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2024 Iowa Youth Straw Poll
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2022 Fall Iowa Youth Straw Poll
Governor Candidates Votes Percentage Republican Kim Reynolds/Adam Gregg 10,006 59.9% Democrat Deidre DeJear/Eric Van Lancker 5,181 31.0% Libertarian Rick Stewart/Marco Battaglia 1,524 9.1% Total Votes Cast for Governor Candidates: 16,711 U.S. Senate Candidates Votes Percentage Republican Chuck Grassley 10,224 61.2% Democrat Michael Franken 6,490 38.8% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Senate Candidates: 16,714 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Votes Percentage Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 2,988 58.3% Democratic Christina Bohannan 2,133 41.7% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1: 5,121 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Votes Percentage Republican Ashley Hinson 2,022 66.0% Democratic Liz Mathis 1,043 34.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2: 3,065 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Votes Percentage Republican Zach Nunn 1,807 43.6% Democratic Cindy Axne 2,339 56.4% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3: 4,146 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Votes Percentage Republican Randy Feenstra 2,456 63.4% Democratic Ryan Melton 895 23.1% Liberty Party Caucus Bryan Jack Holder 522 13.5% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4: 3,873
2022 Iowa Spring Straw Poll
U.S. Senator Votes Percentage Republican Jim Carlin 2,345 23.1% Chuck Grassley 4,052 39.9% Democratic Abby Finkenauer 1,952 19.2% Michael Franken 808 8.0% Glenn Hurst 1,002 9.9% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Senator: 10,159 U.S. Representative - District 1 Votes Percentage Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 1,454 64.1% Democratic Christina Bohannan 815 35.9% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative - District 1: 2,269 U.S. Representative - District 2 Votes Percentage Republican Ashley Hinson 1,840 69.0% Democratic Liz Mathis 828 31.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative - District 2: 2,668 U.S. Representative - District 3 Votes Percentage Republican Nicole Hasso 608 28.1% Gary Leffler 474 21.9% Zach Nunn 453 21.0% Democratic Cindy Axne 625 28.9% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative - District 3: 2,160 U.S. Representative - District 4 Votes Percentage Republican Randy Feenstra 1,959 65.9% Democratic Ryan Melton 561 18.9% Liberty Caucus Bryan Jack Holder 454 15.3% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative - District 4: 2,974 Governor Votes Percentage Republican Kim Reynolds 6,404 63.0% Democratic Deidre DeJear 2,855 28.1% Libertarian Rick Stewart 910 8.9% Total Votes Cast for Governor: 10,169
2020 Iowa Youth Straw Poll
President/Vice President Votes Percentage Republican Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence 21,844 52.9% Democratic Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris 14,379 34.8% Alliance Party Roque Rocky De La Fuente/Darcy G. Richardson 173 0.4% Constitution Party of Iowa Don Blankenship/William Alan Mohr 191 0.5% Genealogy Know Your Family History Ricki Sue King/Dayna R. Chandler 224 0.5% Green Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker 403 1.0% Libertarian Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy Cohen 363 0.9% No Party Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard 212 0.5% Kanye West/Michelle Tidball 3,486 8.4% Total Votes Cast for President/Vice President: 41,275 United States Senator Votes Percentage Republican Joni Ernst 19,887 51.6% Democratic Theresa Greenfield 15,245 39.5% Libertarian Rick Stewart 1,918 5.0% No Party Suzanne Herzog 1,527 4.0% Total Votes Cast for United States Senator: 