About one-third of the 1,528,715 Iowans who cast ballots in the 2008 general election voted early. Absentee voting saved several Democratic incumbents in the state House and Senate that year. Bleeding Heartland will update these tables on weekdays until election day, using figures posted on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website (click the elections tab, then voters, then 2012 general election).

SEPTEMBER 27 UPDATE: Now adding totals for absentee ballots received by county auditors as well as absentee ballots requested each weekday.

SEPTEMBER 28 UPDATE: When an Iowan votes early in person at the auditor’s office, that counts as an absentee ballot requested by the voter and as an absentee ballot received by the auditor on the same day.

OCTOBER 21 UPDATE: Recent polls by NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist and Public Policy Polling suggest that President Barack Obama has a 2:1 lead among Iowans who have already voted. For that to be true, the majority of no-party voters who cast early ballots would have to be supporting the president.

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 5, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	80,331	49,295	54,092
IA-02	92,158	55,899	58,163
IA-03	79,422	60,449	42,845
IA-04	60,830	63,864	43,163
statewide	312,741	229,507	198,263

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 5, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	72,458	46,546	47,554
IA-02	84,079	52,859	51,759
IA-03	69,928	55,945	36,815
IA-04	55,501	60,089	38,722
statewide	281,966	215,439	174,850

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 3, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	78,914	48,211	52,544
IA-02	89,962	54,256	55,965
IA-03	78,195	59,095	41,568
IA-04	59,348	61,809	41,075
statewide	306,419	223,371	191,152

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 3, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	69,939	44,723	44,709
IA-02	80,572	50,452	48,385
IA-03	67,351	53,571	34,389
IA-04	52,934	56,951	35,470
statewide	270,796	205,697	162,953

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 2, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	78,174	47,614	51,720
IA-02	88,226	52,928	54,098
IA-03	77,243	58,209	40,695
IA-04	58,124	60,603	39,749
statewide	301,767	219,354	186,262

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 2, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	67,752	43,191	42,421
IA-02	77,367	48,293	45,311
IA-03	65,259	51,850	32,668
IA-04	50,788	54,796	33,284
statewide	261,166	198,130	153,684

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of November 1, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	76,957	46,375	50,297
IA-02	86,055	51,121	51,900
IA-03	76,080	56,933	39,647
IA-04	56,985	58,793	38,331
statewide	296,077	213,222	180,175

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of November 1, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	65,272	41,130	39,880
IA-02	74,064	45,718	42,228
IA-03	62,994	49,628	30,833
IA-04	48,748	51,822	31,051
statewide	251,078	188,298	143,992

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 31, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	75,531	45,215	48,811
IA-02	84,361	49,719	50,256
IA-03	75,197	56,016	38,866
IA-04	55,933	57,424	37,209
statewide	291,022	208,374	175,142

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 31, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	62,390	39,078	37,309
IA-02	71,096	43,478	39,633
IA-03	61,173	47,748	29,413
IA-04	46,871	49,371	29,192
statewide	241,530	179,675	135,547

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 30, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	74,123	44,187	47,544
IA-02	82,655	48,300	48,650
IA-03	74,146	55,005	37,944
IA-04	54,928	56,189	36,132
statewide	285,852	203,681	170,170

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 30, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	59,954	37,232	35,153
IA-02	68,255	41,252	37,155
IA-03	59,220	45,815	27,943
IA-04	45,033	46,973	27,369
statewide	232,462	171,272	127,620

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 29, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	72,692	43,067	46,156
IA-02	80,566	46,668	46,857
IA-03	72,995	53,931	37,108
IA-04	53,715	54,717	34,904
statewide	279,968	198,383	165,025

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 29, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	56,535	34,641	32,351
IA-02	64,458	38,319	34,171
IA-03	56,182	42,961	25,828
IA-04	42,603	43,945	25,135
statewide	219,778	159,866	117,485

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 26, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	71,186	41,922	44,466
IA-02	78,425	45,109	44,972
IA-03	70,733	52,213	35,556
IA-04	52,471	53,161	33,746
statewide	272,815	192,405	158,740

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 26, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	54,217	32,870	30,218
IA-02	61,290	36,016	31,616
IA-03	53,392	40,546	23,996
IA-04	40,851	41,575	23,663
statewide	209,750	151,007	109,493

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 25, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	68,177	39,824	41,442
IA-02	73,783	42,214	41,204
IA-03	66,861	49,073	32,670
IA-04	49,684	50,101	31,212
statewide	258,505	181,212	146,528

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 25, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	50,248	29,633	26,515
IA-02	55,979	32,196	27,537
IA-03	48,973	36,282	20,822
IA-04	37,235	36,980	20,712
statewide	192,435	135,091	95,586

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 24, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	66,164	38,535	39,672
IA-02	71,423	40,836	39,290
IA-03	64,706	47,435	31,091
IA-04	48,105	48,305	29,760
statewide	250,398	175,111	139,813

