%

1992

Democrat (turnout-30,000) - Percent of Delegates
Harkin (Tom) 76%
Uncommitted 12%
Tsongas (Paul) 4%
Clinton (Bill) 3%
Kerrey (Bob) 2%
Brown (Jerry) 2%

Republican - Percent of Delegates
None-President Bush ran unopposed.

1996

Democrat - Percent of Delegates
None-President Clinton ran unopposed

Republican (turnout-96,451) - Percent of Delegates
Dole (Bob) 26%
Buchanan (Pat) 23%
Alexander (Lamar) 18%
Forbes (Steve) 10%
Gramm (Phil) 9%
Keyes (Alan) 7%
Lugar (Dick) 4%

2000

Democrat (turnout-61,000) - Percent of Delegates
Gore (Al) 63%
Bradley (Bill) 35%

Republican (turnout-86,440) - Percent of Delegates
Bush (George W) 41%
Forbes (Steve) 30%
Keyes (Alan) 14%
Bauer (Gary) 9%
McCain (John) 5%
Hatch (Orrin) 1%

2004

Democrat - Percent of Delegates
Kerry (John) 38%
Edwards (John) 32%
Dean (Howard) 18%
Gephardt (Dick) 11%
Kucinich (Dennis) 1.3%

Republican - Percent of Delegates
None-President Bush ran unopposed.

2008

Democrat - Percent of Delegates
Obama (Barack) 38%
Edwards (John) 30%
Clinton (Hillary) 30%
Richardson (Bill) 2%
Biden (Joe) .9%
Uncommitted .1%
Dodd (Chris) .02%

Republican - Percent of Delegates
Huckabee (Mike) 34.4%
Romney (Mitt) 25.2%
Thompson (Fred) 13.4%
McCain (John) 13.1%
Paul (Ron) 10%
Giuliani (Rudy) 3.5%
Hunter (Duncan) .4%

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