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The1916 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on November 7, 1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.Illinois was won by theRepublican nomineeCharles Evans Hughes with 52.56% of the popular vote. Hughes was the first presidential candidate to garner over a million votes in a single state, due to Illinois having allowed women to cast votes for electors, though not yet for other offices.
With 52.56% of the vote, Illinois would prove to be Hughes' fifth strongest state in terms of popular votes percentage afterVermont,New Jersey,Pennsylvania andIowa.[1]
This is the second of only three elections in the history of the party that a Democrat won the presidency without winning Illinois (the others being1884 and1976).[2] This was one of three elections in the 20th century where the state voted for the losing candidate, along with 1976 and 2000.
In this election, Illinois voted 12.35% to the right of the nation at-large.[3] This was the last time thatCook County voted for a Republican that lost nationally.
The general election coincided with the general election forHouse as well asthose for state offices.[4]
The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic, Republican, Progressive, Socialist) was 311,486.[4] The total vote in the general election was 2,192,707.[4] Both major parties (Democratic and Republican), as well as theProgressive Party andSocialist Party, all held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 11.[4]
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The1916 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 11, 1916, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1916 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[4] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.[4]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 136,839 | 99.84 | |
| Scattering | 219 | 0.16 | |
| Total votes | 137,058 | 100 | |
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The1916 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 11, 1916, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1916 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[4] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.[4]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Lawrence Y. Sherman | 155,945 | 90.15 | |
| Scattering | 17,037 | 9.85 | |
| Total votes | 172,982 | 100 | |
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The1916 Illinois Progressive presidential primary was held on April 11, 1916, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of the Progressive Party's state primaries ahead of the 1916 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Scattering | 1,089 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 1,089 | 100 | |
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The1916 Illinois Socialist presidential primary was held on April 11, 1916, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of the Socialist Party's state primaries ahead of the 1916 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Scattering | 357 | 100 | |
| Total votes | 357 | 100 | |
