Democrats are increasing their number of registered voters at more than double the rate of Republicans in Iowa, according to the latest registration numbers released by the Secretary of State’s office today.

In the 3rd Congressional District, Democrats have overtaken Republicans’ registration advantage for the first time ever since the district’s current lines were first redrawn in 2012. It’s also the first time that Democrats outnumber Republicans in three of the state’s four congressional districts.

Statewide, there’s 1,724 newly-registered Democrats since the September report. Republicans only gained 786 new registered voters for their party. But the No Party crowd grew by far the most, increasing by 5,646 in the last month.

A jump in No Party registrations is often seen during the first full month of college classes around the state. Youth vote organizations fan out across campuses to register new students and re-register returning ones at their new addresses. Younger voters are far more likely to register as an independent, so this time of the year sees large increases for that group of voters.

Here’s the current breakdown by congressional district as of October 1:

CD --- Dem ---- GOP ---- No Party
1st: 163,369 - 140,267 - 189,786
2nd: 166,810 - 143,639 - 181,074
3rd: 170,437 - 169,962 - 167,320
4th: 120,023 - 190,274 - 172,404
Total 620,639 - 644,142 - 710,584

https://iowastartingline.com/2018/10/01/theres-now-more-democrats-than-republicans-in-ia-03/