2020 United States presidential election in Illinois explained

See main article: 2020 United States presidential election.

Election Name:	2020 United States presidential election in Illinois
Country:	Illinois
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
College Voted:	yes
Previous Election:	2016 United States presidential election in Illinois
Previous Year:	2016
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Next Election:	2024 United States presidential election in Illinois
Next Year:	2024
Turnout:	72.14%
Image1:	Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Joe Biden
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Delaware
Running Mate1:	Kamala Harris
Electoral Vote1:	20
Popular Vote1:	3,471,915
Percentage1:	57.54%
Nominee2:	Donald Trump
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Florida
Running Mate2:	Mike Pence
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	2,446,891
Percentage2:	40.55%
President
Before Election:	Donald Trump
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Joe Biden
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.^[1] Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana, against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California. Illinois had 20 votes in the Electoral College.^[2] Prior to the 2020 election, all news organizations predicted Illinois was a state that Biden would win, or otherwise considered a safe blue state.

Biden carried Illinois, winning 57.54% of the vote to Trump's 40.55%, winning by roughly the same 17-point margin by which Hillary Clinton carried the state in 2016. Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen, a native of Grayslake, won 1.1% of the state's vote, with other minor candidates winning less than 1%. Biden's win in Illinois was largely the result of a lopsided 74.3% victory in Cook County, the state's most populous county and the home of Chicago. In fact, without Cook County, Trump would have won Illinois.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength came from a coalition of key Democratic constituencies: he garnered 92% of votes from Blacks; 68% from Latinos, including 67% of Latinos of Mexican heritage; 53% from union households; and 50% of Whites.^[3] Biden flipped McLean County (Bloomington-Normal) and Kendall County (in the Chicago metropolitan area), both of which had voted for Barack Obama in 2008, but then for Mitt Romney in 2012 and Trump in 2016.^{[4] [5]} Biden became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 to be elected president without winning formerly Democratic leaning Alexander County, solidifying its rural shift towards Republicans in elections; he also became the first to do so without carrying Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Knox, Mercer, Putnam, Warren, or Whiteside counties since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Illinois was one of five states in the nation in which Biden's victory margin was larger than one million raw votes, the others being California, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York.

Primary elections

Illinois held its primary elections as scheduled, despite concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.^[6] Election officials in Illinois acknowledged that they believed turnout was unusually low.^[6]

In the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 28.36%, with 2,279,439 votes cast.^[7] The 28.36% turnout marked an 18.2 percentage point decrease from the turnout in the 2016 state-run presidential primaries, but a similar turnout to the 2000, 2004, and 2012 presidential primaries.

The state-run primary elections for the Democratic and Republican parties were held on March 17, 2020.^[7] The Green Party had organized its own primary on March 14, 2020.

Democratic primary

See main article: 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary.

The 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020, as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Major candidates included Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Republican primary

See main article: 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary.

The 2020 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 17, 2020, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

Incumbent president Donald Trump won the primary with over 96 percent of the vote.^[8] Joe Walsh, a former member of the House of Representatives from Illinois, announced the launch of his campaign in August 2019 and dropped out in February 2020. Rocky De La Fuente, a businessman from California, also challenged Trump, achieving 4% of the vote. Richard Mayers, a 2016 Green Party candidate, was a write-in candidate here.

2020 Illinois Republican Party presidential primary^[9]

Candidate	Popular vote		Delegates
	Count	Percentage
Donald Trump (incumbent)	520,956	95.98%	67
Rocky De La Fuente	21,833	4.02%	0
Richard Mayers write-in	11	0.00%	0
Total:	542,800	100%	67

Green

Election Name:	2020 Illinois Green Party presidential primary
Country:	Illinois
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Votes For Election:	27 Green National Convention delegates
Previous Election:	2016 Illinois Green Party presidential primary
Previous Year:	2016
Election Date:	March 14, 2020
Candidate1:	Howie Hawkins
Party1:	Green Party of the United States
Home State1:	New York
Delegate Count1:	20
Popular Vote1:	unknown
Percentage1:	73%
Candidate2:	Dario Hunter
Party2:	Green Party of the United States
Home State2:	California
Delegate Count2:	7
Popular Vote2:	unknown
Percentage2:	27%
Map Size:	150px

The 2020 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held from March 14, 2020, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Green Party's state primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election. It was run by the Green Party of Illinois.

