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The2016 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, businessmanDonald Trump, and running mateIndiana GovernorMike Pence againstDemocratic Party nominee, formerSecretary of StateHillary Clinton, and her running mate VirginiaSenatorTim Kaine. Illinois had 20 votes in the Electoral College.[1]
Illinois was won by Clinton, who garnered 55.24% of the votes cast against Trump's 38.35%, thus winning the state by a margin of 16.89%. Prior to the election, news organizations accurately predicted that the state would be carried by Clinton, who was born in Illinois. Clinton won by a slightly wider margin thanBarack Obama in2012 (by 0.02%), making it one of eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which she outperformed Obama's2012 margin; however, due to an increase in third-party voting, her overall percentage of the vote was lower than Obama's in both his runs.[2] Trump flipped eleven counties red, although all of them have small populations; the most populous of them,Whiteside County, has under 60,000 residents. He also became the first Republican ever to win theWhite House without carryingDeKalb,DuPage,Kane,Lake,Will, orWinnebago Counties.
Presidentialprimary elections for three parties were held in Illinois. From January 25 to February 17, 2016, theGreen Party of the United States held primaries and caucuses, as part of theGreen Party presidential primaries, to elect delegates representing a candidate at the2016 Green National Convention. Physician and activistJill Stein won a landslide of the popular vote, taking almost all of the state's 23 delegates. On March 15, 2016, both theDemocratic andRepublican parties held primaries in Illinois as part of a five-state contest being held on the day in both theDemocratic andRepublican presidential primaries. In the Democratic primaries, 156 pledged delegates to the2016 Democratic National Convention were elected and awarded to candidates proportionally, according to countywide and statewide vote. In the Republican primaries, 69 delegates to the2016 Republican National Convention were elected and awarded to the first place candidate, according to statewide vote.
The2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 15, 2016, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of theDemocratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
March 14, 2016 – Columbus, Ohio, and Springfield, Illinois:The tenth forum was held at 6:00 pm EDT on March 14, 2016, at the campus ofOhio State University inColumbus, Ohio, and at theOld State Capitol State Historic Site (Illinois) inSpringfield, Illinois. It aired onMSNBC. The first section of the town hall with Bernie Sanders was moderated byChuck Todd; the second section of the town hall with Hillary Clinton was moderated byChris Matthews.
Six candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[3]
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| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 1,039,555 | 50.56% | 79 | 24 | 103 |
| Bernie Sanders | 999,494 | 48.61% | 77 | 1 | 78 |
| Willie Wilson | 6,565 | 0.32% | |||
| Martin O'Malley(withdrawn) | 6,197 | 0.30% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence "Larry Joe" Cohen | 2,407 | 0.12% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente | 1,802 | 0.09% | |||
| Others | 27 | 0.00% | |||
| Uncommitted | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2,056,047 | 100% | 156 | 27 | 183 |
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The2016 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 15, 2016, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of theRepublican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Ten candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[3]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 562,464 | 38.80% | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| Ted Cruz | 438,235 | 30.23% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| John Kasich | 286,118 | 19.74% | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Marco Rubio | 126,681 | 8.74% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson(withdrawn) | 11,469 | 0.79% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush(withdrawn) | 11,188 | 0.77% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul(withdrawn) | 4,718 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie(withdrawn) | 3,428 | 0.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee(withdrawn) | 2,737 | 0.19% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina(withdrawn) | 1,540 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum(withdrawn) | 1,154 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 1,449,748 | 100.00% | 69 | 0 | 69 |
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The2016 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held from January 25 through February 17 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of theGreen Party's state primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It was run by theGreen Party of Illinois. Illinois' primary was the first to be held of the series of presidential primaries held by theGreen Party of the United States. Registered Green party voters could participate in the primary through an online ballot or at select caucus sites in the state on various dates. 23 delegates to the2016 Green National Convention were up for election in this primary.