38,577 United States Representative - District 1 Votes Percentage Republican Ashley Hinson 5,785 54.7% Democratic Abby Finkenauer 4,793 45.3% Total Votes Cast for United States Representative - District 1: 10,578 United States Representative - District 2 Votes Percentage Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 3,765 52.1% Democratic Rita R. Hart 3,463 47.9% Total Votes Cast for United States Representative - District 2: 7,228 United States Representative - District 3 Votes Percentage Republican David Young 5,458 45.2% Democratic Cindy Axne 5,858 48.5% Libertarian Bryan Jack Holder 761 6.3% Total Votes Cast for United States Representative - District 3: 12,077 United States Representative - District 4 Votes Percentage Republican Randy Feenstra 5,388 67.4% Democratic J.D. Scholten 2,602 32.6% Total Votes Cast for United States Representative - District 4: 7,990
Spring 2020 Iowa Youth Straw Poll
U.S. President Candidates Votes Percentage Republican Donald Trump 9,004 91.5% Joe Walsh 497 5.1% Bill Weld 338 3.4% Democratic Michael Bennet 165 0.9% Joe Biden 2,025 11.3% Michael Bloomberg 221 1.2% Pete Buttigieg 3,147 17.5% Tom Steyer 1,801 10.0% John Delaney 130 0.7% Tulsi Gabbard 390 2.2% Amy Klobuchar 500 2.8% Deval Patrick 107 0.6% Bernie Sanders 3,653 20.3% Elizabeth Warren 1,728 9.6% Andrew Yang 4,102 22.8% Total Votes Cast for U.S. President Candidates: 27,808 U.S. Senate Candidates Votes Percentage Republican Joni Ernst 10,665 100.0% Democratic Michael Franken 2,270 19.5% Kimberly Graham 3,746 32.2% Theresa Greenfield 2,292 19.7% Eddie Mauro 1,777 15.3% Cal Woods 1,535 13.2% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Senate Candidates: 22,285 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Votes Percentage Republican Thomas Hansen 1,308 43.0% Ashley Hinson 1,124 37.0% Darren White 609 20.0% Democratic Abby Finkenauer 3,863 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1: 6,904 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Votes Percentage Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 903 40.9% Bobby Schilling 1,305 59.1% Democratic Rita Hart 1,331 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2: 3,539 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Votes Percentage Republican Bill Schafer 1,035 29.7% David Young 2,450 70.3% Democratic Cindy Axne 3,877 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3: 7,362 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Votes Percentage Republican Randy Feenstra 533 12.2% Steve King 2,847 65.1% Bret Richards 401 9.2% Jeremy Taylor 591 13.5% Democratic J.D. Scholten 1,062 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4: 5,434 Will you register to vote when you are old enough? Votes Percentage Yes 19,143 85.3% No 3,299 14.7% Total Votes Cast for Will you register to vote when you are old enough?: 22,442
Fall 2019 Iowa Youth Straw Poll
U.S. President Candidates Votes Percentage Republican Mark Sanford 358 3.9% Donald Trump 8,368 91.3% Joe Walsh 265 2.9% Bill Weld 176 1.9% Democratic Michael Bennet 457 3.0% Joe Biden 1,864 12.4% Cory Booker 348 2.3% Steve Bullock 155 1.0% Pete Buttigieg 1,727 11.5% Julian Castro 436 2.9% Tom Steyer 1,043 6.9% John Delaney 193 1.3% Tulsi Gabbard 288 1.9% Kamala Harris 576 3.8% Amy Klobuchar 446 3.0% Wayne Messam 122 0.8% Beto O'Rourke 351 2.3% Bernie Sanders 3,722 24.7% Joe Sestak 110 0.7% Elizabeth Warren 1,248 8.3% Marianne Williamson 189 1.3% Andrew Yang 1,787 11.9% Total Votes Cast for U.S. President Candidates: 24,229 U.S. Senate Candidates Votes Percentage Republican Joni Ernst 11,089 100.0% Democratic Michael Franken 1,477 13.7% Kimberly Graham 4,100 37.9% Theresa Greenfield 2,253 20.8% Eddie Mauro 2,989 27.6% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Senate Candidates: 21,908 