Daily Kos : Iowa Early Voting Update, Thursday October 18, 2012 - Currently, Democrats lead Republicans in ballots cast by 54,382. By the end of the early voting period in 2008, Democrats were ahead of Republicans by about 86,000 ballots cast

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Daily Kos
Iowa Early Voting Update, 10/18/12
By FightingRegistrarFollow 

Thursday October 18, 2012


Iowa Early Voting Update, 10/18/12


Some excerpts :


Here are the latest figures out of Iowa :

First here are the numbers for the absentee ballot requests:

Dems 212,663 (45.91%)
Reps 142,370 (30.74%)
Inds 107,701 (23.25%)
Oth 485 (negligible)

TOTAL 463,219

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And now, here are the numbers for actual ballots cast:

Dems 140,631 (49.42%)
Reps 86,249 (30.31%)
Inds 57,414 (20.18%)
Oth 275 (negligible)

TOTAL 284,569


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