Here are the latest figures out of Iowa.
Here are the numbers for the absentee ballot requests:
Dems 241,069 (44.47%)
Reps 167,982 (30.99%)
Inds 132,423 (24.43%)
Oth 622 (negligible)
TOTAL 542,096
Here are the new ballot requests since the last report:
Dems +7,546
Reps +8,053
Inds +6,861
This breaks a streak of six straight days where Democrats led Republicans in absentee ballot requests. But not to worry. These numbers have gone back and forth in the early voting period.
And now, here are the numbers for actual ballots cast:
Dems 175,019 (46.54%)
Reps 118,716 (31.57%)
Inds 81,927 (21.79%)
Oth 403 (negligible)
TOTAL 376,065
Here are the ballots cast since the previous daily report:
Dems +10,491
Reps +9,957
Inds +7,872
Republicans got within about 250 ballots of Democrats two reports ago. In the last report, Democrats cast about 350 more ballots than Republicans. In this report, Democrats cast over 500 more ballots than Republicans, so this is a decent trend. Democrats currently lead Republicans by 56,303 in ballots cast.
Here is the link to the report: http://sos.iowa.gov/...