Illinois Green Party presidential primary, March 14, 2020^[10]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Howie Hawkins		73%	20
Dario Hunter		27%	7
Total		100.00%	27

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[11]		November 3, 2020
Inside Elections^[12]		November 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[13]		November 3, 2020
Politico^[14]		November 3, 2020
RCP^[15]		November 3, 2020
Niskanen^[16]		November 3, 2020
CNN^[17]		November 3, 2020
The Economist^[18]		November 3, 2020
CBS News^[19]		November 3, 2020
270towin^[20]		November 3, 2020
ABC News^[21]		November 3, 2020
NPR^[22]		November 3, 2020
NBC News^[23]		November 3, 2020
538^[24]		November 3, 2020

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

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Donald Trump	Other/ Undecided	Margin
270 to Win^[25]	October 17 – November 2, 2020	November 3, 2020		56.3%	37.7%	6.0%		Biden +18.6
FiveThirtyEight^[26]	until November 2, 2020	November 3, 2020		55.0%	39.0%	6.0%		Biden +16.0
Average				55.7%	38.4%	5.9%		Biden +17.3

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Jo Jorgensen	Howie Hawkins	Other	Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios^[27]	Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020	5,643 (LV)	± 2%	40%		58%	-	-	–	–
Research Co.^[28]	Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2020	450 (LV)	± 4.6%	38%		55%	-	-	1%	6%
Victory Research^[29]	Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2020	1,208 (LV)	± 2.82%	38%		54%	-	-	4%	4%
Swayable^[30]	Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020	485 (LV)	± 6%	44%		55%	1%	0%	–	–
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Oct 1–28, 2020	8,056 (LV)	–	41%		57%	-	-	–	–
Swayable^[31]	Oct 23–26, 2020	424 (LV)	± 6.2%	43%		54%	2%	1%	–	–
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Sep 1–30, 2020	8,392 (LV)	–	36%		61%	-	-	–	3%
Victory Research^[32]	Sep 23–26, 2020	1,208 (LV)	± 2.82%	40%		53%	-	-	4%	3%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Aug 1–31, 2020	6,773 (LV)	–	38%		60%	-	-	–	2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Jul 1–31, 2020	7,565 (LV)	–	38%		59%	-	-	–	2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Jun 8–30, 2020	3,000 (LV)	–	39%		59%	-	-	–	2%

Results

The election was not close with Biden winning by a nearly 17-point margin. Biden only won 14 of the state's 102 counties; however, those 14 counties account for more than half the state's total electorate. Key to Biden's landslide victory was heavily populated Cook County, home of Chicago, which he won with over 74% of the vote. Biden also did well in the suburban (collar) counties of Chicago, winning all of them easily except for McHenry County. Biden also did well in St. Clair County, located in the St Louis metropolitan area. Biden also managed to flip two counties, Kendall County and McLean County. Biden also made history by earning the most votes ever cast in an Illinois presidential election. Biden received 3,471,915 votes. This is more than then-Senator Obama in 2008 when he received 3,419,348, but less than Senator Dick Durbin's 3,615,844 votes in the 2008 Senate race.

On December 14, Illinois's 20 electors met in the Illinois State Capitol to cast their votes for Biden and Harris formally.^[33]

