1988 United States presidential election in Illinois Turnout 71.72% County results Township results Bush
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70–80%
80–90%
Dukakis
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50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
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The1988 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states andthe District of Columbia were part of the1988 United States presidential election . State voters chose 24 electors to theElectoral College , which selected thepresident andvice president .Illinois was won by incumbent United StatesVice President George H. W. Bush ofTexas , who was running againstMassachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis . Bush ran withIndiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran withTexas Senator Lloyd Bentsen .
Illinois weighed in for this election as 5.4% moreDemocratic than the national average. Bush won the election in rapidly liberalizing Illinois with a narrow 2-point margin. Like the neighboring state ofMissouri , Bush's performance here was far below that of PresidentRonald Reagan 's justfour years earlier . Bush's loss of many down-state rural counties, combined with Dukakis's stronger than normal performance across much of the state, especially in Cook County, which houses the Chicago area, made the election results in this state much closer than usual.
This was the sixth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois voted Republican, the last in a streak that beganin 1968 . As of the2024 presidential election , this is the last time that Illinois voted Republican in a presidential election. 1988 is also the most recent election in whichPeoria County andChampaign County voted for a Republican presidential candidate, as well as the last time a Republican candidate won more than 40% of the vote inCook County , home to Chicago. Republicans would not winWhiteside County again until 2016.[ 1] Midwest at the presidential level.
The primaries and general elections coincided with those forcongress , as well as those forstate offices .[ 2] [ 3]
Turnout during the state-run primaries was 39.82%, with 2,359,737 votes cast.[ 2]
Turnout during the general election was 71.72%, 4,559,120 votes cast.[ 3]
1988Illinois Democratic presidential primary County Results
Simon
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Jackson
40-50%
The1988 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 15, 1988 in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1988 presidential election.
1988 Illinois Democratic presidential primary[ 2] Candidate Votes % Delegates Paul Simon 635,219 42.32 Jesse L. Jackson 484,233 32.26 Michael S. Dukakis 245,289 16.34 Al Gore 77,265 5.15 Dick Gephardt 35,108 2.34 Gary Hart withdrew 12,769 0.85 Lyndon H. LaRouche 6,094 0.41 Bruce Babbitt withdrew 4,953 0.33 Total 1,500,930 100
Senator Paul Simon was able to secure a victory in the Illinois Democratic primary. Simon was thefavorite son candidate and used that to his advantage to secure Illinois's delegates. However,Jesse Jackson (who had strong ties toChicago ) was able to obtain about 90% of theAfrican-American vote in the primary, and despite Simon being supported by the witheringChicago Democratic machine , Jackson was able to winCook County (the location of Chicago) as a result. Which, secured Jackson's second place in the primary[ 4]
1988Illinois Republican presidential primary County Results
Bush
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Dole
40-50%
50-60%
The1988 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 15, 1988 in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1988 presidential election.
George H.W. Bush won the Illinois Republican primary securing 61 delegates. Bush was the clear favorite to win in the Illinois primary, with him doing well among moderates, conservatives, and liberals. Bush also did well with many voters who positively viewedReagan and hisadministration , howeverBob Dole did well among voters who disapproved of Reagan's administration. The impact of this race further solidified Bush's supremacy in theRepublican Primary and furthered his lead among his opponents.[ 4]
Illinois Solidarity [ edit ] 1988Illinois Solidarity primary March 15, 1988 (1988-03-15 )
The1988Illinois Solidarity presidential primary was held on March 15, 1988, in the U.S. state ofIllinois .Lenora Fulani won, running unopposed.