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Votes Percentage Republican Thomas Hansen 1,544 58.1% Ashley Hinson 1,113 41.9% Democratic Abby Finkenauer 2,715 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1: 5,372 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Votes Percentage Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks 994 38.9% Bobby Schilling 1,564 61.1% Democratic Rita Hart 1,340 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2: 3,898 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Votes Percentage Republican Bill Schafer 1,021 29.2% David Young 2,474 70.8% Democratic Cindy Axne 2,764 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3: 6,259 U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Votes Percentage Republican Randy Feenstra 575 12.3% Steve King 2,689 57.5% Bret Richards 782 16.7% Jeremy Taylor 633 13.5% Democratic J.D. Scholten 1,214 100.0% Total Votes Cast for U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4: 5,893 Will you register to vote when you are old enough? Votes Percentage Yes 19,737 86.7% No 3,018 13.3% Total Votes Cast for Will you register to vote when you are old enough?: 22,755
Fall 2018 Iowa Youth Straw Poll
Governor/Lt. Governor Party Votes Percentage Kim Reynolds/Adam Gregg Republican 19,004 46.6% Fred Hubbell/Rita R Hart Democratic 15,541 38.1% Jake Porter/Lynne Gentry Libertarian 2,860 7.0% Gary Siegwarth/Natalia Blaskovich Clear Water Party of Iowa 3,380 8.3% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Party Votes Percentage Rod Blum Republican 5,813 47.5% Abby Finkenauer Democratic 5,445 44.5% Troy Hageman Libertarian 972 7.9% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Party Votes Percentage Christopher Peters Republican 2,857 42.1% Dave Loebsack Democratic 2,606 38.4% Mark David Strauss Libertarian 649 9.6% Daniel Clark 667 9.8% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Party Votes Percentage David Young Republican 5,705 45.3% Cindy Axne Democratic 4,665 37.0% Bryan Jack Holder Libertarian 704 5.6% Paul Knupp Green Party 414 3.3% Mark Elworth, Jr. Legal Medical Now 681 5.4% Joe Grandanette 431 3.4% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Party Votes Percentage Steve King Republican 4,447 53.3% J.D. Scholten Democratic 2,855 34.2% Charles Aldrich Libertarian 553 6.6% Edward Peterson 490 5.9% Will you register to vote when you are old enough? Votes Percentage Yes 31,058 84.1% No 5,855 15.9%
Spring 2018 Youth Straw Poll
Governor Party Votes Percentage Kim Reynolds Republican 2,725 42.0% Nate Boulton Democratic 498 7.7% Cathy Glasson Democratic 651 10.0% Fred Hubbell Democratic 889 13.7% Andrea Andy McGuire Democratic 235 3.6% John Norris Democratic 528 8.1% Ross Wilburn Democratic 510 7.9% Marco Battaglia Libertarian 132 2.0% Jake Porter Libertarian 317 4.9% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Party Votes Percentage Rod Blum Republican 981 53.2% Abby Finkenauer Democratic 570 30.9% Thomas Heckroth Democratic 121 6.6% George Ramsey Democratic 122 6.6% Courtney L. Rowe Democratic 49 2.7% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Party Votes Percentage Christopher Peters Republican 499 47.9% Dave Loebsack Democratic 542 52.1% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Party Votes Percentage David Young Republican 613 53.4% Cindy Axne Democratic 172 15.0% Pete D'Alessandro Democratic 104 9.1% Eddie J. Mauro Democratic 146 12.7% Bryan Jack Holder Libertarian 112 9.8% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Party Votes Percentage Cyndi Hanson Republican 219 11.0% Steve King Republican 829 42.6% Leann Jacobsen Democratic 208 10.4% John Paschen Democratic 335 16.8% J.D. Scholten Democratic 262 13.1% Charles Aldrich Libertarian 92 4.6%
2017 Youth Straw Poll
