Iowa Youth Straw Poll Results For The 2016 Election

More than 57,000 students from more than 250 schools across Iowa recently participated in a Youth Straw Poll. Most of the schools cast their ballots on November 1st.

“I think it was a great opportunity for them to see first-hand how the process works. It also gives them a running start for the next election cycle and also receive a little tutoring at the same time, so they’ll have a good base of knowledge for Iowa’s elections process." - Iowa Secretary Paul Pate

Here are the statewide results as of 6:45 p.m. Tuesday night, listing only candidates that received at least five percent of the vote total:

U.S. PRESIDENT
Donald Trump-46%
Hillary Clinton-36%
Gary Johnson-7%

U.S. SENATE
Charles Grassley-62%
Patty Judge-25%
Charles Aldrich-5%
Jim Hennager-5%

Here are the results from each congressional district:

U.S. HOUSE-DISTRICT 1
Rod Blum-59%
Monica Vernon-41%
More than 12,200 votes cast

U.S. HOUSE-DISTRICT 2
Dave Loebsack-50%
Christopher Peters-50%
Loebsack leads 3,234-3,230

U.S. HOUSE-DISTRICT 3
David Young-56%
Jim Mowrer-31%4
Bryan Jack Holder-6%
More than 13,750 votes cast

U.S. HOUSE-DISTRICT 4
Steve King-75%
Kim Weaver-25%
More than 11,950 votes cast

Here's a  Facebook Live video with interviews with more than two dozen teachers and students from around the state.