1988 Illinois Solidarity primary[ 2] Candidate Votes % Lenora Fulani 170 100 Total 170 100
County George H.W. Bush Michael Dukakis Ron Paul Leonora Fulani Edward Winn Margin Total votes cast[ 5] # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 15,831 53.29% 13,768 46.34% 64 0.22% 18 0.06% 29 0.10% 2,063 6.95% 29,710 Alexander 1,954 41.90% 2,693 57.75% 4 0.09% 8 0.17% 4 0.09% -739 -15.85% 4,663 Bond 3,608 50.78% 3,459 48.68% 18 0.25% 9 0.13% 11 0.15% 149 2.10% 7,105 Boone 6,923 61.69% 4,234 37.73% 30 0.27% 14 0.12% 21 0.19% 2,689 23.96% 11,222 Brown 1,373 51.89% 1,267 47.88% 1 0.04% 3 0.11% 2 0.08% 106 4.01% 2,646 Bureau 8,896 54.41% 7,354 44.98% 42 0.26% 23 0.14% 36 0.22% 1,542 9.43% 16,351 Calhoun 1,238 44.37% 1,544 55.34% 2 0.07% 4 0.14% 2 0.07% -306 -10.97% 2,790 Carroll 4,464 59.42% 2,990 39.80% 20 0.27% 24 0.32% 14 0.19% 1,474 19.62% 7,512 Cass 2,916 46.53% 3,316 52.91% 8 0.13% 8 0.13% 19 0.30% -400 -6.38% 6,267 Champaign 33,247 52.36% 29,733 46.82% 264 0.42% 164 0.26% 91 0.14% 3,514 5.54% 63,499 Christian 7,040 45.61% 8,295 53.74% 44 0.29% 23 0.15% 34 0.22% -1,255 -8.13% 15,436 Clark 4,508 57.71% 3,275 41.93% 11 0.14% 9 0.12% 8 0.10% 1,233 15.78% 7,811 Clay 3,494 55.65% 2,761 43.97% 10 0.16% 5 0.08% 9 0.14% 733 11.68% 6,279 Clinton 7,681 56.15% 5,935 43.38% 27 0.20% 22 0.16% 15 0.11% 1,746 12.77% 13,680 Coles 11,043 56.62% 8,327 42.69% 58 0.30% 36 0.18% 40 0.21% 2,716 13.93% 19,504 Cook 878,582 43.36% 1,129,973 55.77% 7,776 0.38% 6,244 0.31% 3,569 0.18% -251,391 -12.41% 2,026,144 Crawford 4,951 57.76% 3,555 41.48% 32 0.37% 19 0.22% 14 0.16% 1,396 16.28% 8,571 Cumberland 2,667 57.98% 1,904 41.39% 9 0.20% 8 0.17% 12 0.26% 763 16.59% 4,600 DeKalb 17,182 58.86% 11,811 40.46% 122 0.42% 37 0.13% 38 0.13% 5,371 18.40% 29,190 DeWitt 3,942 59.32% 2,660 40.03% 22 0.33% 12 0.18% 9 0.14% 1,282 19.29% 6,645 Douglas 4,378 57.62% 3,184 41.91% 9 0.12% 8 0.11% 19 0.25% 1,194 15.71% 7,598 DuPage 217,907 69.39% 94,285 30.02% 1,180 0.38% 360 0.11% 322 0.10% 123,622 39.37% 314,054 Edgar 5,538 58.55% 3,880 41.02% 19 0.20% 10 0.11% 12 0.13% 1,658 17.53% 9,459 Edwards 2,212 64.12% 1,218 35.30% 5 0.14% 9 0.26% 6 0.17% 994 28.82% 3,450 Effingham 8,431 64.53% 4,553 34.85% 38 0.29% 18 0.14% 26 0.20% 3,878 29.68% 13,066 Fayette 5,452 53.88% 4,632 45.78% 15 0.15% 10 0.10% 9 0.09% 820 8.10% 10,118 Ford 4,059 66.05% 2,026 32.97% 22 0.36% 20 0.33% 18 0.29% 2,033 33.08% 6,145 Franklin 7,677 40.87% 11,023 58.69% 34 0.18% 26 0.14% 23 0.12% -3,346 -17.82% 18,783 Fulton 6,999 43.45% 9,046 56.16% 24 0.15% 22 0.14% 17 0.11% -2,047 -12.71% 16,108 Gallatin 1,580 38.89% 2,455 60.42% 8 0.20% 9 0.22% 11 0.27% -875 -21.53% 4,063 Greene 3,136 50.56% 3,020 48.69% 15 0.24% 16 0.26% 16 0.26% 116 1.87% 6,203 Grundy 8,743 60.88% 5,525 38.47% 41 0.29% 22 0.15% 30 0.21% 3,218 22.41% 14,361 Hamilton 2,622 49.89% 2,618 49.81% 5 0.10% 8 0.15% 3 0.06% 4 0.08% 5,256 Hancock 4,568 48.71% 4,740 50.54% 37 0.39% 16 0.17% 17 0.18% -172 -1.83% 9,378 Hardin 1,504 53.26% 1,308 46.32% 3 0.11% 2 0.07% 7 0.25% 196 6.94% 2,824 Henderson 1,726 45.17% 2,085 54.57% 5 0.13% 1 0.03% 4 0.10% -359 -9.40% 3,821 Henry 11,358 49.28% 11,594 50.30% 