By county

County	Joe Biden Democratic		Donald Trump Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		8,633		25.75%		24,220		72.24%		674		2.01%		−15,587		−46.49%		33,527
	Alexander		1,114		42.50%		1,486		56.70%		21		0.80%		−372		−14.20%		2,621
	Bond		2,288		28.02%		5,625		68.89%		252		3.09%		−3,337		−40.87%		8,165
	Boone		10,542		42.09%		13,883		55.43%		1,733		2.48%		−3,341		−13.34%		25,048
	Brown		486		19.25%		1,931		76.48%		108		4.27%		−1,445		−57.23%		2,525
	Bureau		6,669		38.12%		10,411		59.51%		414		2.37%		−3,742		−21.39%		17,494
	Calhoun		677		24.41%		2,046		73.78%		50		1.81%		−1,369		−49.37%		2,773
	Carroll		2,748		34.19%		5,105		63.52%		184		2.29%		−2,357		−29.33%		8,037
	Cass		1,615		30.32%		3,625		68.06%		86		1.62%		−2,010		−37.74%		5,326
	Champaign		57,067		59.71%		35,285		36.92%		3,221		3.37%		21,782		22.79%		95,573
	Christian		4,335		26.71%		11,563		71.24%		333		2.05%		−7,228		−44.53%		16,231
	Clark		1,993		23.81%		6,226		74.39%		150		1.80%		−4,233		−50.58%		8,369
	Clay		1,129		16.36%		5,629		81.59%		141		2.05%		−4,500		−65.23%		6,899
	Clinton		4,493		23.38%		14,304		74.45%		417		2.17%		−9,811		−51.07%		19,214
	Coles		8,067		35.59%		14,037		61.92%		564		2.49%		−5,970		−26.33%		22,668
	Cook		1,725,973		74.22%		558,269		24.01%		41,163		1.77%		1,167,704		50.21%		2,325,405
	Crawford		2,202		23.32%		7,043		74.60%		196		2.08%		−4,841		−51.28%		9,441
	Cumberland		1,142		19.52%		4,601		78.66%		106		1.82%		−3,459		−59.14%		5,849
	DeKalb		24,643		51.35%		21,905		45.65%		1,441		3.00%		2,738		5.70%		47,989
	DeWitt		2,191		27.25%		5,632		70.06%		216		2.69%		−3,441		−42.81%		8,039
	Douglas		2,335		26.66%		6,227		71.08%		198		2.26%		−3,892		−44.42%		8,760
	DuPage		281,222		57.66%		193,611		39.69%		12,930		2.65%		87,611		17.97%		487,763
	Edgar		1,887		22.98%		6,193		75.41%		132		1.61%		−4,306		−52.43%		8,212
	Edwards		488		14.49%		2,833		84.12%		47		1.39%		−2,345		−69.63%		3,368
	Effingham		3,716		19.47%		15,006		78.64%		361		1.89%		−11,290		−59.17%		19,083
	Fayette		1,826		18.12%		8,055		79.94%		195		1.94%		−6,229		−61.82%		10,076
	Ford		1,754		25.18%		5,048		72.46%		165		2.36%		−3,294		−47.28%		6,967
	Franklin		4,760		25.50%		13,622		72.97%		287		1.53%		−8,862		−47.47%		18,669
	Fulton		6,503		38.88%		9,867		59.00%		354		2.12%		−3,364		−20.12%		16,724
	Gallatin		622		23.25%		2,019		75.48%		34		1.27%		−1,397		−52.25%		2,675
	Greene		1,349		21.63%		4,770		76.48%		118		1.89%		−3,421		−54.85%		6,237
	Grundy		9,626		35.98%		16,523		61.75%		607		2.27%		−6,897		−25.77%		26,756
	Hamilton		824		19.06%		3,432		79.39%		67		1.55%		−2,608		−60.33%		4,323
	Hancock		2,315		24.62%		6,906		73.44%		182		1.94%		−4,591		−48.82%		9,403
	Hardin		449		20.77%		1,691		78.21%		22		1.02%		−1,242		−57.44%		2,162
	Henderson		1,187		32.47%		2,394		65.48%		75		2.05%		−1,207		−33.01%		3,656
	Henry		9,797		38.12%		15,300		59.53%		604		2.35%		−5,503		−21.41%		25,701
	Iroquois		2,908		20.71%		10,877		77.45%		258		1.84%		−7,969		−56.74%		14,043
	Jackson		11,181		49.22%		10,890		47.94%		647		2.84%		291		1.28%		22,718
	Jasper		1,007		18.03%		4,494		80.45%		85		1.52%		−3,487		−62.42%		5,586
	Jefferson		4,608		26.43%		12,476		71.55%		352		2.02%		−7,868		−45.12%		17,436
	Jersey		2,961		24.76%		8,712		72.84%		287		2.40%		−5,751		−48.08%		11,960
	Jo Daviess		5,109		40.79%		7,166		57.21%		250		2.00%		−2,057		−16.42%		12,525
	Johnson		1,281		19.86%		5,059		78.43%		110		1.71%		−3,778		−58.57%		6,450
	Kane		130,166		56.14%		96,775		41.74%		4,935		2.12%		33,391		14.40%		231,876
	Kankakee		20,271		40.51%		28,532		57.02%		1,237		2.47%		−8,261		−16.51%		50,040
	Kendall		33,168		51.66%		29,492		45.93%		1,545		2.41%		3,676		5.73%		64,205
	Knox		10,703		46.12%		12,009		51.75%		496		2.13%		−1,306		−5.63%		23,208
	Lake		204,032		60.78%		123,594		36.82%		8,049		2.40%		80,438		23.96%		335,675
	LaSalle		22,442		41.80%		30,113		56.09%		1,132		2.11%		−7,671		−14.29%		53,687
	Lawrence		1,419		22.10%		4,886		76.08%		117		1.82%		−3,467		−53.98%		6,422
