---
title: "Religion and Politics ’08: Iowa"
description: "Religious Profile Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 487 Data from the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.   2008 Iowa Caucus Exit Poll Results No religion questions were asked in the exit poll of Iowa Democrats. Note: “Evangelical Christian” includes all respondents who describe themselves as born-again or evangelical. Source: 2008 National Election Pool […]"
date: "2008-11-04"
authors:
  - name: "Benjamin Wormald"
    job_title: "Senior Engineer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/11/04/religion-and-politics-08-iowa/"
categories:
  - "Comparison of Religions"
  - "Election 2008"
  - "Religion"
  - "U.S. Elections & Voters"
---

# Religion and Politics ’08: Iowa

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/10/state_profile_iowa.jpg)

## Religious Profile

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/10/iatab1.gif)

Margin of error: ± 5.0% Sample size: 487 Data from the Pew Forum’s [U.S. Religious Landscape Survey](http://religions.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/).

## 2008 Iowa Caucus Exit Poll Results

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/10/iatab2.gif)

No religion questions were asked in the exit poll of Iowa Democrats.

Note: "Evangelical Christian" includes all respondents who describe themselves as born-again or evangelical. Source: 2008 National Election Pool Exit Poll as reported by [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660890/)

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## 2004 Iowa General Election Results

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/10/iatab3.gif)

Data on "All Voters": [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IA/) All other data: Pew Forum analysis of 2004 National Election Pool Exit Poll Results