| 1916 United States presidential election in Illinois[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 1,152,549 | 52.56% | 29 | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 950,229 | 43.34% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Allan Benson | 61,394 | 2.80% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | James Hanly | 26,047 | 1.19% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 2,488 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| 1916 United States presidential election in Chicago[5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 377,201 | 49.66% | ||
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 351,175 | 46.23% | ||
| Socialist | Allan Benson | 28,727 | 3.78% | ||
| Prohibition | James Hanly | 1,597 | 0.21% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 907 | 0.12% | ||
| Totals | 759,607 | 100.00% | |||
| County | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 11,858 | 44.28% | 14,268 | 53.28% | 389 | 1.45% | 263 | 0.98% | 30 | 0.11% | -2,410 | -9.00% | 26,778 |
| Alexander | 5,395 | 56.80% | 3,940 | 41.48% | 116 | 1.22% | 47 | 0.49% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,455 | 15.32% | 9,498 |
| Bond | 3,626 | 54.04% | 2,652 | 39.52% | 38 | 0.57% | 394 | 5.87% | 4 | 0.06% | 974 | 14.52% | 6,710 |
| Boone | 5,181 | 77.64% | 1,211 | 18.15% | 190 | 2.85% | 91 | 1.36% | 5 | 0.07% | 3,970 | 59.49% | 6,673 |
| Brown | 1,579 | 34.54% | 2,856 | 62.47% | 17 | 0.37% | 120 | 2.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,277 | -27.93% | 4,572 |
| Bureau | 8,213 | 56.29% | 5,793 | 39.71% | 249 | 1.71% | 335 | 2.30% | 24 | 0.16% | 2,420 | 16.59% | 14,590 |
| Calhoun | 1,168 | 48.50% | 1,181 | 49.04% | 29 | 1.20% | 30 | 1.25% | 5 | 0.21% | -13 | -0.54% | 2,408 |
| Carroll | 4,496 | 67.03% | 1,980 | 29.52% | 94 | 1.40% | 137 | 2.04% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,516 | 37.51% | 6,707 |
| Cass | 3,193 | 39.59% | 4,485 | 55.60% | 152 | 1.88% | 236 | 2.93% | 16 | 0.20% | -1,292 | -16.02% | 8,066 |
| Champaign | 14,632 | 57.87% | 9,601 | 37.97% | 254 | 1.00% | 799 | 3.16% | 18 | 0.07% | 5,031 | 19.90% | 25,286 |
| Christian | 6,923 | 44.19% | 7,982 | 50.95% | 421 | 2.69% | 339 | 2.16% | 27 | 0.17% | -1,059 | -6.76% | 15,665 |
| Clark | 4,936 | 47.28% | 5,311 | 50.87% | 51 | 0.49% | 142 | 1.36% | 6 | 0.06% | -375 | -3.59% | 10,440 |
| Clay | 3,879 | 50.50% | 3,574 | 46.53% | 145 | 1.89% | 83 | 1.08% | 11 | 0.14% | 305 | 3.97% | 7,681 |
| Clinton | 3,423 | 42.65% | 4,201 | 52.34% | 302 | 3.76% | 100 | 1.25% | 11 | 0.14% | -778 | -9.69% | 8,026 |
| Coles | 8,314 | 50.85% | 7,772 | 47.53% | 88 | 0.54% | 177 | 1.08% | 6 | 0.04% | 542 | 3.31% | 16,351 |
| Cook | 435,695 | 51.26% | 379,438 | 44.64% | 32,471 | 3.82% | 2,309 | 0.27% | 1,050 | 0.12% | 56,257 | 6.62% | 849,913 |
| Crawford | 5,084 | 46.32% | 5,570 | 50.74% | 142 | 1.29% | 181 | 1.65% | 8 | 0.07% | -486 | -4.43% | 10,977 |
| Cumberland | 2,879 | 48.26% | 2,960 | 49.62% | 41 | 0.69% | 85 | 1.42% | 8 | 0.13% | -81 | -1.36% | 5,965 |
| DeKalb | 9,764 | 71.29% | 3,386 | 24.72% | 316 | 2.31% | 231 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,378 | 46.56% | 13,697 |
| DeWitt | 4,380 | 47.91% | 4,460 | 48.78% | 99 | 1.08% | 204 | 2.23% | 3 | 0.03% | -80 | -0.87% | 9,143 |
| Douglas | 4,564 | 52.21% | 3,768 | 43.11% | 150 | 1.72% | 259 | 2.96% | 7 | 0.08% | 796 | 9.11% | 8,741 |
