Every weekday morning through November 4, Bleeding Heartland will post new absentee ballot numbers, based on data released from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. Click here for previous tables going back to September 22.
The statewide Democratic advantage in absentee ballot requests now stands at just under 15,000. The largest Democratic early vote advantage continues to be in IA-02, followed by IA-01 and IA-03. Republicans have requested and returned more ballots in IA-04. Democrats say that as in 2012, they have identified the majority of the independents who are voting early. There is no way to confirm that claim using publicly available data.
Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 14, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 35,643 | 27,469 | 17,900 | 88 | 43 | 81,143 |
| IA-02 | 37,790 | 27,102 | 17,358 | 73 | 56 | 82,379 |
| IA-03 | 35,858 | 31,597 | 14,276 | 85 | 42 | 81,858 |
| IA-04 | 24,675 | 32,941 | 12,463 | 46 | 23 | 70,148 |
| statewide | 133,966 | 119,109 | 61,997 | 292 | 164 | 315,528 |
Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 14, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 18,811 | 13,756 | 7,403 | 36 | 14 | 40,020 |
| IA-02 | 19,081 | 13,980 | 6,653 | 25 | 24 | 39,763 |
| IA-03 | 16,895 | 14,767 | 5,311 | 30 | 14 | 37,017 |
| IA-04 | 13,109 | 16,442 | 5,280 | 14 | 11 | 34,856 |
| statewide | 67,896 | 58,945 | 24,647 | 105 | 63 | 151,656 |