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Iowa Seeing Dramatic Increase In Early Voting Compared To 2022

October 30, 2026

(Des Moines)– Many more Iowans have already cast their ballots for this year’s midterms compared to this time in 2022.

The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office says five days before election day in 2022, about 272-thousand Iowans had cast their votes. At the same point in the 2026 election cycle, about 100-thousand more voters have cast their ballots.

More Independent voters are out this year, with Independent votes up five-percent. Democrat votes are down about five-percent so far this year, while Republican voters are up one-percent.

(Courtesy TTWN Media Networks)