Updated voter registration numbers in Iowa's Congressional districts

For the third month in a row, registered Republicans in Iowa slightly outnumber registered Democrats. The latest figures from the Iowa Secretary of State’s office (pdf) show 663,969 active no-party voters statewide, 607,936 active Republicans, and 595,423 active Democrats. After the jump I’ve posted the latest active voter registration numbers in all 99 Iowa counties, grouped by Congressional district. The most evenly-split county is Decatur in south-central Iowa, with 1,749 registered Democrats, 1,783 Republicans, and 1,775 no-party voters as of June 1.

Any comments about the 2012 elections in Iowa are welcome in this thread. The deadline to enter Bleeding Heartland’s 2012 Iowa primary election prediction contest is Tuesday, June 5, at 7 am.

Active voter registration numbers as of June 2012

IA-01

County Democrats Republicans no-party voters
Allamakee 2,386 3,741 3,431
Benton 4,600 5,013 7,285
Black Hawk 26,262 19,687 27,843
Bremer 3,612 4,911 6,978
Buchanan 3,969 3,149 6,215
Clayton 3,283 3,178 4,474
Delaware 2,681 3,927 4,906
Dubuque 24,635 14,259 21,621
Fayette 3,573 4,042 4,048
Howard 1,935 1,487 2,478
Iowa 2,792 3,706 4,716
Jackson 5,962 2,655 5,343
Jones 3,588 3,721 5,726
Linn 46,382 38,149 47,822
Marshall 7,422 8,031 9,155
Mitchell 1,827 2,514 2,654
Poweshiek 3,455 3,681 4,570
Tama 3,133 3,432 4,175
Winnishiek 3,283 4,315 4,587
Worth 1,640 1,617 2,114
 
total 156,420 135,215 180,141

IA-02

County Democrats Republicans no-party voters
Appanoose 2,710 2,917 3,016
Cedar 3,084 3,645 4,432
Clarke 1,688 1,809 2,358
Clinton 10,602 7,397 12,622
Davis 1,908 1,529 1,378
Decatur 1,749 1,783 1,775
Des Moines 11,261 6,080 7,952
Henry 3,067 4,946 5,102
Jasper 8,711 7,174 7,147
Jefferson 3,041 3,622 3,326
Johnson 35,319 17,639 27,236
Keokuk 2,306 2,284 2,321
Lee 9,872 4,320 8,001
Louisa 1,812 2,540 2,505
Lucas 1,419 2,070 2,024
Mahaska 2,989 5,843 4,684
Marion 5,482 8,618 7,002
Monroe 1,773 1,512 1,422
Muscatine 7,570 8,132 10,129
Scott 32,250 29,437 42,579
Van Buren 1,094 2,173 1,640
Wapello 9,478 5,240 6,632
Washington 2,969 5,425 4,890
Wayne 1,023 1,309 1,114
 
total 163,177 137,444 171,287

IA-03

County Democrats Republicans no-party voters
Adair 1,133 2,026 1,937
Adams 696 955 1,117
Cass 1,621 4,908 2,959
Dallas 9,453 15,061 15,761
Fremont 1,333 2,172 1,827
Guthrie 2,016 2,777 2,737
Madison 3,031 3,904 3,676
Mills 1,923 4,555 3,095
Montgomery 1,084 3,699 2,004
Page 1,624 4,342 3,513
Polk 95,956 79,841 70,785
Pottawattamie 15,755 19,750 17,692
Ringgold 995 1,312 766
Taylor 878 1,773 1,420
Union 1,762 2,801 2,853
Warren 9,583 10,173 10,056
 
total 148,843 160,049 142,198

IA-04

County Democrats Republicans no-party voters
Audubon 1,343 1,446 1,458
Boone 5,367 5,156 6,528
Buena Vista 2,789 3,896 4,409
Butler 1,760 4,457 3,195
Calhoun 1,432 2,342 2,678
Carroll 4,242 3,908 6,206
Cerro Gordo 9,627 8,023 12,230
Cherokee 2,059 3,165 3,202
Chickasaw 2,981 2,211 3,595
Clay 2,654 4,497 4,329
Crawford 2,635 3,017 3,427
Dickinson 2,760 4,765 4,897
Emmet 2,249 1,687 3,081
Floyd 3,060 2,682 4,469
Franklin 1,276 2,941 2,327
Greene 1,789 2,216 2,411
Grundy 1,499 3,971 3,063
Hamilton 2,753 3,605 3,584
Hancock 1,604 3,283 2,889
Hardin 2,732 4,306 4,056
Harrison 2,458 3,502 2,384
Humboldt 1,371 2,457 2,445
Ida 961 2,168 1,878
Kossuth 3,585 3,282 4,129
Lyon 972 5,149 1,791
Monona 2,116 1,869 2,396
O’Brien 1,347 5,142 2,787
Osceola 520 2,470 1,152
Palo Alto 2,287 1,579 2,204
Plymouth 3,422 7,688 5,829
Pocahontas 1,140 1,684 2,214
Sac 1,365 3,052 2,566
Shelby 2,229 3,370 3,059
Sioux 1,563 14,192 3,454
Story 14,564 14,876 17,507
Webster 8,800 6,772 8,305
Winnebago 1,649 2,740 2,720
Woodbury 18,092 18,280 18,846
Wright 1,931 3,382 2,643
 
total 126,983 175,228 170,343

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  • 4 of 5 incumbents favored

    The numbers look good for the incumbents in districts 1, 2, and 4. In district 3, Latham has an advantage over Boswell. In district 4, I hope voters feel Steve King has gone so far to the right that he looses independents and some Republicans, but that’s probably wishful thinking.

  • IA-03: Des Moines metro area

    The Des Moines metro area officially includes Polk, Dallas, Guthrie, Warren, and Madison Counties according to the US Census Bureau. Those counties account for the lion’s share of the district’s population. Here’s the precise (and unsurprising) breakdown based on the registration numbers:

    81% of the district’s Democrats live in the Des Moines metro area.

    70% of the district’s Republicans live in the Des Moines metro area.

    73% of the district’s no-party voters live in the Des Moines metro area.

    When you take out the other counties and just leave Polk, you see while Dems are more dependent on the urban county, it’s quite important for Republicans and no parties too:

    64% of the district’s Dems live in Polk County.

    50% of the district’s Republicans live in Polk County.

    50% of the district’s no party voters live in Polk County.

    My point? Looking past Boswell and Latham to future races in this district, it’d be nice for the Des Moines area to be represented by someone actually from the Des Moines area, given its importance in the district for all parties.

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