The Second Time Around
Following in your own – or in your father's – footsteps

STEVE FORBES
  1996
Percentage
  2000
Percentage
  Change
(in % points)
STATEWIDE 10% Lost 30% Lost + 20%
10 Most Populous Counties
1) POLK (Des Moines) 14% Lost 28% Lost + 14%
2) LINN (Cedar Rapids) 10% Lost 27% Lost + 17%
3) SCOTT (Davenport) 12% Lost 34% Lost + 22%
4) BLACK HAWK (Cedar Falls) 10% Lost 27% Lost + 17%
5) JOHNSON (Iowa City) 13% Lost 20% Lost + 7%
6) WOODBURY (Sioux City) 11% Lost 41% Won + 30%
7) DUBUQUE (Dubuque) 7% Lost 34% Lost + 27%
8) POTTAWATTAMIE (Council Bluffs) 9% Lost 23% Lost + 14%
9) STORY (Ames) 10% Lost 27% Lost + 17%
10) CLINTON (Clinton) 10% Lost 40% Lost + 30%
ALAN KEYES
  1996
Percentage
  2000
Percentage
  Change
(in % points)
STATEWIDE 7% Lost 14% Lost + 7%
10 Most Populous Counties
1) POLK (Des Moines) 6% Lost 14% Lost + 8%
2) LINN (Cedar Rapids) 22% Lost 19% Lost - 3%
3) SCOTT (Davenport) 8% Lost 15% Lost + 7%
4) BLACK HAWK (Cedar Falls) 7% Lost 13% Lost + 6%
5) JOHNSON (Iowa City) 11% Lost 19% Lost + 8%
6) WOODBURY (Sioux City) 2% Lost 12% Lost + 10%
7) DUBUQUE (Dubuque) 13% Lost 19% Lost + 6%
8) POTTAWATTAMIE (Council Bluffs) 2% Lost 11% Lost + 9%
9) STORY (Ames) 6% Lost 14% Lost + 8%
10) CLINTON (Clinton) 6% Lost 12% Lost + 6%
THE BUSHES: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
 
George Bush
1980
 
George W.
Bush
2000
 
Change
(in % points) 
STATEWIDE 32% Won 41% Won + 9%
10 Most Populous Counties
1) POLK (Des Moines) 33% Won 44% Won + 11%
2) LINN (Cedar Rapids) 40% Won 39% Won - 1%
3) SCOTT (Davenport) 40% Won 40% Won  
4) BLACK HAWK (Cedar Falls) 30% Won 43% Won + 13%
5) JOHNSON (Iowa City) 41% Won 42% Won + 1%
6) WOODBURY (Sioux City) 32% Lost 37% Lost + 5%
7) DUBUQUE (Dubuque) 39% Won 34% Won - 5%
8) POTTAWATTAMIE (Council Bluffs) 25% Lost 53% Won + 28%
9) STORY (Ames) 37% Won 41% Won + 4%
10) CLINTON (Clinton) 38% Won 41% Won + 3%


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