	Lee		6,407		38.97%		9,630		58.58%		403		2.45%		−3,223		−19.61%		16,440
	Livingston		4,615		26.81%		12,208		70.92%		391		2.27%		−7,593		−44.11%		17,214
	Logan		3,840		28.81%		9,136		68.55%		351		2.64%		−5,296		−39.74%		13,327
	Macon		19,847		40.07%		28,589		57.72%		1,098		2.21%		−8,742		−17.65%		49,534
	Macoupin		7,365		30.60%		16,153		67.11%		552		2.29%		−8,788		−36.51%		24,070
	Madison		57,836		42.04%		76,031		55.27%		3,691		2.69%		−18,195		−13.23%		137,558
	Marion		4,524		25.86%		12,678		72.47%		292		1.67%		−8,154		−46.61%		17,494
	Marshall		2,005		31.60%		4,197		66.15%		143		2.25%		−2,192		−34.55%		6,345
	Mason		1,985		29.26%		4,654		68.59%		146		2.15%		−2,669		−39.33%		6,785
	Massac		1,725		25.30%		4,997		73.29%		96		1.41%		−3,272		−47.99%		6,818
	McDonough		4,992		40.50%		7,027		57.00%		308		2.50%		−2,035		−16.50%		12,327
	McHenry		78,154		47.49%		82,260		49.98%		4,164		2.53%		−4,106		−2.49%		164,578
	McLean		43,933		50.27%		40,502		46.35%		2,952		3.38%		3,431		3.92%		87,387
	Menard		2,022		29.08%		4,764		68.51%		168		2.41%		−2,742		−39.43%		6,954
	Mercer		3,280		36.80%		5,418		60.78%		216		2.42%		−2,138		−23.98%		8,914
	Monroe		6,569		30.98%		14,142		66.69%		495		2.33%		−7,573		−35.71%		21,206
	Montgomery		3,905		28.38%		9,544		69.36%		312		2.26%		−5,639		−40.98%		13,761
	Morgan		5,076		33.11%		9,950		64.89%		307		2.00%		−4,874		−31.78%		15,333
	Moultrie		1,662		24.60%		4,964		73.48%		130		1.92%		−3,302		−48.88%		6,756
	Ogle		9,428		35.79%		16,248		61.69%		664		2.52%		−6,820		−25.90%		26,340
	Peoria		43,578		51.90%		38,252		45.55%		2,143		2.55%		5,326		6.35%		83,973
	Perry		2,612		25.94%		7,313		72.61%		146		1.45%		−4,701		−46.67%		10,071
	Piatt		3,329		33.79%		6,248		63.43%		274		2.78%		−2,919		−29.64%		9,851
	Pike		1,484		18.63%		6,332		79.50%		149		1.87%		−4,848		−60.87%		7,965
	Pope		433		19.90%		1,722		79.14%		21		0.96%		−1,289		−59.24%		2,176
	Pulaski		891		33.87%		1,699		64.58%		41		1.55%		−808		−30.71%		2,631
	Putnam		1,338		39.41%		1,993		58.70%		64		1.89%		−655		−19.29%		3,395
	Randolph		3,592		24.09%		11,076		74.29%		242		1.62%		−7,484		−50.20%		14,910
	Richland		1,830		22.66%		6,089		75.39%		158		1.95%		−4,259		−52.73%		8,077
	Rock Island		36,691		54.81%		28,603		42.72%		1,653		2.47%		8,088		12.09%		66,947
	Saline		2,789		25.15%		8,103		73.07%		197		1.78%		−5,314		−47.92%		11,089
	Sangamon		48,917		46.52%		53,485		50.87%		2,740		2.61%		−4,568		−4.35%		105,142
	Schuyler		1,068		27.26%		2,773		70.78%		77		1.96%		−1,705		−43.52%		3,918
	Scott		572		20.85%		2,114		77.07%		57		2.08%		−1,542		−56.22%		2,743
	Shelby		2,504		20.67%		9,426		77.80%		185		1.53%		−6,922		−57.13%		12,115
	St. Clair		68,325		53.17%		57,150		44.47%		3,930		2.36%		11,175		8.70%		128,505
	Stark		815		28.24%		2,004		69.44%		67		2.32%		−1,189		−41.20%		2,886
	Stephenson		9,055		40.95%		12,521		56.63%		535		2.42%		−3,466		−15.68%		22,111
	Tazewell		24,819		35.83%		42,513		61.37%		1,944		2.80%		−17,694		−25.54%		69,276
	Union		2,579		28.96%		6,161		69.19%		164		1.85%		−3,582		−40.23%		8,904
	Vermilion		10,323		32.62%		20,725		65.50%		594		1.88%		−10,402		−32.88%		31,642
	Wabash		1,253		22.35%		4,237		75.57%		117		2.08%		−2,984		−53.22%		5,607
	Warren		3,090		39.00%		4,676		59.01%		158		1.99%		−1,586		−20.01%		7,924
	Washington		1,641		20.72%		6,115		77.20%		165		2.08%		−4,474		−56.48%		7,921
	Wayne		1,187		13.97%		7,176		84.43%		136		1.60%		−5,989		−70.46%		8,499
	White		1,517		20.41%		5,791		77.93%		123		1.66%		−4,274		−57.52%		7,431
	Whiteside		12,253		44.67%		14,527		52.95%		653		2.38%		−2,274		−8.28%		27,433
	Will		183,915		53.11%		155,116		44.80%		7,235		2.09%		28,799		8.31%		346,266
	Williamson		10,206		30.26%		22,801		67.60%		723		2.14%		−12,595		−37.34%		33,730
	Winnebago		64,056		49.98%		60,861		47.49%		3,243		2.53%		3,195		2.49%		128,160
	Woodford		6,160		28.65%		14,799		68.83%		543		2.52%		−8,639		−40.18%		21,502
Totals	3,471,915	57.39%	2,446,891	40.45%	130,694	2.16%	1,025,024	16.94%	6,049,500