| DuPage | 9,610 | 62.88% | 4,816 | 31.51% | 378 | 2.47% | 480 | 3.14% | 10 | 0.07% | 4,794 | 31.37% | 15,284 |
| Edgar | 6,099 | 46.39% | 6,710 | 51.04% | 136 | 1.03% | 202 | 1.54% | 7 | 0.05% | -611 | -4.65% | 13,147 |
| Edwards | 2,885 | 65.39% | 1,389 | 31.48% | 5 | 0.11% | 133 | 3.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,496 | 33.91% | 4,412 |
| Effingham | 3,207 | 40.40% | 4,529 | 57.05% | 72 | 0.91% | 131 | 1.65% | 7 | 0.09% | -1,322 | -16.65% | 7,939 |
| Fayette | 5,316 | 46.59% | 5,669 | 49.68% | 221 | 1.94% | 205 | 1.80% | 8 | 0.07% | -353 | -3.09% | 11,411 |
| Ford | 4,670 | 66.35% | 2,054 | 29.18% | 125 | 1.78% | 189 | 2.69% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,616 | 37.17% | 7,038 |
| Franklin | 6,371 | 46.82% | 6,419 | 47.17% | 704 | 5.17% | 114 | 0.84% | 116 | 0.85% | -48 | -0.35% | 13,608 |
| Fulton | 9,735 | 48.68% | 8,686 | 43.44% | 1,175 | 5.88% | 401 | 2.01% | 74 | 0.37% | 1,049 | 5.25% | 19,997 |
| Gallatin | 1,985 | 39.08% | 2,920 | 57.49% | 85 | 1.67% | 89 | 1.75% | 7 | 0.14% | -935 | -18.41% | 5,079 |
| Greene | 3,400 | 35.60% | 6,150 | 64.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,750 | -28.80% | 9,550 |
| Grundy | 4,811 | 66.39% | 2,241 | 30.92% | 101 | 1.39% | 94 | 1.30% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,570 | 35.46% | 7,247 |
| Hamilton | 3,239 | 46.30% | 3,644 | 52.09% | 75 | 1.07% | 38 | 0.54% | 5 | 0.07% | -405 | -5.79% | 6,996 |
| Hancock | 6,472 | 43.98% | 7,711 | 52.40% | 166 | 1.13% | 367 | 2.49% | 10 | 0.07% | -1,239 | -8.42% | 14,716 |
| Hardin | 1,419 | 51.68% | 1,264 | 46.03% | 34 | 1.24% | 29 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 155 | 5.64% | 2,746 |
| Henderson | 2,528 | 58.55% | 1,611 | 37.31% | 60 | 1.39% | 119 | 2.76% | 3 | 0.07% | 917 | 21.24% | 4,318 |
| Henry | 11,406 | 65.47% | 5,220 | 29.96% | 520 | 2.98% | 276 | 1.58% | 12 | 0.07% | 6,186 | 35.51% | 17,422 |
| Iroquois | 8,503 | 61.13% | 4,977 | 35.78% | 87 | 0.63% | 342 | 2.46% | 7 | 0.05% | 3,526 | 25.35% | 13,909 |
| Jackson | 8,356 | 54.11% | 6,780 | 43.90% | 185 | 1.20% | 122 | 0.79% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,576 | 10.21% | 15,443 |
| Jasper | 3,110 | 43.39% | 3,884 | 54.19% | 57 | 0.80% | 117 | 1.63% | 5 | 0.07% | -774 | -10.80% | 7,168 |
| Jefferson | 6,028 | 46.38% | 6,685 | 51.44% | 101 | 0.78% | 182 | 1.40% | 9 | 0.07% | -657 | -5.06% | 12,996 |
| Jersey | 2,644 | 45.37% | 3,052 | 52.37% | 20 | 0.34% | 112 | 1.92% | 3 | 0.05% | -408 | -7.00% | 5,828 |
| Jo Daviess | 5,775 | 60.02% | 3,505 | 36.43% | 143 | 1.49% | 199 | 2.07% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,270 | 23.59% | 9,622 |
| Johnson | 3,273 | 62.61% | 1,822 | 34.85% | 69 | 1.32% | 64 | 1.22% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,451 | 27.75% | 5,228 |
| Kane | 23,868 | 67.80% | 9,875 | 28.05% | 906 | 2.57% | 555 | 1.58% | 45 | 0.13% | 13,993 | 39.75% | 35,204 |
| Kankakee | 10,594 | 62.34% | 6,096 | 35.87% | 92 | 0.54% | 211 | 1.24% | 16 | 0.09% | 4,498 | 26.47% | 16,993 |
| Kendall | 3,316 | 75.38% | 1,008 | 22.91% | 19 | 0.43% | 56 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,308 | 52.47% | 4,399 |
| Knox | 10,918 | 58.84% | 6,785 | 36.57% | 435 | 2.34% | 417 | 2.25% | 8 | 0.04% | 4,133 | 22.27% | 18,555 |
| Lake | 12,905 | 67.04% | 5,447 | 28.29% | 715 | 3.71% | 184 | 0.96% | 25 | 0.13% | 7,458 | 38.74% | 19,251 |
