Obama takes Iowa and the rest of the country as the polls predicted. As of right now with 96% of the vote in, Obama leads with 52% of the vote, which is 816,429 votes. Romney has 46% of the vote, which is 727,928 votes. Not too many surprises when it came to this election, but it was still close.
From the exit poll data, it shows that women account for 60% of Obama votes compared to 44% of men. Gender could have had a major part after all.
As for the house races, they also went as predicted. Redistricting pushed the 3rd District west, making it more Republican, which made the race there a close race because the 3rd District also has Des Moines, which typically votes Democrat. But the Republicans prevailed there and also in the 4th District. The 1st and 2nd districts on the eastern side of the state stayed with their Democratic incumbents making Iowa a split state in terms of representation.
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