Another commitment kept me away from my computer for most of the day, but after the jump I’ve enclosed 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.
Democrats slightly extended their statewide lead in absentee ballot requests and regained a small lead in absentee ballots returned to county auditors, after Republicans had held an edge of a few hundreds ballots the previous day. However, Republicans now lead in absentee ballots returned in Iowa’s third Congressional district as well as in the fourth. Here’s hoping some of the Republicans who have already voted in IA-03 followed the lead of conservatives who oppose David Young.
Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 23, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 48,255 | 36,923 | 26,262 | 121 | 55 | 111,616 |
| IA-02 | 51,277 | 36,538 | 25,259 | 127 | 79 | 113,280 |
| IA-03 | 47,463 | 42,230 | 20,346 | 128 | 54 | 110,221 |
| IA-04 | 34,248 | 45,034 | 19,525 | 83 | 36 | 98,926 |
| statewide | 181,243 | 160,725 | 91,392 | 459 | 224 | 434,043 |
Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 23, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 30,381 | 26,257 | 14,191 | 64 | 25 | 70,918 |
| IA-02 | 32,213 | 26,324 | 13,411 | 62 | 51 | 72,061 |
| IA-03 | 27,978 | 28,357 | 10,220 | 58 | 24 | 66,637 |
| IA-04 | 21,802 | 30,973 | 10,466 | 45 | 19 | 63,305 |
| statewide | 112,372 | 111,911 | 48,288 | 229 | 119 | 272,921 |
3 Comments
Joni in the Pigsty. FAIL!
Tomorrow the Des Moines Register is going to endorse Bruce because Mrs. Ernst insulted them and in a public fashion. Now Gretchen Hamel (the brains behind Joni) is taking a huge risk and is going to fail. Here is my thoughts as to why.
A, Iowans are not as gullible as she thinks. Going around the DMR via Fox and other friendly outlets is not going to play well because as likeable as she tries to be there has to be substance to go along with her toothy smile.
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A.5, it is a free pass for Bruce as his view points get all the ink with 3 metro papers and those papers have 2 Sunday editions to make their displeasure clear.
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B, Her closing argument is in a hog confinement, really? I will stand in pigshit if you vote for me. Pandering maybe?
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C, Big DOG is coming.
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D , Joe Biden and Hillary are making a last minute stop to help Bruce.
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E, it all comes down to GOTV and WaPO ranks Iowa’s Democratic party as best.
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okoboji-mike Sat 25 Oct 9:31 AM
I recognize I'm not in the target audience
But I think Ernst looks and sounds phony standing around those pigs, and the message is superficial. I hope the ad backfires.
desmoinesdem Sat 25 Oct 9:03 PM
Staci
I still think Appel pulls this off, but those early vote numbers are unfortunate.
But for a clumsily-worded answer on passports and picking a year with less Republican headwind, I really don’t know what more Staci could do. She has really been working her ass off (she appears to have correctly learned from what looked like some complacency in the Sorenson loss) – she’s been all over the district, outraised Young, her ads have been better than his, she held her own in the debates.
I’m obviously biased, but I don’t see the argument for Young. “He’s less of a crazy-wingnut than the other R’s running for Congress” is a backhanded rationale if there ever was one.
zeitgeist Sun 26 Oct 4:13 PM