Iowa issue matches

Your selected choices

Choose the positions you care about to see your matches. You can leave any issue blank.

Filter results

Candidate pool

Evidence coverage

Race to view

Choose what matters to you

17 issues · 0 selected

Choose a position within each card. Leave any issue blank, or select an answer again to clear it. Blank issues do not count as opposition.

Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Iowa snapshot1,792

Iowa residents with reported induced pregnancy terminations

2024

Understand this number

Induced terminations of pregnancy reported for Iowa residents during 2024.

How it was measured: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services vital-statistics compilation; Table 4 reports the residence count and rate for induced termination of pregnancy.

Keep in mind

This is a residence-based count and should not be interpreted as the number of procedures performed in Iowa; the table does not publish an occurrence count.
The statewide aggregate does not show gestational age, access, affordability, complications, or other health outcomes.

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

Optional

Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Iowa snapshot$972/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $208,000
Owner costs with a mortgage: $1,533/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 71.7%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate; local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and are not estimates of the current cost to purchase a home.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

Optional

Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Iowa snapshot6.6%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Understand this number

Share of Iowa’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older and is a annual survey estimate rather than a current enrollment count.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, provider availability, coverage adequacy, or quality of care.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

Optional

Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Iowa snapshot93.3%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Share of Iowa residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

Additional attainment measure

Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.4%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This measures adult educational attainment, not the current public-school graduation rate or school performance.
It combines people educated in different jurisdictions and time periods.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

Optional

Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Iowa snapshot389

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Deaths in which firearm injury was recorded as the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Iowa compared with the U.S.

Age-adjusted firearm death rate

Iowa: 11.8 per 100,000
United States: 13.1 per 100,000

Iowa's rate was 1.3 deaths per 100,000 lower than the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 11.8 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data published through CDC WONDER and Stats of the States.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm homicides, suicides, accidents, legal-intervention deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent.
Mortality data do not measure nonfatal firearm injuries, defensive uses, gun ownership, or the effect of any specific policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

Optional

Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Iowa snapshot5.9%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number

Share of Iowa residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The survey does not assign legal status and this statewide estimate does not show recent arrivals or local distribution.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

Optional

Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Iowa snapshot62.4%

Electricity generated from wind

2024

Understand this number · 2 breakdowns

Share of electricity generated at Iowa facilities from wind during 2024.

EIA generation totals

Wind generation: 44,277,157 MWh
Total generation including small-scale solar: 70,942,231 MWh

Other shares of in-state generation

Coal: 20.4%
Natural gas: 13.8%
Solar: 1.6%
Other renewables excluding wind and solar: 1.8%

How it was measured: FactVote divides 44,277,157 MWh of wind generation from EIA Table 5 by 70,942,231.286 MWh: the Table 5 electric-industry total plus Table 19 estimated small-scale solar generation. Shares are rounded to one decimal place.

Keep in mind

This measures in-state electricity generation, not total energy consumption or the generation mix of imported electricity.
The percentage does not by itself measure emissions, reliability, affordability, or land use; other renewables exclude wind and solar and combine hydroelectricity, biomass, and wood.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Iowa snapshot$3.85/gal

Midwest regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Estimated average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations in EIA's Midwest region, including taxes. The region contains Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Iowa compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Iowa: $3.847/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The Midwest average was $0.224 per gallon lower, or about 5.5% below the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026. The Iowa-side figure is the Midwest regional average, not an Iowa statewide estimate.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent EIA observations

Prior week: $3.934/gal
Weekly change: -8.7¢
One year earlier: $3.088/gal
Change from one year earlier: +75.9¢

How it was measured: FactVote uses EIA’s Midwest series, the smallest current EIA retail region that includes Iowa. Changes are calculated from the published August 24, 2026 (prior week), and September 1, 2025 (52 weeks earlier), observations.