Use and sale of fireworks Votes Percentage Yes 17,855 76.5% No 2,964 12.7% Undecided 2,524 10.8% Favorite School Subject Votes Percentage Math 5,678 22.1% Reading 3,315 12.9% Science 4,237 16.5% Social Studies 7,472 29.1% Other 4,991 19.4% Favorite State University Votes Percentage Iowa 10,993 49.1% Iowa State 7,485 33.5% Northern Iowa 2,099 9.4% Other 1,799 8.0% Favorite Superhero Votes Percentage Ant-Man 524 2.3% Batman 3,470 15.4% Captain America 1,866 8.3% Flash 2,423 10.8% Incredible Hulk 1,155 5.1% Iron Man 1,463 6.5% Spiderman 2,660 11.8% Superman 1,500 6.7% Thor 1,184 5.3% Wonder Woman 2,715 12.1% X-Men 589 2.6% Other 2,969 13.2%
2016 Youth Straw Poll
President/Vice President Party Votes Percentage Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine Democratic 20,633 35.5% Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence Republican 26,766 46.1% Darrell L. Castle/Scott N. Bradley Constitution Party 517 0.9% Gary Johnson/Bill Weld Libertarian Party 4,255 7.3% Lynn Kahn/Jay Stolba New Independent Party 545 0.9% Gloria La Riva/Dennis J. Banks Party for Socialism and Liberation 348 0.6% Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka Iowa Green Party 2,186 3.8% Dan R. Vacek/Mark G. Elworth Legal Marijuana Now 1,647 2.8% Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg Nominated by Petition 587 1.0% Evan McMullin/Nathan Johnson Nominated by Petition 597 1.0% United States Senator Party Votes Percentage Charles E. Grassley Republican 29,033 62.0% Patty Judge Democratic 11,907 25.4% Charles Aldrich Libertarian 2,442 5.2% Jim Hennager New Independent Party 2,319 4.9% Michael Luick-Thrams Nominated by Petition 1,159 2.5% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Party Votes Percentage Rod Blum Republican 7,261 59.4% Monica Vernon Democratic 4,954 40.6% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Party Votes Percentage Dave Loebsack Democratic 3,305 50.1% Christopher Peters Republican 3,294 49.9% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Party Votes Percentage Jim Mowrer Democratic 4,321 30.7% David Young Republican 7,955 56.6% Bryan Jack Holder Libertarian 811 5.8% Claudia Addy Nominated by Petition 598 4.3% Joe Grandanette Nominated by Petition 371 2.6% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Party Votes Percentage Steve King Republican 9,175 74.8% Kim Weaver Democratic 3,087 25.2%
2016 Iowa Youth Presidential Straw Poll
Democratic Presidential Nomination Party Votes Percentage Hillary Clinton Democrat 15,151 29.9% Martin O’Malley Democrat 5,070 10.0% Bernie Sanders Democrat 27,247 53.8% Other/Write-In Democrat 3,146 6.2% Republican Presidential Nomination Party Votes Percentage Jeb Bush Republican 3,609 6.6% Ben Carson Republican 9,721 17.9% Chris Christie Republican 912 1.7% Ted Cruz Republican 8,165 15.0% Carly Fiorina Republican 1,770 3.3% Jim Gilmore Republican 256 0.5% Mike Huckabee Republican 852 1.6% John Kasich Republican 600 1.1% Rand Paul Republican 1,829 3.4% Marco Rubio Republican 10,228 18.8% Rick Santorum Republican 366 0.7% Donald Trump Republican 13,467 24.8% Other/Write-In Republican 2,552 4.7%
2015 Iowa Youth Caucus
Democratic Presidential Nomination Party Votes Percentage Lincoln Chafee Democrat 0 0 Hillary Clinton Democrat 147 14.3% Martin O’Malley Democrat 244 23.8% Bernie Sanders Democrat 551 53.8% Jim Webb Democrat 0 0 Other/Write-In Democrat 83 8.1% Republican Presidential Nomination Party Votes Percentage Jeb Bush Republican 74 7.2% Ben Carson Republican 244 23.8% Chris Christie Republican 26 2.5% Ted Cruz Republican 86 8.4% Mark Everson Republican 0 0 Carly Fiorina Republican 52 5.1% Jim Gilmore Republican 0 0 Lindsey Graham Republican 8 0.8% Mike Huckabee Republican 13 1.3% Bobby Jindal Republican 9 0.9% John Kasich Republican 25 2.4% George Pataki Republican 8 0.8% Rand Paul Republican 141 13.7% Marco Rubio Republican 149 14.5% Rick Santorum Republican 23 2.2% Donald Trump Republican 153 14.9% Other/Write-In Republican 15 1.5%
