Here are the latest figures out of Iowa.
Here are the cumulative numbers for the absentee ballot requests:
Dems 285,852 (43.27%)
Reps 203,681 (30.83%)
Inds 170,270 (25.77%)
Oth 840 (negligible)
TOTAL 660,643
Here are the new ballot requests since the last report:
Dems +5,884
Reps +5,298
Inds +5,245
Democrats continue to dominate in absentee ballot requests.
And now, here are the numbers for actual ballots cast:
Dems 232,462 (43.70%)
Reps 171,272 (32.19%)
Inds 127,620 (23.99%)
Oth 642 (negligible)
TOTAL 531,996
Here are the ballots cast since the previous daily report:
Dems +12,684
Reps +11,406
Inds +10,135
It was a pretty good day for Indies all around. And, of course, it was a good day for us because we cast more ballots than the Republicans did. We now lead in ballots cast by 61,190. By the end of early voting in 2008 (about 545,000 ballots cast), we led Republicans by about 94,000 ballots cast. We're running a bit behind those figures, but I like our position in Iowa, do you?