Polk County is Iowa's largest (estimated 2025 population of 516,546) and one of its bluest. Des Moines is its largest city.
Election results: Wikipedia
3rd party votes: 14.9% in 1992, 7.3% in 1996, 7.9% in 2016
(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 8.9% of the vote in 1968)
Headline: Des Moines Register, 9/9/2026
Norah Judson reports:
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate likened the early voting period to "20 days of Christmas." He told the Register mail-in ballot requests are "a little above" what they were two years ago, sitting at about 70,000 so far.
"The in-person early voting is what we're really monitoring, because we're seeing a lot of activity," Pate said. "Particularly those urban centers like Polk and Linn. Polk has been very brisk, so we'll watch that in the next few days and see how that's going."
Pate attributed the uptick in early voting numbers to the open U.S. Senate and governor's seats.
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