A majority of the eligible voters in Greene County participated in Tuesday’s General Election.

Greene County Auditor Billie Jo Hoskins tells Raccoon Valley Radio that there was 76.09 percent voter turnout, with 4,962 ballots cast of the 6,674 registered voters. She points out the number of registered voters and the turnout were both down this year from the previous presidential election. Hoskins says compared to the 2020 General Election, the voter turnout was 0.09 percent higher than the 2024 election at 76.18 percent, and there were 153 more registered voters in the 2020 election at 6,521. 

Hoskins notes that the drop in registered voters is typically due to people moving in and out of the county, individuals getting re-registered to vote and several people being an inactive voter.

According to the Secretary of State’s Office, as of November 1st, Greene County had 2,422 active registered Republican voters, compared to just 1,111 active registered Democrat voters. In 2020, the Secretary of State’s Office was reporting 2,583 active registered Republican voters in Greene County, and 1,689 active registered Democrat voters. 

 

Another unofficial result from Tuesday’s General Election was the loss of major political party status for one group in Iowa. The Secretary of State’s Office is reporting that the Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate only received 0.43 percent of the Iowa vote. In order to remain a major political party in Iowa, the Libertarian Party had to get at least two percent of the Iowa vote for its presidential candidate. The Libertarian Party regained its major political party status in Iowa in the 2022 Mid-Term Election.