| LaSalle | 20,662 | 56.67% | 14,625 | 40.11% | 851 | 2.33% | 321 | 0.88% | 31 | 0.09% | 6,037 | 16.56% | 36,459 |
| Lawrence | 4,481 | 44.47% | 5,052 | 50.14% | 190 | 1.89% | 353 | 3.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -571 | -5.67% | 10,076 |
| Lee | 7,985 | 63.99% | 4,087 | 32.75% | 144 | 1.15% | 263 | 2.11% | 7 | 0.06% | 3,898 | 31.24% | 12,479 |
| Livingston | 9,801 | 58.65% | 6,462 | 38.67% | 97 | 0.58% | 350 | 2.09% | 4 | 0.02% | 3,339 | 19.98% | 16,710 |
| Logan | 5,933 | 48.32% | 5,726 | 46.63% | 310 | 2.52% | 310 | 2.52% | 15 | 0.12% | 207 | 1.69% | 12,279 |
| Macon | 13,997 | 52.96% | 11,181 | 42.31% | 632 | 2.39% | 617 | 2.33% | 34 | 0.13% | 2,816 | 10.66% | 26,427 |
| Macoupin | 8,875 | 43.71% | 10,012 | 49.31% | 1,089 | 5.36% | 328 | 1.62% | 31 | 0.15% | -1,137 | -5.60% | 20,304 |
| Madison | 17,594 | 49.88% | 16,302 | 46.22% | 1,091 | 3.09% | 287 | 0.81% | 43 | 0.12% | 1,292 | 3.66% | 35,274 |
| Marion | 6,438 | 43.02% | 7,892 | 52.74% | 425 | 2.84% | 209 | 1.40% | 12 | 0.08% | -1,454 | -9.72% | 14,964 |
| Marshall | 3,579 | 55.90% | 2,593 | 40.50% | 110 | 1.72% | 121 | 1.89% | 7 | 0.11% | 986 | 15.40% | 6,403 |
| Mason | 3,029 | 42.45% | 3,886 | 54.46% | 53 | 0.74% | 168 | 2.35% | 3 | 0.04% | -857 | -12.01% | 7,136 |
| Massac | 3,926 | 73.84% | 1,236 | 23.25% | 38 | 0.71% | 117 | 2.20% | 6 | 0.11% | 2,690 | 50.59% | 5,317 |
| McDonough | 7,192 | 53.09% | 5,740 | 42.37% | 250 | 1.85% | 364 | 2.69% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,452 | 10.72% | 13,546 |
| McHenry | 9,024 | 72.01% | 3,278 | 26.16% | 58 | 0.46% | 172 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,746 | 45.85% | 12,532 |
| McLean | 14,988 | 53.24% | 11,699 | 41.56% | 450 | 1.60% | 1,016 | 3.61% | 7 | 0.02% | 3,289 | 11.68% | 28,153 |
| Menard | 2,693 | 48.54% | 2,689 | 48.47% | 60 | 1.08% | 106 | 1.91% | 10 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.07% | 5,548 |
| Mercer | 5,308 | 58.94% | 3,430 | 38.09% | 69 | 0.77% | 199 | 2.21% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,878 | 20.85% | 9,006 |
| Monroe | 2,825 | 56.91% | 2,104 | 42.39% | 27 | 0.54% | 8 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 721 | 14.52% | 4,964 |
| Montgomery | 7,065 | 44.74% | 7,903 | 50.04% | 607 | 3.84% | 218 | 1.38% | 31 | 0.20% | -838 | -5.31% | 15,793 |
| Morgan | 7,536 | 50.28% | 7,104 | 47.40% | 157 | 1.05% | 191 | 1.27% | 10 | 0.07% | 432 | 2.88% | 14,988 |
| Moultrie | 2,933 | 44.99% | 3,370 | 51.70% | 55 | 0.84% | 161 | 2.47% | 6 | 0.09% | -437 | -6.70% | 6,519 |
| Ogle | 8,639 | 70.33% | 3,207 | 26.11% | 69 | 0.56% | 368 | 3.00% | 5 | 0.04% | 5,432 | 44.22% | 12,283 |
| Peoria | 18,615 | 48.48% | 18,718 | 48.75% | 718 | 1.87% | 344 | 0.90% | 83 | 0.22% | -103 | -0.27% | 38,395 |
| Perry | 4,796 | 49.83% | 4,445 | 46.18% | 170 | 1.77% | 214 | 2.22% | 24 | 0.25% | 351 | 3.65% | 9,625 |
| Piatt | 4,012 | 55.52% | 3,028 | 41.90% | 88 | 1.22% | 98 | 1.36% | 4 | 0.06% | 984 | 13.62% | 7,226 |
| Pike | 5,293 | 41.40% | 7,005 | 54.79% | 239 | 1.87% | 249 | 1.95% | 13 | 0.10% | -1,712 | -13.39% | 12,786 |
| Pope | 2,924 | 70.22% | 1,158 | 27.81% | 57 | 1.37% | 25 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,766 | 42.41% | 4,164 |
