From now through November, Bleeding Heartland will post a monthly update on voter registration figures for all 99 Iowa counties and for all four new Congressional districts. I’m kicking off this series in February because the Iowa caucuses were bound to produce a noticeable shift in Republican voter registrations across the state.
The county numbers in the tables below come from this page at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website (pdf). I added figures in each column to arrive at registration totals for the four Congressional districts. I used the numbers for “active” Democratic, Republican and no-party voters, because those better reflect the real electorate. “Inactive” registered voters are mostly people who have moved away from the last address on record with the county auditor. They are so unlikely to vote that Iowa law requires them to produce ID if they show up seeking to cast a ballot on election day.
Any comments about the 2012 Congressional races in Iowa are welcome in this thread.
Active voter registration numbers as of February 2012
IA-01
| County | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allamakee | 2,463 | 3,625 | 3,512 |
| Benton | 4,627 | 5,029 | 7,237 |
| Black Hawk | 28,719 | 20,891 | 30,297 |
| Bremer | 3,970 | 5,168 | 7,577 |
| Buchanan | 4,045 | 3,181 | 6,272 |
| Clayton | 3,628 | 3,446 | 4,943 |
| Delaware | 2,708 | 3,950 | 4,877 |
| Dubuque | 25,225 | 14,530 | 22,087 |
| Fayette | 3,551 | 3,954 | 4,056 |
| Howard | 1,959 | 1,502 | 2,498 |
| Iowa | 2,799 | 3,711 | 4,696 |
| Jackson | 6,046 | 2,678 | 5,344 |
| Jones | 3,617 | 3,727 | 5,660 |
| Linn | 50,201 | 40,002 | 50,938 |
| Marshall | 7,676 | 8,283 | 9,380 |
| Mitchell | 1,835 | 2,512 | 2,652 |
| Poweshiek | 3,396 | 3,667 | 4,456 |
| Tama | 3,434 | 3,634 | 4,572 |
| Winnishiek | 4,119 | 4,606 | 5,327 |
| Worth | 1,668 | 1,609 | 2,119 |
| total | 165,686 | 139,705 | 188,500 |
IA-02
| County | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appanoose | 2,747 | 2,950 | 2,998 |
| Cedar | 3,282 | 3,820 | 4,753 |
| Clarke | 1,673 | 1,840 | 2,410 |
| Clinton | 11,049 | 7,701 | 13,252 |
| Davis | 1,923 | 1,511 | 1,354 |
| Decatur | 1,756 | 1,793 | 1,779 |
| Des Moines | 12,032 | 6,377 | 8,529 |
| Henry | 3,087 | 4,779 | 5,145 |
| Jasper | 9,515 | 7,674 | 7,882 |
| Jefferson | 3,369 | 3,847 | 3,791 |
| Johnson | 40,013 | 19,809 | 32,391 |
| Keokuk | 2,291 | 2,294 | 2,287 |
| Lee | 9,648 | 4,379 | 8,077 |
| Louisa | 1,862 | 2,568 | 2,554 |
| Lucas | 1,547 | 2,145 | 2,193 |
| Mahaska | 3,305 | 6,204 | 5,299 |
| Marion | 6,156 | 8,949 | 7,661 |
| Monroe | 1,795 | 1,518 | 1,415 |
| Muscatine | 7,943 | 8,504 | 10,557 |
| Scott | 35,876 | 31,296 | 46,751 |
| Van Buren | 1,094 | 2,176 | 1,634 |
| Wapello | 9,612 | 5,257 | 6,591 |
| Washington | 3,217 | 5,533 | 5,208 |
| Wayne | 1,098 | 1,364 | 1,200 |
| total | 175,890 | 144,288 | 185,711 |
IA-03
| County | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 1,214 | 2,115 | 2,044 |
| Adams | 756 | 1,005 | 1,215 |
| Cass | 1,756 | 5,173 | 3,221 |
| Dallas | 10,314 | 15,482 | 17,076 |
| Fremont | 1,372 | 2,234 | 1,927 |
| Guthrie | 2,012 | 2,843 | 2,707 |
| Madison | 3,089 | 3,921 | 3,685 |
| Mills | 1,906 | 4,476 | 3,116 |
| Montgomery | 1,240 | 3,971 | 2,314 |
| Page | 1,637 | 4,405 | 3,522 |
| Polk | 103,787 | 83,685 | 75,661 |
| Pottawattamie | 16,897 | 20,117 | 18,711 |
| Ringgold | 1,014 | 1,287 | 768 |
| Taylor | 909 | 1,633 | 1,438 |
| Union | 1,916 | 2,938 | 3,067 |
| Warren | 9,776 | 10,310 | 10,233 |