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• McLean (largest municipality: Bloomington)
• Kendall (largest municipality: Oswego)

By congressional district

Biden won 12 of the 18 congressional districts, Trump won 6 including one that elected a Democrat.^[34]

District	Biden	Trump	Representative
		73.9%	24.7%		Bobby Rush
		77.5%	21.2%		Robin Kelly
	55.5%	42.9%		Dan Lipinski
			Marie Newman
		80.7%	17.3%		Chuy García
		72.1%	26%		Mike Quigley
		55.3%	42.6%		Sean Casten
		86.3%	12.1%		Danny Davis
		59.2%	39%		Raja Krishnamoorthi
		71%	27.4%		Jan Schakowsky
		64.3%	34%		Brad Schneider
		61.9%	36.2%		Bill Foster
		41.9%	56.1%		Mike Bost
		47%	50.5%		Rodney Davis
		50.2%	47.8%		Lauren Underwood
		25.9%	72.2%		Mary Miller
		40.9%	56.9%		Adam Kinzinger
		48.1%	49.7%		Cheri Bustos
		36.8%	61%		Darin LaHood

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois
• 2020 Illinois elections
• Illinois Fair Tax (2020 ballot referendum)
• 2020 United States elections
  • 2020 United States presidential election
    • 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
    • 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries

External links

• • • Web site: League of Women Voters of Illinois . (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

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