Five candidates stood for election, including a sixth "uncommitted" option for the ballot. The candidates included activist and Green nominee in the2012 presidential election,Jill Stein, singer-songwriterDarryl Cherney, businesswoman Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry,perennial candidateKent Mesplay, and professor William "Bill" Kreml. By the end of the primary, 134 votes were cast, with Stein winning a landslide 89% of the vote. 20 delegates from Illinois to the convention were allocated to Stein following the primary, with 1 being allocated to William Kreml and 2 being sent as uncommitted delegates.[7][8]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jill Stein | 119 | 88.81% | 20 |
| William Kreml | 5 | 3.73% | 1 |
| Kent Mesplay | 2 | 1.49% | 0 |
| Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry | 2 | 1.49% | 0 |
| Darryl Cherney | 0 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 10 | 7.46% | 2 |
| Total | 134 | 100.00% | 23 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Los Angeles Times[9] | Safe D | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN[10] | Safe D | November 4, 2016 |
| Cook Political Report[11] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Electoral-vote.com[12] | Safe D | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[13] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[14] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics[15] | Likely D | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News[16] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine | 3,090,729 | 55.24% | |
| Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence | 2,146,015 | 38.35% | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson Bill Weld | 209,596 | 3.79% | |
| Green | Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka | 76,802 | 1.39% | |
| Write-in | 13,282 | 0.24% | ||
| Total votes | 5,536,424 | 100.00 | ||
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| County | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,676 | 23.76% | 22,790 | 70.54% | 1,844 | 5.70% | −15,114 | −46.78% | 32,310 |
| Alexander | 1,262 | 44.75% | 1,496 | 53.05% | 62 | 2.20% | −234 | −8.30% | 2,820 |
| Bond | 2,068 | 27.32% | 4,888 | 64.57% | 614 | 8.11% | −2,820 | −37.25% | 7,570 |
| Boone | 8,986 | 39.07% | 12,282 | 53.40% | 1,733 | 7.53% | −3,296 | −14.33% | 23,001 |
| Brown | 476 | 20.01% | 1,796 | 75.49% | 107 | 4.50% | −1,320 | −55.48% | 2,379 |
| Bureau | 6,029 | 36.38% | 9,281 | 56.01% | 1,261 | 7.61% | −3,252 | −19.63% | 16,571 |
| Calhoun | 739 | 28.74% | 1,721 | 66.94% | 111 | 4.32% | −982 | −38.20% | 2,571 |
| Carroll | 2,447 | 32.87% | 4,434 | 59.56% | 564 | 7.57% | −1,987 | −26.69% | 7,445 |
| Cass | 1,621 | 31.64% | 3,216 | 62.76% | 287 | 5.60% | −1,595 | −31.12% | 5,124 |
| Champaign | 50,137 | 54.72% | 33,368 | 36.42% | 8,123 | 8.86% | 16,769 | 18.30% | 91,628 |
| Christian | 3,992 | 25.79% | 10,543 | 68.12% | 942 | 6.09% | −6,551 | −42.33% | 15,477 |