45 0.20% 23 0.10% 28 0.12% -236 -1.02% 23,048 Iroquois 9,596 69.11% 4,221 30.40% 24 0.17% 21 0.15% 24 0.17% 5,375 38.71% 13,886 Jackson 9,687 45.73% 11,334 53.50% 81 0.38% 54 0.25% 29 0.14% -1,647 -7.77% 21,185 Jasper 3,024 58.28% 2,135 41.14% 15 0.29% 5 0.10% 10 0.19% 889 17.14% 5,189 Jefferson 7,624 49.42% 7,729 50.10% 34 0.22% 18 0.12% 21 0.14% -105 -0.68% 15,426 Jersey 4,343 49.62% 4,376 50.00% 15 0.17% 6 0.07% 12 0.14% -33 -0.38% 8,752 Jo Daviess 4,923 53.88% 4,141 45.32% 40 0.44% 17 0.19% 16 0.18% 782 8.56% 9,137 Johnson 2,797 59.61% 1,872 39.90% 8 0.17% 11 0.23% 4 0.09% 925 19.71% 4,692 Kane 66,283 64.10% 36,366 35.17% 432 0.42% 170 0.16% 161 0.16% 29,917 28.93% 103,412 Kankakee 20,316 56.82% 15,147 42.36% 55 0.15% 202 0.56% 35 0.10% 5,169 14.46% 35,755 Kendall 10,653 70.62% 4,347 28.82% 39 0.26% 26 0.17% 19 0.13% 6,306 41.80% 15,084 Knox 10,842 45.75% 12,752 53.81% 44 0.19% 31 0.13% 31 0.13% -1,910 -8.06% 23,700 Lake 114,115 63.53% 64,327 35.81% 709 0.39% 287 0.16% 195 0.11% 49,788 27.72% 179,633 LaSalle 22,166 49.64% 22,271 49.88% 89 0.20% 59 0.13% 65 0.15% -105 -0.24% 44,650 Lawrence 3,655 53.57% 3,140 46.02% 9 0.13% 10 0.15% 9 0.13% 515 7.55% 6,823 Lee 8,903 65.48% 4,608 33.89% 38 0.28% 25 0.18% 22 0.16% 4,295 31.59% 13,596 Livingston 10,324 67.02% 5,009 32.52% 37 0.24% 18 0.12% 17 0.11% 5,315 34.50% 15,405 Logan 8,490 63.90% 4,727 35.58% 33 0.25% 15 0.11% 21 0.16% 3,763 28.32% 13,286 Macon 23,862 48.22% 25,364 51.25% 132 0.27% 66 0.13% 65 0.13% -1,502 -3.03% 49,489 Macoupin 9,362 43.20% 12,195 56.28% 50 0.23% 30 0.14% 32 0.15% -2,833 -13.08% 21,669 Madison 44,907 45.04% 54,175 54.34% 268 0.27% 219 0.22% 126 0.13% -9,268 -9.30% 99,695 Marion 8,695 50.05% 8,592 49.46% 35 0.20% 24 0.14% 27 0.16% 103 0.59% 17,373 Marshall 3,588 56.35% 2,742 43.07% 21 0.33% 6 0.09% 10 0.16% 846 13.28% 6,367 Mason 3,424 49.95% 3,406 49.69% 8 0.12% 5 0.07% 12 0.18% 18 0.26% 6,855 Massac 3,507 51.86% 3,227 47.72% 5 0.07% 18 0.27% 6 0.09% 280 4.14% 6,763 McDonough 7,173 57.42% 5,247 42.00% 28 0.22% 26 0.21% 19 0.15% 1,926 15.42% 12,493 McHenry 46,135 70.44% 18,919 28.88% 251 0.38% 81 0.12% 113 0.17% 27,216 41.56% 65,499 McLean 30,572 61.75% 18,659 37.69% 117 0.24% 99 0.20% 64 0.13% 11,913 24.06% 49,511 Menard 3,560 62.40% 2,103 36.86% 19 0.33% 17 0.30% 6 0.11% 1,457 25.54% 5,705 Mercer 3,683 46.45% 4,204 53.02% 18 0.23% 9 0.11% 15 0.19% -521 -6.57% 7,929 Monroe 6,275 57.83% 4,529 41.74% 18 0.17% 13 0.12% 16 0.15% 1,746 16.09% 10,851 Montgomery 6,388 46.43% 7,293 53.01% 40 0.29% 17 0.12% 21 0.15% -905 -6.58% 13,759 Morgan 8,808 59.17% 6,032 40.52% 29 0.19% 8 0.05% 9 0.06% 2,776 18.65% 14,886 Moultrie 3,167 50.98% 3,013 48.50% 14 0.23% 6 0.10% 12 0.19% 154 2.48% 6,212 Ogle 11,644 66.94% 5,641 32.43% 61 0.35% 25 0.14% 23 0.13% 6,003 34.51% 17,394 Peoria 37,605 51.35% 35,253 48.14% 172 0.23% 117 0.16% 83 0.11% 2,352 3.21% 73,230 Perry 4,576 46.78% 5,167 52.83% 9 0.09% 13 0.13% 16 0.16% -591 -6.05% 9,781 Piatt 4,137 56.85% 3,099 42.59% 15 0.21% 12 0.16% 14 0.19% 1,038 14.26% 7,277 Pike 3,965 46.11% 4,614 53.66% 13 0.15% 6 0.07% 1 0.01% -649 -7.55% 8,599 Pope 1,202 54.44% 996 45.11% 5 0.23% 2 0.09% 3 