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1953 Iowa Gubernatorial Race
CompletedFinal Election Results
Votes allocated by demographic reach each turn. Final 4 turns = 25%; earlier turns = 75%.
Final Results1.15M votes cast · 25 turns
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
 Farmer-Labor Party | 686.5k | 59.8% |
 Peter FordNPP Democratic Party | 462.4k | 40.2% |
Vote share
Persuasion Drivers
IAWhy Iowa voters lean toward Peter Ford over Deborah Young. Each driver is signed: + = lift, − = drag. Drivers are relative within this list and only move the persuadable slice of each party's vote, so their real effect is small. Coattail rows are direct share tilts in %. A raw vote lead does not equal the sum of these bars.
Persuasion drivers (pts of the persuadable slice)
Candidate Support0.0 pts
Policy alignment-0.1 pts
Money0.0 pts
Incumbency0.0 pts
Ceiling this cycle: at most 20.0% of Deborah Young's vote can be persuaded across to Peter Ford, and 20.0% of Peter Ford's vote can be persuaded away. Registration lean sets the starting split and how hard a party is to move, not the final share. These drivers add up to -0.1 pts of that movable slice.
Election Trends
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Deborah YoungPeter Ford