| Clark | 1,877 | 23.68% | 5,622 | 70.91% | 429 | 5.41% | −3,745 | −47.23% | 7,928 |
| Clay | 1,020 | 16.06% | 5,021 | 79.07% | 309 | 4.87% | −4,001 | −63.01% | 6,350 |
| Clinton | 3,945 | 22.65% | 12,412 | 71.26% | 1,062 | 6.09% | −8,467 | −48.61% | 17,419 |
| Coles | 7,309 | 33.35% | 13,003 | 59.33% | 1,606 | 7.32% | −5,694 | −25.98% | 21,918 |
| Cook | 1,611,946 | 73.93% | 453,287 | 20.79% | 115,111 | 5.28% | 1,158,659 | 53.14% | 2,180,344 |
| Crawford | 1,992 | 22.79% | 6,277 | 71.83% | 470 | 5.38% | −4,285 | −49.04% | 8,739 |
| Cumberland | 1,031 | 18.51% | 4,206 | 75.50% | 334 | 5.99% | −3,175 | −56.99% | 5,571 |
| DeKalb | 20,466 | 46.94% | 19,091 | 43.79% | 4,043 | 9.27% | 1,375 | 3.15% | 43,600 |
| DeWitt | 1,910 | 25.28% | 5,077 | 67.19% | 569 | 7.53% | −3,167 | −41.91% | 7,556 |
| Douglas | 1,949 | 23.78% | 5,698 | 69.53% | 548 | 6.69% | −3,749 | −45.75% | 8,195 |
| DuPage | 228,622 | 53.08% | 166,415 | 38.64% | 35,637 | 8.28% | 62,207 | 14.44% | 430,674 |
| Edgar | 1,793 | 22.70% | 5,645 | 71.46% | 461 | 5.84% | −3,852 | −48.76% | 7,899 |
| Edwards | 434 | 13.06% | 2,778 | 83.57% | 112 | 3.37% | −2,344 | −70.51% | 3,324 |
| Effingham | 3,083 | 17.51% | 13,635 | 77.43% | 891 | 5.06% | −10,552 | −59.92% | 17,609 |
| Fayette | 1,819 | 18.97% | 7,372 | 76.86% | 400 | 4.17% | −5,553 | −57.89% | 9,591 |
| Ford | 1,414 | 22.11% | 4,480 | 70.04% | 502 | 7.85% | −3,066 | −47.93% | 6,396 |
| Franklin | 4,727 | 25.26% | 13,116 | 70.10% | 868 | 4.64% | −8,389 | −44.84% | 18,711 |
| Fulton | 6,133 | 38.82% | 8,492 | 53.76% | 1,172 | 7.42% | −2,359 | −14.94% | 15,797 |
| Gallatin | 657 | 24.27% | 1,942 | 71.74% | 108 | 3.99% | −1,285 | −47.47% | 2,707 |
| Greene | 1,205 | 21.58% | 4,145 | 74.22% | 235 | 4.20% | −2,940 | −52.64% | 5,585 |
| Grundy | 8,065 | 34.71% | 13,454 | 57.90% | 1,718 | 7.39% | −5,389 | −23.19% | 23,237 |
| Hamilton | 802 | 19.30% | 3,206 | 77.14% | 148 | 3.56% | −2,404 | −57.84% | 4,156 |
| Hancock | 2,139 | 23.45% | 6,430 | 70.50% | 552 | 6.05% | −4,291 | −47.05% | 9,121 |
| Hardin | 420 | 19.55% | 1,653 | 76.96% | 75 | 3.49% | −1,233 | −57.41% | 2,148 |
| Henderson | 1,155 | 32.83% | 2,155 | 61.26% | 208 | 5.91% | −1,000 | −28.43% | 3,518 |
| Henry | 8,871 | 36.00% | 13,985 | 56.75% | 1,787 | 7.25% | −5,114 | −20.75% | 24,643 |
| Iroquois | 2,504 | 19.11% | 9,750 | 74.42% | 848 | 6.47% | −7,246 | −55.31% | 13,102 |
| Jackson | 11,634 | 47.26% | 10,843 | 44.05% | 2,140 | 8.69% | 791 | 3.21% | 24,617 |
| Jasper | 924 | 18.08% | 3,975 | 77.76% | 213 | 4.16% | −3,051 | −59.68% | 5,112 |
| Jefferson | 4,425 | 26.03% | 11,695 | 68.80% | 879 | 5.17% | −7,270 | −42.77% | 16,999 |
| Jersey | 2,679 | 24.37% | 7,748 | 70.49% | 564 | 5.14% | −5,069 | −46.12% | 10,991 |
| Jo Daviess | 4,462 | 39.37% | 6,121 | 54.01% | 751 | 6.62% | −1,659 | −14.64% | 11,334 |
| Johnson | 1,142 | 18.76% | 4,649 | 76.35% | 298 | 4.89% | −3,507 | −57.59% | 6,089 |
| Kane | 103,665 | 51.91% | 82,734 | 41.43% | 13,288 | 6.66% | 20,931 | 10.48% | 199,687 |
| Kankakee | 18,971 | 40.10% | 25,129 | 53.12% | 3,205 | 6.78% | −6,158 | −13.02% | 47,305 |