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 24, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	48,273	27,963	24,835
IA-02	53,346	30,209	25,470
IA-03	46,677	34,091	19,264
IA-04	35,484	34,609	19,187
statewide	183,780	126,872	88,756

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 23, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	63,954	37,114	37,732
IA-02	68,665	39,134	37,189
IA-03	62,038	45,315	29,169
IA-04	46,412	46,419	28,333
statewide	241,069	167,982	132,423

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 23, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	46,139	26,188	22,968
IA-02	50,713	28,285	23,489
IA-03	44,357	31,830	17,640
IA-04	33,810	32,413	17,830
statewide	175,019	118,716	81,927

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 22, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	62,302	35,406	36,082
IA-02	66,033	36,896	34,884
IA-03	60,230	43,313	27,670
IA-04	44,958	44,314	26,926
statewide	233,523	159,929	125,562

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 22, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	43,875	24,258	21,194
IA-02	47,584	25,832	21,056
IA-03	40,942	28,607	15,462
IA-04	32,127	30,062	16,343
statewide	164,528	108,759	74,055

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 19, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	60,256	33,909	34,097
IA-02	62,912	34,930	32,474
IA-03	58,185	41,664	26,257
IA-04	43,323	42,374	25,296
statewide	224,676	152,877	118,124

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 19, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	41,663	22,210	19,522
IA-02	44,295	23,287	18,904
IA-03	38,884	26,643	14,242
IA-04	30,247	27,540	14,885
statewide	155,089	99,680	67,553

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 18, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	58,667	32,703	32,500
IA-02	60,879	33,535	30,666
IA-03	56,736	40,192	25,158
IA-04	41,682	40,682	23,807
statewide	217,964	147,112	112,131

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 18, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	39,859	20,627	18,031
IA-02	42,194	21,592	17,397
IA-03	37,029	24,784	13,140
IA-04	28,152	25,069	13,265
statewide	147,234	92,072	61,833

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 17, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	57,423	31,715	31,380
IA-02	59,506	32,569	29,488
IA-03	55,370	38,847	24,151
IA-04	40,364	39,239	22,682
statewide	212,663	142,370	107,701

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 17, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	38,230	19,406	16,903
IA-02	40,388	20,334	16,175
IA-03	35,374	23,192	12,193
IA-04	26,639	23,317	12,143
statewide	140,631	86,249	57,414

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 16, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	56,208	30,728	30,234
IA-02	57,960	31,354	28,187
IA-03	53,778	37,293	23,118
IA-04	39,130	37,708	21,559
statewide	207,076	137,083	103,098

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 16, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	36,520	18,121	15,700
IA-02	37,982	18,293	14,578
IA-03	33,166	20,896	11,072
IA-04	25,278	21,555	11,198
statewide	132,946	78,865	52,548

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 15, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	54,853	29,431	28,912
IA-02	55,934	30,000	26,605
IA-03	52,070	35,596	22,044
IA-04	37,615	35,909	20,241
statewide	200,472	130,936	97,802

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 15, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	34,249	16,188	14,203
IA-02	35,652	16,557	13,099
IA-03	30,681	18,311	9,782
IA-04	23,411	19,089	9,758
statewide	123,993	70,145	46,842

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 12, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	53,014	28,056	27,400
IA-02	53,722	28,734	24,938
IA-03	50,204	34,089	20,854
IA-04	35,907	33,925	18,662
statewide	192,847	124,804	91,854

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 12, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	31,709	14,172	12,761
IA-02	32,948	14,487	11,495
IA-03	28,846	16,429	8,919
IA-04	21,777	17,064	8,527
statewide	115,280	62,152	41,702

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 11, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	51,685	27,089	26,341
IA-02	52,231	27,611	23,810
IA-03	49,114	32,636	20,116
IA-04	34,625	32,098	17,644
statewide	187,655	119,434	87,911

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 11, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	30,298	13,062	11,849
IA-02	31,625	13,489	10,780
IA-03	27,302	15,061	8,257
IA-04	20,828	15,729	7,915
statewide	110,053	57,341	38,801

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 10, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	49,883	25,586	24,891
IA-02	50,517	26,056	22,548
IA-03	47,349	30,388	19,052
IA-04	33,277	29,847	16,476
statewide	181,026	111,877	82,967

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 10, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	28,229	11,555	10,766
IA-02	29,292	11,778	9,614
IA-03	24,707	12,919	7,200
IA-04	19,385	13,780	7,149
statewide	101,613	50,032	34,729

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 9, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	48,224	23,655	23,339
IA-02	48,950	24,075	21,215
IA-03	45,396	28,251	17,704
IA-04	31,748	27,190	15,163
statewide	174,318	103,171	77,421

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 9, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	25,530	9,300	9,228
IA-02	26,242	9,461	8,214
IA-03	20,813	9,487	5,672
IA-04	17,292	10,881	6,026
statewide	89,877	39,129	29,140

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 8, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	46,702	21,556	21,921
IA-02	47,612	22,155	20,115
IA-03	43,837	26,365	16,658
IA-04	30,451	24,658	14,000
statewide	168,602	94,734	72,694