2014 Mock Election
U.S. Senate Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Joni Ernst Republican 1,746 42.2% Bruce Braley Democrat 1,615 39.0% Bob Quast Bob Quast for Term Limits 233 5.6% Rick Stewart Independent 267 6.4% Douglas Butzier Libertarian 144 3.5% Ruth Smith 136 3.3% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 1 Party Votes % of Votes Rod Blum Republican 339 49.2% Pat Murphy Democrat 350 50.8% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 2 Party Votes % of Votes Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican 413 45.9% Dave Loebsack Democrat 486 54.1% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 3 Party Votes % of Votes David Young Republican 684 60.1% Staci Appel Democrat 323 28.4% Edward B. Wright Libertarian 84 7.4% Bryan Jack Holder 48 4.2% U.S. Representative Candidates - District 4 Party Votes % of Votes Steve King Republican 926 71.5% Jim Mowrer Democrat 370 28.5% Governor Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Terry E. Branstad/Kim Reynolds Republican 3,121 64.5% Jack Hatch/Monica Vernon Democrat 1,123 23.2% Jonathan R. Narcisse/Michael L. Richards Iowa Party 275 5.7% Lee Deakins Hieb/Tim Watson Libertarian 201 4.2% Jim Hennager/Mary Margaret Krieg New Independent Party Iowa 121 2.5% Secretary of State Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Paul D. Pate Republican 1,607 42.4% Brad Anderson Democrat 1,453 38.4% Jake Porter Libertarian 399 10.5% Spencer Highland New Independent Party Iowa 328 8.7% Auditor of State Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Mary Mosiman Republican 2,135 57.5% Jonathan Neiderbach Democrat 1,581 42.5% Treasurer of State Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Sam Clovis Republican 1,716 46.1% Michael L. Fitzgerald Democrat 1,525 41.0% Keith A. Laube Libertarian 478 12.9% Secretary of Agriculture Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Bill Northey Republican 2,169 57.2% Sherrie Taha Democrat 1,145 30.2% Levi Benning New Independent Party Iowa 475 12.5% Attorney General Candidates Party Votes % of Votes Adam Gregg Republican 2,052 53.5% Tom Miller Democrat 1,785 46.5%
2013 Mock Election
Candidate for Mayor
% of Votes
Fred Hoiberg
54.26
Fran McCaffery
45.74
Write In Candidate
0.00
Candidates for City Council
% of Votes
Norman Bourlaug
32.56
Johnny Carson
21.71
Simon Estes
19.77
Ola Babcock
25.97
Write in Candidates
0.00
2012 Mock Election
Presidential Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan
Republican Party
3,847
39.86%
Barack Obama / Joe Biden
Democrat Party
5,224
54.12%
Virgil Goode / Jim Clymer
Constitution Party
74
0.77%
Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala
Iowa Green Party
125
1.30%
Gary Johnson / James Gray
Libertarian Party
171
1.77%
Gloria LaRiva / Stefanie Beacham
Party of Socialism and Liberation
64
0.66%
James Harris / Alyson Kennedy
Socialist Workers Party
62
0.64%
Jerry Litzel / Jim Litzel
Nominated by Petition
85
0.88%
District
Congressional Candidate
Party
Votes
%
1st
Ben Lange
Republican Party
869
40.44%
1st
Bruce Braley
Democrat Party
1,149
53.47%
1st
Gregory Hughes
Nominated by Petition
54
2.51%
1st
George Todd Krail II
Nominated by Petition
77
3.58%
2nd
John Archer
Republican Party
428
44.31%
2nd
Dave Loebsack
Democrat Party
524
54.24%
2nd
Alan Aversa
Nominated by Petition
14
1.45%
3rd
Tom Latham
Republican Party
1,321
53.63%
3rd
Leonard Boswell
Democrat Party
993
40.32%
3rd
David Rosenfeld
Socialist Workers Party
75
3.05%
3rd
Scott G. Batcher
Nominated by Petition
74
3%
4th
Steve King
Republican Party
1,405
55.93%
4th
Christie Vilsack
Democrat Party
948
37.74%
4th
Martin James Monroe
Nominated by Petition
159
6.33%
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