As of yesterday, absentee ballot requests from Iowa Democrats now exceed the total early vote by Democrats in Iowa’s 2010 midterm election. Ballot requests from Republicans and no-party voters surpassed those groups’ 2010 early vote totals over the weekend.
Convincing supporters to vote early is important, but it doesn’t matter if they don’t mail in their ballots. Democrats now lead Republicans by more than 15,000 in absentee ballot requests but by less than 2,000 in absentee ballots returned to county auditors.
Follow me after the jump for the latest data on absentee ballots requested and returned statewide and in each of Iowa’s four Congressional districts. All figures come from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. Click here for previous tables going back to September 22.
Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 20, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 43,384 | 33,697 | 22,926 | 107 | 48 | 100,162 |
| IA-02 | 45,261 | 32,870 | 21,614 | 109 | 69 | 99,923 |
| IA-03 | 41,784 | 38,441 | 17,603 | 106 | 52 | 97,986 |
| IA-04 | 30,710 | 40,854 | 16,801 | 76 | 34 | 88,475 |
| statewide | 161,139 | 145,862 | 78,944 | 398 | 203 | 386,546 |
Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 20, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 24,701 | 20,961 | 10,861 | 51 | 19 | 56,593 |
| IA-02 | 25,714 | 20,911 | 10,037 | 44 | 35 | 56,741 |
| IA-03 | 23,112 | 22,862 | 7,925 | 47 | 21 | 53,967 |
| IA-04 | 17,578 | 24,910 | 8,023 | 36 | 18 | 50,565 |
| statewide | 91,105 | 89,644 | 36,846 | 178 | 93 | 217,866 |