Keep in mind

EIA does not publish a current Iowa statewide weekly gasoline-price series. This Midwest regional estimate should not be read as Iowa’s statewide average.
The regional average combines Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, and does not represent the price at every station or in every Iowa community.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns. Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.
Price changes alone do not establish the effect of any bill, official, or government action.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

Optional

Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Iowa snapshot$75,059

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Median money income received by Iowa households, expressed in inflation-adjusted 2024 dollars.

Additional household measure

People below the poverty threshold: 11.3%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Household income is not take-home pay and does not directly account for taxes, benefits, household size, debt, or regional cost differences.
The poverty measure and income estimate are multi-year survey measures, not current economic forecasts.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

Optional

Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Iowa snapshot

74.17%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

19.19%

Primary election turnout

June 2, 2026 primary election

Understand this number · 3 breakdowns

Total voters in Iowa's 2024 general election as a percentage of active and inactive voter records.

General and latest statewide primary turnout

General: Nov. 5, 2024 · Primary: June 2, 2026

General election turnout: 74.17%
Primary election turnout: 19.19%

The primary rate is calculated from the official statewide statistical report: 411,325 voters divided by 2,143,415 registered voters.

Iowa's primary report also publishes party-specific turnout; the comparison shown here uses all registered voters so its denominator matches the general-election measure more closely.

Iowa Secretary of State ↗Download official data ↗

Voters by voting method

Election Day voters: 992,112
Absentee voters: 681,899

Voter records used for turnout

Active voters: 1,698,438
Inactive voters: 558,336

How it was measured: Iowa Secretary of State official county turnout report; the statewide row reports 1,674,011 total voters and 74.17 percent total voter turnout.

Keep in mind

This uses active and inactive voter records as the denominator, not the voting-eligible or voting-age population.
Turnout does not by itself measure election security, accessibility, administrative quality, representation, or public trust.

Iowa Secretary of State ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

Optional

Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Iowa snapshot247.2 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Iowa's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 94.0% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 96.7%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Iowa snapshot1,331 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Iowa's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 94.0% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 96.7%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Iowa snapshot8,457

State-prison population at fiscal year end

June 30, 2025

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

Iowa Department of Corrections prison population at the end of fiscal year 2025.

Fiscal year 2025 system flows

Prison admissions: 4,329
Prison releases: 4,294

How it was measured: Iowa Department of Corrections annual administrative report. Admissions and releases are exact sums of the report's displayed fiscal-year categories.

Keep in mind

This is an end-of-year state-prison count and excludes county jails, federal custody, and people supervised only in the community.
A point-in-time population and annual flows do not by themselves measure crime, victimization, sentencing policy, recidivism, facility conditions, or capacity.

Iowa Department of Corrections ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

Optional

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Iowa snapshot717,616

Iowa residents receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

Understand this number · 1 breakdown

People in Iowa whose Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits were in current-payment status in December 2025.

Iowa compared with the U.S.

Residents receiving Social Security benefits

Iowa: 22.2%
United States: 20.1%

Iowa's share was 2.1 percentage points higher than the national share.

Both shares use December 2025 beneficiaries in current-payment status and Census resident-population estimates.

Social Security Administration ↗

Selected benefit categories

Retired workers: 565,146
Disabled workers: 70,847
Widow(er)s and parents: 34,105

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record data assigned geographically using U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 data.

Keep in mind

The total includes retirement, survivor, dependent, and disability beneficiaries and is not limited to retirees.
People whose benefits were withheld are excluded; residence is assigned from administrative mailing information, including representative-payee addresses where applicable.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

Optional

Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

Optional

Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

Optional

National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

Optional

Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

Optional

Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

Optional

Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

Optional

Loading your saved issues…

Candidate viewBy raceAll candidates ordered by match

⌕

Your evidence-backed shortlist will appear here

Choose at least one position above, then find candidates.

How evidence matching works

A candidate position matches when its reviewed statement or source excerpt explicitly supports your selection. Statements that point the other way, contain mixed language, or merely mention the topic remain separate and do not increase a candidate's match. A vote matches only when exact official text establishes the measure's direction and the recorded Yes or No moved in the same direction as your selection.