| total | 159,595 | 165,595 | 150,705 |
IA-04
| County | Democrats | Republicans | no-party voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audubon | 1,432 | 1,496 | 1,562 |
| Boone | 5,769 | 5,375 | 7,078 |
| Butler | 1,878 | 4,541 | 3,379 |
| Buena Vista | 2,900 | 3,992 | 4,593 |
| Calhoun | 1,576 | 2,412 | 2,986 |
| Carroll | 4,321 | 3,948 | 6,220 |
| Cerro Gordo | 9,473 | 8,267 | 12,612 |
| Cherokee | 2,106 | 3,221 | 3,274 |
| Chickasaw | 2,986 | 2,248 | 3,618 |
| Clay | 2,638 | 4,479 | 4,300 |
| Crawford | 2,813 | 3,153 | 3,638 |
| Dickinson | 2,823 | 4,706 | 4,930 |
| Emmet | 2,265 | 1,697 | 3,042 |
| Floyd | 3,192 | 2,731 | 4,553 |
| Franklin | 1,375 | 3,053 | 2,500 |
| Greene | 1,756 | 2,266 | 2,436 |
| Grundy | 1,535 | 3,968 | 3,140 |
| Hamilton | 2,903 | 3,791 | 3,912 |
| Hancock | 1,623 | 3,281 | 2,870 |
| Hardin | 2,796 | 4,276 | 4,143 |
| Harrison | 2,495 | 3,565 | 2,450 |
| Humboldt | 1,511 | 2,514 | 2,720 |
| Ida | 977 | 2,183 | 1,875 |
| Kossuth | 3,751 | 3,384 | 4,348 |
| Lyon | 1,089 | 5,188 | 2,010 |
| Monona | 2,148 | 1,894 | 2,386 |
| O’Brien | 1,495 | 5,453 | 3,182 |
| Osceola | 586 | 2,563 | 1,272 |
| Palo Alto | 2,292 | 1,692 | 2,403 |
| Plymouth | 3,435 | 7,603 | 5,869 |
| Pocahontas | 1,237 | 1,778 | 2,378 |
| Sac | 1,513 | 3,304 | 2,909 |
| Shelby | 2,275 | 3,229 | 3,183 |
| Sioux | 1,666 | 14,569 | 3,668 |
| Story | 16,910 | 16,334 | 20,504 |
| Webster | 8,960 | 6,902 | 8,449 |
| Winnebago | 1,750 | 2,802 | 2,851 |
| Woodbury | 18,284 | 18,281 | 19,070 |
| Wright | 2,042 | 3,542 | 2,820 |
| total | 132,576 | 179,681 | 179,133 |
5 Comments
why?
I added figures in each column to arrive at registration totals for the four Congressional districts. I used the numbers for “active” Democratic, Republican and no-party voters.
SOS already does this for you and has for a long time.
albert Mon 6 Feb 2:15 PM
that is funny
All through 2011 and even in January 2012 (pdf) the SoS Office was posting voter registration numbers for the five old Congressional districts, not the four new ones. I thought I checked their page for February 2012 to see whether they had switched over, but I must have clicked on January.
Anyway, glad to see they are now posting numbers for the new Congressional districts. That will save me some time next month.
desmoinesdem Tue 7 Feb 8:29 AM
Wonder how many are like us?
In IA-02 there soon will be three fewer repubs and three more demos. My household switched party on primary day last year so we could vote for BVP.
Didn’t help accomplish what we had hoped for of course. Besides, it apparently put us on all kinds of mailing lists including one that sends out rather vile gun-oriented stuff, I believe from Kent Sorenson.
It’s time to become democrats again.
conservative-demo Mon 6 Feb 4:15 PM
that's why
I’ll be updating this post each month. I imagine some of the party-switchers who wanted to participate in the caucuses will switch back before the general election.
Even though I’ve never registered as a Republican, I have gotten some pro-gun mailings involving Kent Sorenson in the past. I can’t remember whether they were from Sorenson or from the NRA in Iowa. I do remember wondering how on earth I got on their list. Talk about barking up the wrong tree!
desmoinesdem Mon 6 Feb 4:58 PM
Dmp panty gun banners
You don’t want to own a gun,don’t buy one. Or perhaps move to Tijuani where there are not privately owned firearms. You’re sure to be safe.
When you need a gun call the police. When seconds count the police are only minutes away.
neiowa Sun 11 Mar 6:04 PM