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 8, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	22,838	7,122	7,839
IA-02	23,663	7,560	7,043
IA-03	19,331	8,003	5,053
IA-04	15,812	8,814	5,252
statewide	81,644	31,499	25,187

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 5, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	45,693	20,448	21,020
IA-02	46,317	20,976	19,068
IA-03	42,732	24,939	15,935
IA-04	29,808	23,495	13,510
statewide	164,550	89,858	69,533

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 5, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	21,806	6,327	7,348
IA-02	22,510	6,745	6,540
IA-03	17,060	6,557	4,324
IA-04	15,040	7,882	4,936
statewide	76,416	27,511	23,092

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 4, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	44,608	18,591	20,054
IA-02	45,162	19,407	18,187
IA-03	41,642	23,110	15,073
IA-04	28,873	21,437	12,697
statewide	160,285	82,545	66,011

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 4, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	19,730	4,999	6,419
IA-02	20,458	5,475	5,690
IA-03	15,065	5,259	3,656
IA-04	13,412	6,276	4,157
statewide	68,665	22,009	19,922

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 3, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	43,441	16,805	19,137
IA-02	43,977	17,517	17,270
IA-03	40,205	20,888	14,156
IA-04	27,969	19,144	11,944
statewide	155,592	74,354	62,507

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 3, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	17,475	4,028	5,526
IA-02	17,725	4,359	4,635
IA-03	12,685	4,236	3,022
IA-04	11,807	5,017	3,552
statewide	59,962	17,640	16,735

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 2, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	42,087	14,769	18,145
IA-02	42,621	15,317	16,386
IA-03	38,580	18,222	13,158
IA-04	26,942	16,488	11,078
statewide	150,230	64,790	58,767

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 2, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	11,284	2,864	3,674
IA-02	13,124	3,280	3,250
IA-03	9,623	3,276	2,343
IA-04	9,795	3,967	2,884
statewide	43,826	13,387	12,151

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 1, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	40,472	11,167	16,704
IA-02	40,647	11,842	15,060
IA-03	36,315	14,844	12,135
IA-04	25,430	12,466	10,024
statewide	142,864	50,319	53,923

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 1, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	7,012	1,944	2,165
IA-02	9,202	2,295	2,199
IA-03	3,949	1,760	1,043
IA-04	7,369	2,823	2,056
statewide	27,532	8,822	7,463

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 28, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	38,573	7,625	15,259
IA-02	38,110	9,056	13,483
IA-03	34,346	11,627	11,063
IA-04	23,560	9,236	8,789
statewide	134,589	37,544	48,595

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of September 28, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	3,905	1,215	1,136
IA-02	4,833	1,296	1,223
IA-03	1,932	974	541
IA-04	4,289	1,724	1,211
statewide	14,959	5,209	4,111

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 27, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	36,994	6,629	14,241
IA-02	35,872	7,658	12,396
IA-03	32,810	9,177	10,249
IA-04	21,865	7,173	7,852
statewide	127,541	30,637	44,728

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of September 27, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	2,203	629	621
IA-02	3,066	678	751
IA-03	966	429	228
IA-04	2,617	934	674
statewide	8,852	2,670	2,274

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 26, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	35,059	5,703	13,415
IA-02	33,084	6,399	11,345
IA-03	30,985	7,270	9,519
IA-04	20,190	5,537	7,087
statewide	119,318	24,909	41,366

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of September 26, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	667	95	202
IA-02	809	93	163
IA-03	90	38	35
IA-04	906	256	206
statewide	2,472	482	606

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 25, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	34,132	5,220	12,868
IA-02	32,049	5,930	10,759
IA-03	28,982	6,267	8,647
IA-04	19,422	4,947	6,267
statewide	114,585	22,364	38,959

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 24, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	32,726	4,704	12,143
IA-02	30,336	5,421	9,892
IA-03	28,227	5,919	8,354
IA-04	18,420	4,414	6,117
statewide	109,709	20,458	36,506

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 21, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	31,410	4,175	11,270
IA-02	29,418	5,061	9,375
IA-03	27,638	5,406	7,976
IA-04	17,203	3,900	5,454
statewide	105,669	18,542	34,075

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 20, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	30,975	3,952	11,009
IA-02	28,534	4,720	8,966
IA-03	26,967	5,028	7,714
IA-04	16,724	3,582	5,229
statewide	103,200	17,282	32,918

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 19, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	30,395	3,770	10,700
IA-02	27,655	4,405	8,554
IA-03	25,866	4,608	7,309
IA-04	16,114	3,290	4,962
statewide	100,030	16,073	31,525

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 18, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	29,564	3,552	10,275
IA-02	27,024	4,104	8,214
IA-03	24,975	4,244	6,916
IA-04	15,438	3,009	4,678
statewide	97,001	14,909	30,083

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 17, 2012

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters
IA-01	28,294	3,238	9,627
IA-02	26,159	3,725	7,712
IA-03	23,729	3,965	6,386
IA-04	14,668	2,707	4,366
statewide	92,850	13,635	28,091