IOWA | 6 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa Secretary of State)
Iowa has: 99 counties, 949 cities. Six largest counties (100,000-plus): Polk, Linn, Scott, Johnson, Black Hawk, Woodbury. > Six largest cities: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City, Iowa City, Waterloo. > Government
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State
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
2,263,375. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 69.9%. Voter Registration Deadline: Pre-registering in person October 23, 2012. By mail, must be received by October 27 or postmarked October 22. Early Voting: First day to vote in person in auditor’s office is Thursday, September 27, 2012. Continues through November 5. 741,771 absentee ballots were requested. 689,661 absentee ballots were received:
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Overview:
Iowa was one of the
battleground states.
In
the Nov. 2008 general
election,
Democrats had a
registration
edge of more than five percentage points; this time the margin was much
narrower. After healthy investments of resources by
both of the major campaigns, Obama won with a reduced plurality of
91,927 votes (5.81 percentage points), carrying 38 counties to 61 for
Romney. Iowa had the sixth
highest turnout as a percentage of voting eligilble population (after
MN, WI, NH, CO and ME). General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
[State Primary: June 5, 2012] |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 2,199,849. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 69.9%. ...turnout rate fifth highest in the nation. Total Registration: 2,003,901. Rep. 592,397 (29.56%) Dem. 698,839 (34.87%) No-Party 711,705 (35.52%) Other 960. According to the Secretary of State, "Iowa has one of the top registration rates in the nation with 92-percent of voting-eligible Iowans registered to vote." According to the Secretary of State, county auditors received 557,000 absentee ballots. |
Under votes: 4,504 ...Total turnout: 1,546,453 |
2008
Overview In contrast to the very close races in 2004 and 2008, Obama won Iowa fairly comfortably, gaining a plurality of 146,561 votes (9.54 percentage points). Obama-Biden carried 53 counties to 46 for McCain-Palin. Turnout of 1.54 million surpassed the 2004 record of 1.52 million. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population: 2,156,389. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 69.9%. Registration: Rep. 609,046 (30.89%) Dem. 601,388 (30.50%) No-Party 761,301 (38.61%)... Total 1,971,735. Early voting begins and absentee ballots mailed starting: September 23, 2004. Voter registration deadline: October 23, 2004 |
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2004
Overview Iowans saw much of Sen. Kerry during the caucuses campaign. Kerry later gave close consideration to Gov. Tom Vilsack as a potential running mate. In the closing weeks of the campaign the candidates and surrogates made frequent visits. When the votes were counted, Iowa had flipped Republican; Bush-Cheney narrowly won with a plurality of 10,059 votes (0.67 percentage points). Bush carried 67 counties to Kerry's 32. 191,345 more votes were cast in the presidential race than in 2000. General Election Details | Photos Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Voting Eligible Population: 2,082,950.
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2000
Overview The Gore-Lieberman ticket eked out a narrow win, finishing with a plurality of just 4,144 votes (0.32 percentage points). Bush carried 68 counties to Gore's 31. Typically in Iowa Democratic candidates do well East of I-35, the main North-South highway, and Republicans do well in the West. This held true in 2000 as Bush swept all counties in the Western-most quarter of the state, while Gore did well in counties along the Mississippi River in the East, as well as in the Des Moines-Fort Dodge and Mason City areas. General Election Activity |
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