By the numbers: Voter turnout

Danielle Ferguson

The midterm election saw an overall voter turnout of 52.3 percent statewide, compared to 69.4 percent in the 2012 election.

In Iowa, the three counties with the largest voter turnouts were:

  • Ringgold with 64.7 percent

  • Sioux with 62.8 percent

  • Fayette with 62.7 percent

The three counties with the lowest voter turnout were:

  • Wright with 31.8 percent

  • Pottawattamie with 42.2 percent

  • Fremont with 42.6 percent

Of Iowa’s 99 counties:

27 had at a 55 to 100 percent voter turnout

22 had a 53 to 55 percent voter turnout

26 had a 49 to 53 percent voter turnout

24 had a 0 to 49 percent voter turnout