| Kendall | 24,884 | 46.03% | 24,961 | 46.18% | 4,210 | 7.79% | −77 | −0.15% | 54,055 |
| Knox | 10,083 | 44.81% | 10,737 | 47.71% | 1,683 | 7.48% | −654 | −2.90% | 22,503 |
| Lake | 171,095 | 56.37% | 109,767 | 36.16% | 22,658 | 7.47% | 61,328 | 20.21% | 303,520 |
| LaSalle | 19,543 | 39.29% | 26,689 | 53.65% | 3,511 | 7.06% | −7,146 | −14.36% | 49,743 |
| Lawrence | 1,290 | 21.17% | 4,521 | 74.19% | 283 | 4.64% | −3,231 | −53.02% | 6,094 |
| Lee | 5,528 | 35.69% | 8,612 | 55.60% | 1,349 | 8.71% | −3,084 | −19.91% | 15,489 |
| Livingston | 4,023 | 26.22% | 10,208 | 66.54% | 1,111 | 7.24% | −6,185 | −40.32% | 15,342 |
| Logan | 3,313 | 26.72% | 8,181 | 65.97% | 907 | 7.31% | −4,868 | −39.25% | 12,401 |
| Macon | 18,343 | 38.17% | 26,866 | 55.90% | 2,851 | 5.93% | −8,523 | −17.73% | 48,060 |
| Macoupin | 6,689 | 29.87% | 14,322 | 63.96% | 1,380 | 6.17% | −7,633 | −34.09% | 22,391 |
| Madison | 50,587 | 38.86% | 70,490 | 54.15% | 9,102 | 6.99% | −19,903 | −15.29% | 130,179 |
| Marion | 4,369 | 25.55% | 11,859 | 69.36% | 870 | 5.09% | −7,490 | −43.81% | 17,098 |
| Marshall | 1,789 | 29.90% | 3,785 | 63.25% | 410 | 6.85% | −1,996 | −33.35% | 5,984 |
| Mason | 2,014 | 31.02% | 4,058 | 62.50% | 421 | 6.48% | −2,044 | −31.48% | 6,493 |
| Massac | 1,558 | 23.26% | 4,846 | 72.36% | 293 | 4.38% | −3,288 | −49.10% | 6,697 |
| McDonough | 5,288 | 40.23% | 6,795 | 51.70% | 1,061 | 8.07% | −1,507 | −11.47% | 13,144 |
| McHenry | 60,803 | 42.24% | 71,612 | 49.75% | 11,515 | 8.01% | −10,809 | −7.51% | 143,930 |
| McLean | 36,196 | 44.51% | 37,237 | 45.79% | 7,891 | 9.70% | −1,041 | −1.28% | 81,324 |
| Menard | 1,817 | 27.89% | 4,231 | 64.94% | 467 | 7.17% | −2,414 | −37.05% | 6,515 |
| Mercer | 3,071 | 36.02% | 4,807 | 56.39% | 647 | 7.59% | −1,736 | −20.37% | 8,525 |
| Monroe | 5,535 | 28.60% | 12,629 | 65.25% | 1,190 | 6.15% | −7,094 | −36.65% | 19,354 |
| Montgomery | 3,504 | 27.00% | 8,630 | 66.50% | 844 | 6.50% | −5,126 | −39.50% | 12,978 |
| Morgan | 4,696 | 31.73% | 9,076 | 61.32% | 1,028 | 6.95% | −4,380 | −29.59% | 14,800 |
| Moultrie | 1,481 | 23.57% | 4,455 | 70.91% | 347 | 5.52% | −2,974 | −47.34% | 6,283 |
| Ogle | 8,050 | 33.27% | 14,352 | 59.32% | 1,791 | 7.41% | −6,302 | −26.05% | 24,193 |
| Peoria | 38,060 | 48.12% | 35,633 | 45.05% | 5,409 | 6.83% | 2,427 | 3.07% | 79,102 |
| Perry | 2,462 | 24.93% | 6,855 | 69.42% | 557 | 5.65% | −4,393 | −44.49% | 9,874 |
| Piatt | 2,645 | 29.19% | 5,634 | 62.19% | 781 | 8.62% | −2,989 | −33.00% | 9,060 |
| Pike | 1,413 | 18.76% | 5,754 | 76.41% | 363 | 4.83% | −4,341 | −57.65% | 7,530 |
| Pope | 375 | 17.51% | 1,678 | 78.34% | 89 | 4.15% | −1,303 | −60.83% | 2,142 |
| Pulaski | 962 | 35.17% | 1,675 | 61.24% | 98 | 3.59% | −713 | −26.07% | 2,735 |
| Putnam | 1,147 | 36.86% | 1,767 | 56.78% | 198 | 6.36% | −620 | −19.92% | 3,112 |
| Randolph | 3,439 | 24.23% | 10,023 | 70.61% | 732 | 5.16% | −6,584 | −46.38% | 14,194 |
| Richland | 1,584 | 20.59% | 5,739 | 74.59% | 371 | 4.82% | −4,155 | −54.00% | 7,694 |