| Pulaski | 3,863 | 62.73% | 2,159 | 35.06% | 87 | 1.41% | 49 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,704 | 27.67% | 6,158 |
| Putnam | 1,444 | 62.48% | 785 | 33.97% | 42 | 1.82% | 40 | 1.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 659 | 28.52% | 2,311 |
| Randolph | 5,517 | 49.11% | 5,403 | 48.10% | 132 | 1.18% | 181 | 1.61% | 13 | 0.12% | 114 | 1.01% | 11,233 |
| Richland | 2,992 | 45.10% | 3,431 | 51.72% | 79 | 1.19% | 132 | 1.99% | 2 | 0.03% | -439 | -6.62% | 6,634 |
| Rock Island | 16,169 | 53.32% | 10,914 | 35.99% | 2,855 | 9.42% | 384 | 1.27% | 88 | 0.29% | 5,255 | 17.33% | 30,322 |
| Saline | 7,061 | 50.60% | 5,930 | 42.50% | 787 | 5.64% | 176 | 1.26% | 30 | 0.21% | 1,131 | 8.11% | 13,954 |
| Sangamon | 20,900 | 51.69% | 17,958 | 44.41% | 1,001 | 2.48% | 576 | 1.42% | 29 | 0.07% | 2,942 | 7.28% | 40,435 |
| Schuyler | 2,595 | 41.60% | 3,392 | 54.38% | 36 | 0.58% | 215 | 3.45% | 4 | 0.06% | -797 | -12.78% | 6,238 |
| Scott | 2,126 | 45.72% | 2,457 | 52.84% | 21 | 0.45% | 46 | 0.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -331 | -7.12% | 4,650 |
| Shelby | 5,911 | 42.63% | 7,515 | 54.20% | 83 | 0.60% | 357 | 2.57% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,604 | -11.57% | 13,866 |
| St. Clair | 22,134 | 47.77% | 22,622 | 48.83% | 1,152 | 2.49% | 423 | 0.91% | 75 | 0.16% | -488 | -1.05% | 46,331 |
| Stark | 2,887 | 66.58% | 1,390 | 32.06% | 31 | 0.71% | 28 | 0.65% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,497 | 34.52% | 4,336 |
| Stephenson | 8,620 | 58.46% | 5,463 | 37.05% | 433 | 2.94% | 228 | 1.55% | 20 | 0.14% | 3,157 | 21.41% | 14,744 |
| Tazewell | 6,672 | 47.61% | 6,743 | 48.12% | 341 | 2.43% | 258 | 1.84% | 14 | 0.10% | -71 | -0.51% | 14,014 |
| Union | 3,135 | 37.14% | 5,171 | 61.27% | 60 | 0.71% | 74 | 0.88% | 7 | 0.08% | -2,036 | -24.12% | 8,440 |
| Vermilion | 16,330 | 50.29% | 13,864 | 42.70% | 605 | 1.86% | 1,673 | 5.15% | 24 | 0.07% | 2,466 | 7.59% | 32,472 |
| Wabash | 2,600 | 42.42% | 3,264 | 53.26% | 86 | 1.40% | 179 | 2.92% | 2 | 0.03% | -664 | -10.83% | 6,129 |
| Warren | 6,294 | 56.47% | 4,498 | 40.36% | 154 | 1.38% | 199 | 1.79% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,796 | 16.11% | 11,145 |
| Washington | 4,657 | 60.95% | 2,794 | 36.57% | 105 | 1.37% | 85 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,863 | 24.38% | 7,641 |
| Wayne | 5,383 | 51.03% | 4,934 | 46.77% | 59 | 0.56% | 173 | 1.64% | 7 | 0.07% | 449 | 4.26% | 10,549 |
| White | 4,137 | 43.84% | 5,066 | 53.68% | 151 | 1.60% | 83 | 0.88% | 16 | 0.17% | -929 | -9.84% | 9,437 |
| Whiteside | 10,045 | 69.31% | 3,839 | 26.49% | 127 | 0.88% | 482 | 3.33% | 14 | 0.10% | 6,206 | 42.82% | 14,493 |
| Will | 19,881 | 62.62% | 11,378 | 35.84% | 317 | 1.00% | 171 | 0.54% | 18 | 0.06% | 8,503 | 26.78% | 31,747 |
| Williamson | 10,262 | 53.62% | 8,172 | 42.70% | 580 | 3.03% | 124 | 0.65% | 42 | 0.22% | 2,090 | 10.92% | 19,138 |
| Winnebago | 14,893 | 65.09% | 6,198 | 27.09% | 1,439 | 6.29% | 352 | 1.54% | 15 | 0.07% | 8,695 | 38.00% | 22,882 |
| Woodford | 4,273 | 52.29% | 3,619 | 44.29% | 87 | 1.06% | 192 | 2.35% | 11 | 0.13% | 654 | 8.00% | 8,171 |
| Totals | 1,152,549 | 52.62% | 950,229 | 43.39% | 61,394 | 2.80% | 26,047 | 1.19% | 2,488 | 0.11% | 202,320 | 9.24% | 2,190,219 |
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