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Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State Board of Elections)
Illinois has: 102 counties. Largest counties (five over 500,000): Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane. Largest cities (eight over 100,000): Chicago, Aurora, Rockford, Joliet, Naperville, Springfield, Peoria, Elgin. Government
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,943,045. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.9%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 11, 2016. Early Voting: Sept. 29-Nov. 7, 2016. Total Registration: 7,789,500. |
Of the write-in votes, Evan McMullin obtained 11,655 (0.2%), Darrell Castle 1,138 and the other 25 candidates 489 votes. |
Overview:
As expected, the
Clinton-Kaine ticket rolled to a double-digit win, amassing a plurality
of 944,714 votes (17.07 percentage points). Clinton carried just
11 counties to 91 for Trump, but she tallied a plurality of 1,158,659
votes (1,611,946 to 453,287) in Cook County, which accounted for 39.0%
(2,158,615 of 5,536,424) of the total votes cast in the presidential
race. General Election Details [BOE] Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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USEP:
Voting Age Pop.:
9,907,466. Voting Eligible
Pop.:9,105,796. Total Ballots Cast: 3,505,795. VEP Turnout Rate: 38.9%. Total Voters Registered: 7,666,763. |
Democrats 182 Delegates: 102 District, 34 At-Large, 20 PLEO, 26 Unpledged. details |
Republicans 69 Delegates: 3 RNC; 12 at-large; 54 by CD (3 x 18). details |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Clinton 48.58% |
Clinton 54.31% |
Gore 54.60% |
Kerry 54.82% |
Obama 61.92% |
Obama 57.60% |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,903,001. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.9%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2012. Early Voting: October 15-November 1, 2012. Total Registration: 7,346,413. |
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2012
Overview As expected Obama easily carried his home state, gaining a plurality of 884,296 votes (16.87 percentage points). The Obama/Biden ticket carried 23 counties to 79 for Romney. Obama's national headquarters was in Chicago, and the campaign also organized in the state. The candidates made some visits to Chicago and environs (+). Note the significant decrease in voter registration — down more than 440,000 compared to in the 2008 general election. Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,794,625. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.8%. Total Registration: 7,789,500. |
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2008
Overview Sen. Obama amassed a plurality of 1,388,146 votes (25.14 percentage points) in his home state. Sen. McCain carried 56 counties to 46 for Obama. Cook County accounted for about 39 percent of votes cast in the presidential race (2,137,466 of the 5,523,051), providing a plurality of 1,141,288 votes for Obama. Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 8,576,696. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.5%. Total Registration: 7,499,488. Deadline to register to vote is October 5, 2004 (27 days prior to the election). |
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2004
Overview Although the Democratic margin was slightly reduced, Kerry-Edwards easily carried Illinois, gaining a plurality of 545,604 votes (10.34 percentage points). Kerry carried only 15 counties to 87 for Bush. Cook County again accounted for about 39 percent of the votes cast in the presidential race (2,049,434 of 5,274,322), providing a plurality for Kerry of 842,319 votes. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Voting Eligible
Population*: 8,432,600.
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2000
Overview Illinois remained solidly in the Democratic column as the Gore-Lieberman ticket won with a plurality of 569,605 votes (12.02 percentage points). Gore carried a total of 24 counties to Bush's 78. Cook County, which accounted for 39% of the votes cast in the race for president (1,865,907 of 4,742,123), provided a plurality of 746,005 votes for Gore. |
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