| Rock Island | 32,298 | 50.47% | 26,998 | 42.19% | 4,698 | 7.34% | 5,300 | 8.28% | 63,994 |
| Saline | 2,572 | 22.59% | 8,276 | 72.70% | 536 | 4.71% | −5,704 | −50.11% | 11,384 |
| Sangamon | 40,907 | 41.58% | 49,944 | 50.77% | 7,522 | 7.65% | −9,037 | −9.19% | 98,373 |
| Schuyler | 1,075 | 28.04% | 2,524 | 65.83% | 235 | 6.13% | −1,449 | −37.79% | 3,834 |
| Scott | 535 | 20.51% | 1,966 | 75.38% | 107 | 4.11% | −1,431 | −54.87% | 2,608 |
| Shelby | 2,288 | 20.71% | 8,229 | 74.48% | 532 | 4.81% | −5,941 | −53.77% | 11,049 |
| St. Clair | 60,756 | 50.03% | 53,857 | 44.35% | 6,823 | 5.62% | 6,899 | 5.68% | 121,436 |
| Stark | 751 | 27.38% | 1,778 | 64.82% | 214 | 7.80% | −1,027 | −37.44% | 2,743 |
| Stephenson | 7,768 | 38.19% | 11,083 | 54.48% | 1,492 | 7.33% | −3,315 | −16.29% | 20,343 |
| Tazewell | 20,685 | 31.95% | 38,707 | 59.78% | 5,359 | 8.27% | −18,022 | −27.83% | 64,751 |
| Union | 2,402 | 27.88% | 5,790 | 67.20% | 424 | 4.92% | −3,388 | −39.32% | 8,616 |
| Vermilion | 10,039 | 32.58% | 19,087 | 61.93% | 1,692 | 5.49% | −9,048 | −29.35% | 30,818 |
| Wabash | 1,151 | 21.07% | 4,047 | 74.07% | 266 | 4.86% | −2,896 | −53.00% | 5,464 |
| Warren | 2,987 | 38.26% | 4,275 | 54.76% | 545 | 6.98% | −1,288 | −16.50% | 7,807 |
| Washington | 1,448 | 19.47% | 5,571 | 74.90% | 419 | 5.63% | −4,123 | −55.43% | 7,438 |
| Wayne | 1,048 | 12.62% | 6,967 | 83.93% | 286 | 3.45% | −5,919 | −71.31% | 8,301 |
| White | 1,412 | 19.25% | 5,640 | 76.89% | 283 | 3.86% | −4,228 | −57.64% | 7,335 |
| Whiteside | 11,035 | 43.14% | 12,615 | 49.31% | 1,932 | 7.55% | −1,580 | −6.17% | 25,582 |
| Will | 151,927 | 49.94% | 132,720 | 43.63% | 19,579 | 6.43% | 19,207 | 6.31% | 304,226 |
| Williamson | 8,581 | 26.94% | 21,570 | 67.72% | 1,701 | 5.34% | −12,989 | −40.78% | 31,852 |
| Winnebago | 55,713 | 46.41% | 55,624 | 46.33% | 8,718 | 7.26% | 89 | 0.08% | 120,055 |
| Woodford | 5,092 | 25.63% | 13,207 | 66.49% | 1,565 | 7.88% | −8,115 | −40.86% | 19,864 |
| Totals | 3,090,729 | 55.24% | 2,146,015 | 38.35% | 358,535 | 6.41% | 944,714 | 16.89% | 5,595,279 |
Swing by county
County flipsDemocratic Hold | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic
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Clinton won 11 of 18 congressional districts, both candidates won a district held by the other party.[19]
| District | Clinton | Trump | Representative |
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| 1st | 75% | 21% | Bobby Rush |
| 2nd | 77% | 19% | Robin Kelly |
| 3rd | 55% | 39% | Dan Lipinski |
| 4th | 81% | 13% | Luis Gutierrez |
| 5th | 70% | 24% | Mike Quigley |
| 6th | 49% | 43% | Peter Roskam |
| 7th | 87% | 9% | Danny K. Davis |
| 8th | 57% | 36% | Tammy Duckworth |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi | |||
| 9th | 69% | 25% | Jan Schakowsky |
| 10th | 61% | 32% | Robert Dold |
| Brad Schneider | |||
| 11th | 58% | 35% | Bill Foster |
| 12th | 40% | 54% | Mike Bost |
| 13th | 44% | 49% | Rodney Davis |
| 14th | 44% | 48% | Randy Hultgren |
| 15th | 24% | 70% | John Shimkus |