0.14% 206 9.33% 2,208 Pulaski 1,666 47.90% 1,793 51.55% 5 0.14% 12 0.35% 2 0.06% -127 -3.65% 3,478 Putnam 1,516 48.30% 1,601 51.00% 6 0.19% 6 0.19% 10 0.32% -85 -2.70% 3,139 Randolph 7,396 48.28% 7,844 51.21% 31 0.20% 27 0.18% 20 0.13% -448 -2.93% 15,318 Richland 4,264 59.61% 2,863 40.03% 9 0.13% 9 0.13% 8 0.11% 1,401 19.58% 7,153 Rock Island 27,412 40.37% 40,174 59.17% 155 0.23% 70 0.10% 90 0.13% -12,762 -18.80% 67,901 Saline 5,798 46.31% 6,676 53.32% 17 0.14% 12 0.10% 18 0.14% -878 -7.01% 12,521 Sangamon 50,175 56.76% 37,729 42.68% 228 0.26% 146 0.17% 125 0.14% 12,446 14.08% 88,403 Schuyler 2,178 53.57% 1,866 45.89% 7 0.17% 7 0.17% 8 0.20% 312 7.68% 4,066 Scott 1,535 55.02% 1,243 44.55% 4 0.14% 4 0.14% 4 0.14% 292 10.47% 2,790 Shelby 5,370 53.28% 4,650 46.14% 19 0.19% 15 0.15% 24 0.24% 720 7.14% 10,078 St. Clair 41,439 42.58% 55,465 57.00% 180 0.18% 133 0.14% 96 0.10% -14,026 -14.42% 97,313 Stark 1,841 58.39% 1,274 40.41% 19 0.60% 9 0.29% 10 0.32% 567 17.98% 3,153 Stephenson 11,342 59.87% 7,460 39.38% 74 0.39% 39 0.21% 30 0.16% 3,882 20.49% 18,945 Tazewell 28,861 53.72% 24,603 45.79% 119 0.22% 69 0.13% 75 0.14% 4,258 7.93% 53,727 Union 4,244 50.05% 4,197 49.50% 18 0.21% 7 0.08% 13 0.15% 47 0.55% 8,479 Vermilion 16,943 48.32% 17,918 51.10% 75 0.21% 67 0.19% 64 0.18% -975 -2.78% 35,067 Wabash 3,453 60.30% 2,241 39.14% 12 0.21% 8 0.14% 12 0.21% 1,212 21.16% 5,726 Warren 4,584 55.54% 3,617 43.82% 18 0.22% 22 0.27% 13 0.16% 967 11.72% 8,254 Washington 4,127 60.04% 2,689 39.12% 18 0.26% 25 0.36% 15 0.22% 1,438 20.92% 6,874 Wayne 5,481 63.29% 3,135 36.20% 11 0.13% 10 0.12% 23 0.27% 2,346 27.09% 8,660 White 4,354 51.04% 4,144 48.58% 13 0.15% 7 0.08% 13 0.15% 210 2.46% 8,531 Whiteside 12,978 53.05% 11,328 46.31% 74 0.30% 37 0.15% 45 0.18% 1,650 6.74% 24,462 Will 73,129 59.10% 49,816 40.26% 363 0.29% 259 0.21% 164 0.13% 23,313 18.84% 123,731 Williamson 12,274 48.84% 12,712 50.58% 58 0.23% 62 0.25% 24 0.10% -438 -1.74% 25,130 Winnebago 55,699 54.69% 45,280 44.46% 568 0.56% 137 0.13% 166 0.16% 10,419 10.23% 101,850 Woodford 9,474 66.93% 4,604 32.53% 44 0.31% 13 0.09% 20 0.14% 4,870 34.40% 14,155 Totals 2,310,939 50.69% 2,215,940 48.60% 14,944 0.33% 10,276 0.23% 7,021 0.15% 94,999 2.09% 4,559,120
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] ^ Sullivan, Robert David;‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ Archived November 16, 2016, at theWayback Machine ;America Magazine inThe National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 ^a b c d e "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 15, 1988" (PDF) .www.elections.il.gov . Illinois Secretary of State. RetrievedApril 10, 2020 .[permanent dead link ^a b c "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 8, 1988" (PDF) .www.elections.il.gov . Illinois State Board of Elections. RetrievedApril 10, 2020 .[permanent dead link ^a b Jr, E. J. Dionne (March 16, 1988)."BUSH TROUNCES DOLE AGAIN; SIMON WINS ILLINOIS PRIMARY OVER JACKSON AND DUKAKIS" .The New York Times .ISSN 0362-4331 . RetrievedFebruary 13, 2025 . ^ Our Campaigns;IL US President 1988
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