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IOWA's STATE LAWS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

  • Electoral College Votes Count: 6
  • Alocation Type: winner-takes-all
  • Electors Must Pledge: no

Elector Pledge and Electoral College Votes Allocation​

Iowa is one of the 48 states that have a winner-takes-all rule for the Electoral College. In these States, whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate), takes all of the state’s Electoral votes.Iowa is one of the states that do not require their electors to vote as pledged.

Election Code: Iowa Code §§ 44.1, 44.2, 44.3, 54.1, 54.5, 54.7

How Does Iowa Select Its Electors?​

  • Political parties select the presidential electors. The names of the presidential electors shall be certified to the state commissioner by the chairperson and secretary of the state central committee of the party. No presidential electors shall be a person holding the office of senator or representative in Congress, or any office of trust or profit under the United States.

When Do The Electors Vote?​

  • The presidential electors shall meet in the capitol, at the seat of government, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.

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