| 16th | 38% | 55% | Adam Kinzinger |
| 17th | 46% | 47% | Cheri Bustos |
| 18th | 33% | 60% | Darin LaHood |
For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 45.73%, with 3,505,795 votes cast.[20][21] For the general election, turnout was 68.95%, with 5,536,424 votes cast.[22][21]
Although Clinton won the state by a nearly identical margin as Obama, the state’s internal politics changed dramatically. Clinton made massive gains in the state’s most college-educated counties, while Trump made massive gains in the rest of the state.[23]
Clinton's win in Illinois was largely the result of a lopsided victory inCook County, the state's most populous county and home ofChicago, the city where Clinton was born and raised. Trump, meanwhile, won most of the downstate rural counties by large margins. Many of these counties had voted forClinton's husband in both his1992 and1996 presidential runs. This is also the first presidential election in history where a Republican managed to win theWhite House nationally while failing to carry any of Chicago'scollar counties (winning onlyMcHenry County). To put in perspective the political turnaround in the region, between the 1854 creation of theRepublican party andBarack Obama's2008 election, Democrats only wonany of the collar counties in just five landslide elections. In1932 and1936,Franklin Roosevelt carriedWill County; In1964,Lyndon Johnson carried Will andLake;Bill Clinton carried Will in1992 and added Lake to that in1996.
Illinois, along with Minnesota, was one of the only two Midwestern states not won by Donald Trump. The election marked the first time since1988 in which Illinois did not vote the same as neighboring Wisconsin, and the first time since 1960 when the Democratic candidate won Illinois, while losing Wisconsin. This is the first time the Republicans have wonAlexander County sinceRichard Nixon's1972 landslide, as well as the first time they have wonFulton,Henderson,Knox,Mercer, andPutnam Counties sinceRonald Reagan's1984 landslide. Whiteside County voted Republican for the first time since 1988.
Cook County, the collar counties, and the downstate counties ofChampaign andMcLean were the only ones to swing towards Clinton. Champaign is the home of theUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, while McLean is the home ofIllinois State University. Knowing these statistics, if one were to subtract Cook County's total votes from the rest of Illinois, Trump would have won the state with 1,692,728 votes to Clinton's 1,478,783 votes.[24]
Had Clinton won the election, she would have become the second president born in Illinois afterRonald Reagan, although both politicians jump-started their political careers in elected office elsewhere. Reagan served asGovernor of California while Clinton served as aUnited States Senator from New York. As of the2024 election, this is the most recent election whereKendall County andMcLean County have voted Republican.
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