State of Iowa - Monthly Voter Registration Totals by County
mydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 1 May 2024This dataset contains voter registration data in Iowa by month and county starting with January 2000. It identifies the number of voters registered as Democrats, Republicans, other party or no party. Libertarians were reported separately March 2017 through January 2019, and beginning again in January 2023. The dataset also identifies the number of active and inactive voter registrations. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37]
This dataset has the following 19 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | date | calendar_date | Month the registration counts are associated with. | 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000 2000-02-01T00:00:00.000 2000-03-01T00:00:00.000 2000-04-01T00:00:00.000 2000-05-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| FIPS | fips | text | This is a five digit code which adheres to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS). Each county has a unique code. | 19001 19003 19005 19007 19009 view top 100 |
| County | county | text | Name of county the registration counts are associated with. | Adair Adams Allamakee Appanoose Audubon view top 100 |
| Democrat - Active | dem_active | number | Number of active Democrat registrations for month and county | 1943 1583 1691 1946 1489 view top 100 |
| Republican - Active | rep_active | number | Number of active Republican registrations for month and county | 2071 3955 1617 1612 2185 view top 100 |
| Libertarian - Active | lib_active | number | Number of active Libertarian registrations for month and county. Not available for all months - reported separately March 2017 through January 2019, and beginning again in January 2023.. Included in "Other" counts based on participation in the most recent general election. | 14 15 19 16 21 view top 100 |
| No Party - Active | no_party_active | number | Number of active registrations for month and county with no party affiliation. | 1985 2708.00 2575 2754 2822 view top 100 |
| Other - Active | other_active | number | Number of active registrations for month and county affiliated with a political party other than Democrat or Republican | 0 2 3 1 4 view top 100 |
| Total - Active | total_active | number | Number of active registrations for month and county | 61662 7934 5571 7003 95543 view top 100 |
| Democrat - Inactive | dem_inactive | number | Number of inactive Democrat registrations for month and county. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37] | 78 68 76 82 74 view top 100 |
| Republican - Inactive | rep_inactive | number | Number of inactive Republican registrations for month and county. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37] | 67 106 114 69 76 view top 100 |
| Libertarian - Inactive | lib_inactive | number | Number of inactive Libertarian registrations for month and county. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37]. Not available for all months - reported separately March 2017 through January 2019, and beginning again in January 2023. Included in "Other" counts based on participation in the most recent general election. Included in "Other" counts based on participation in the most recent general election. | 0 2 1 3 4 view top 100 |
| No Party - Inactive | no_party_inactive | number | Number of inactive registrations for month and county with no political party affiliation. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37] | 182 208 185 235 188 view top 100 |
| Other - Inactive | other_inactive | number | Number of inactive registrations for month and county affiliated with a political party other than Democrat or Republican. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37] | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Total - Inactive | total_inactive | number | Number of inactive registrations for month and county. Inactive voters are those to whom official mailings have been sent from the county auditor’s office, the notice was returned as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service and the voter has not responded to a follow up confirmation notice. [§48A.37] | 302 312 426 326 348 view top 100 |
| Grand Total | grand_total | number | Number of active and inactive voter registration totals for month and county | 7213 10196 7195 3277 7172 view top 100 |
| Primary Lat Dec | primary_lat_dec | number | Primary latitude in decimal degrees for the county as provided by U.S. Geological Survey, 19810501, U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. | 40.6419764 40.7352023 40.7374324 40.7376827 40.7391444 view top 100 |
| Primary Long Dec | primary_long_dec | number | Primary longitude in decimal degrees for the county as provided by U.S. Geological Survey, 19810501, U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. | -92.065524 -94.501055 -93.053765 -91.479264 -93.262473 view top 100 |
| Primary County Coordinates | primary_county_coordinates | point | Point based on primary latitude and longitude. | {"coordinates":[-92.065524,41.6863229],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-93.053765,41.6860394],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-93.262473,42.7325458],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-94.501055,41.6837548],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-93.931671,42.0365493],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |