A week before election day, early voting is on track to well exceed the total number of absentee ballots cast in the 2010 Iowa general election. I’ve enclosed below 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.
Republicans lead in ballots requested and returned in the fourth Congressional district. Democrats lead in the other three districts, by the largest margin in IA-02 (where Representative Dave Loebsack is facing Mariannette Miller-Meeks) and by the smallest margin in IA-03 (the open-seat race between Staci Appel and David Young).
Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 27, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 51,400 | 39,458 | 28,856 | 139 | 61 | 119,914 |
| IA-02 | 54,767 | 39,079 | 27,733 | 143 | 84 | 121,806 |
| IA-03 | 51,026 | 45,096 | 22,518 | 147 | 58 | 118,845 |
| IA-04 | 36,764 | 48,313 | 21,504 | 95 | 38 | 106,714 |
| statewide | 193,957 | 171,946 | 100,611 | 524 | 241 | 467,279 |
Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 27, 2014
| Congressional district | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters | Libertarian | Iowa Green | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA-01 | 35,810 | 29,976 | 17,519 | 83 | 29 | 83,417 |
| IA-02 | 37,546 | 30,190 | 16,345 | 79 | 55 | 84,215 |
| IA-03 | 33,199 | 32,773 | 12,623 | 74 | 33 | 78,702 |
| IA-04 | 26,339 | 36,543 | 13,331 | 57 | 21 | 76,291 |
| statewide | 132,894 | 129,482 | 59,818 | 293 | 138 | 322,625 |