United States presidential elections in Illinois explained

State:Illinois
Number Of Elections:51
Voted Democratic:25
Voted Republican:24
Voted Dem Rep:2
Voted Other:0
Voted Winning:42
Voted Losing:9

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 3,471,915 57.54 2,446,891 40.55 - 20
2016[2] 2,146,015 38.36 Hillary Clinton 3,090,729 55.24 - 20
2012[3] Barack Obama 3,019,512 57.60 2,135,216 40.73 - 20
2008[4] Barack Obama 3,419,348 61.92 2,031,179 36.78 - 21
2004[5] 2,345,946 44.48 John Kerry 2,891,550 54.82 - 21
2000[6] 2,019,421 42.58 Al Gore 2,589,026 54.60 - 22
1996[7] Bill Clinton 2,341,744 54.32 1,587,021 36.81 346,408 8.03 22
Bill Clinton 2,453,350 48.58 1,734,096 34.34 840,515 16.64 22
George H. W. Bush 2,310,939 50.69 2,215,940 48.60 - 24
Ronald Reagan 2,707,103 56.17 2,086,499 43.30 - 24
Ronald Reagan 2,358,049 49.65 1,981,413 41.72 346,754 7.30 26
2,271,295 48.13 Gerald Ford 2,364,269 50.10 - 26
Richard Nixon 2,788,179 59.03 1,913,472 40.51 - 26
Richard Nixon 2,174,774 47.08 2,039,814 44.15 390,958 8.46 26
Lyndon B. Johnson 2,796,833 59.47 1,905,946 40.53 - 26
John F. Kennedy 2,377,846 49.98 2,368,988 49.80 - 27
Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,623,327 59.52 1,775,682 40.29 - 27
Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,457,327 54.84 2,013,920 44.94 - 27
Harry S. Truman 1,994,715 50.07 1,961,103 49.22 - 28
Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,079,479 51.52 1,939,314 48.05 - 28
Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,149,934 50.97 2,047,240 48.54 - 29
Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,282,999 57.70 1,570,393 39.69 - 29
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,882,304 55.23 1,432,756 42.04 - 29
Herbert Hoover 1,769,141 56.93 1,313,817 42.28 - 29
Calvin Coolidge 1,453,321 58.84 576,975 23.36 432,027 17.49 29
Warren G. Harding 1,420,480 67.81 534,395 25.51 49,630 2.37 29
950,229 43.34 Charles E. Hughes 1,152,549 52.56 - 29
Woodrow Wilson 405,048 35.34 386,478 33.72 253,593 22.13 29
William H. Taft 629,932 54.53 450,810 39.02 - 27
Theodore Roosevelt 632,645 58.77 327,606 30.43 - 27
William McKinley 597,985 52.83 503,061 44.44 - 24
William McKinley 607,130 55.66 465,613 42.68 - 24
Grover Cleveland 426,281 48.79 399,288 45.70 22,207 2.54 24
Benjamin Harrison 370,475 49.54 348,351 46.58 - 22
312,351 46.43 James G. Blaine 337,469 50.17 - 22
James A. Garfield 318,036 51.11 277,321 44.56 26,3584.2421
Rutherford B. Hayes278,232 50.20 258,611 46.66 - 21
Ulysses S. Grant 241,936 56.27 184,884 43.00 - 21
Ulysses S. Grant 250,304 55.7 199,116 44.3 - 16
Abraham Lincoln 189,512 54.4 158,724 45.6 - 16

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincoln172,17150.7Stephen A. Douglas160,21547.2John C. Breckinridge2,3310.7John Bell4,9141.411

Elections from 1828 to 1856

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candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 105,528 44.09 96,275 40.23 37,531 15.68 11
Franklin Pierce 80,378 51.87 64,733 41.77 9,863 6.36 11
52,853 42.42 Lewis Cass 55,952 44.91 15,702 12.6 9
James K. Polk 58,795 53.91 45,854 42.05 - 9
45,574 48.91 Martin Van Buren 47,441 50.92 - 5
Martin Van Buren 18,369 54.69 15,220 45.31 various 5
Andrew Jackson 14,609 68.01 6,745 31.40 97 0.45 5
Andrew Jackson 9,560 67.22 4,662 32.78 - 3

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1,272 27.23 John Quincy Adams 1,516 32.46 Henry Clay1,036 22.18 847 18.13 3 (Electoral College split, 2 for Jackson and 1 for Adams)

Election of 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including the three electoral votes from Illinois) except one vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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