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| Turnout | 72.92% |
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TheIllinois general election was held on November 3, 2020.[1] Primary elections, held using anopen primary system, took place on March 17, 2020.[1][2]
Illinois held its primary elections as scheduled despite concerns over theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[3] State election officials believed that this depressed voter turnout.[3]
On June 16, 2020, GovernorJB Pritzker signed a bill aimed at making it safer to vote in the November election. To encouragevoting by mail, citizens who voted in the primary election, the 2019 local elections, or the2018 general election were to be sent applications for mail-in ballots by August 1, 2020. The bill also made November 3 a state holiday for schools and government offices, to reduce the number of people present at voting sites.[4]
In the primary election, turnout was 28.36%, with 2,279,439 votes cast.[5] Democratic ballots accounted for 74.80% of ballots, while Republican ballots accounted for 24.72%.[6] Data shows thatmail-in ballots likely accounted for roughly 10% of votes cast.[6] Over 636,000 of votes cast were done so asearly votes.[7][8]
Primary election voting occurred amid concerns over theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States, and election officials in Illinois acknowledged that they believed the turnout was unusually low.[3] The turnout rate was an 18.20 percentage point decrease from the turnout in2016 primaries.[5] However, the turnout was not extraordinarily low, as four out of the past ten Illinois primaries in presidential election years had seen turnout under 30%, with2000 having seen an even lower primary election turnout than 2020.[6][8]
Primary election turnout by county[5]
| County | Registration | Votes cast | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 44,360 | 13,640 | 30.75% |
| Alexander | 5,296 | 885 | 16.71% |
| Bond | 10,614 | 2,692 | 25.36% |
| Boone | 33,736 | 7,525 | 22.31% |
| Brown | 3,546 | 1,164 | 32.83% |
| Bureau | 23,217 | 4,650 | 20.03% |
| Calhoun | 3,390 | 688 | 20.29% |
| Carroll | 10,480 | 2,304 | 21.98% |
| Cass | 7,738 | 1,506 | 19.46% |
| Champaign | 119,538 | 34,497 | 28.86% |
| Christian | 21,336 | 4,801 | 22.50% |
| Clark | 10,928 | 3,518 | 32.19% |
| Clay | 9,140 | 3,353 | 36.68% |
| Clinton | 25,349 | 5,207 | 20.54% |
| Coles | 28,924 | 7,993 | 27.63% |
| Cook[note 1] | 3,094,725 | 1,037,951 | 33.54% |
| Crawford | 12,279 | 3,765 | 30.66% |
| Cumberland | 7,388 | 2,412 | 32.65% |
| DeKalb | 61,419 | 15,940 | 25.95% |
| DeWitt | 10,694 | 3,419 | 31.97% |
| Douglas | 11,626 | 3,569 | 30.70% |
| DuPage | 603,823 | 157,316 | 26.05% |
| Edgar | 12,169 | 3,101 | 25.48% |
| Edwards | 4,430 | 1,630 | 36.79% |
| Effingham | 23,736 | 8,116 | 34.19% |
| Fayette | 12,936 | 3,640 | 28.14% |
| Ford | 8,760 | 2,688 | 30.68% |
| Franklin | 28,986 | 7,408 | 25.56% |
| Fulton | 25,362 | 5,304 | 20.91% |
| Gallatin | 3,711 | 1,275 | 34.36% |
| Greene | 9,104 | 2,413 | 26.50% |
| Grundy | 33,335 | 6,940 | 20.82% |
| Hamilton | 5,669 | 2,086 | 36.80% |
| Hancock | 11,672 | 4,758 | 40.76% |
| Hardin | 3,052 | 837 | 27.42% |
| Henderson | 4,596 | 1,318 | 28.68% |
| Henry | 34,956 | 6,471 | 18.51% |
| Iroquois | 17,756 | 4,563 | 25.70% |
| Jackson | 30,889 | 9,497 | 30.75% |
| Jasper | 6,885 | 2,799 | 40.65% |
| Jefferson | 23,277 | 7,324 | 31.46% |
| Jersey | 15,020 | 3,145 | 20.94% |
| Jo Daviess | 15,882 | 5,024 | 31.63% |
| Johnson | 8,519 | 3,604 | 42.31% |
| Kane | 305,471 | 76,969 | 25.20% |
| Kankakee | 66,206 | 18,048 | 27.26% |
| Kendall | 79,468 | 24,079 | 30.30% |
| Knox | 32,888 | 7,362 | 22.39% |
| Lake | 464,259 | 109,709 | 23.63% |
| LaSalle | 70,553 | 15,987 | 22.66% |
| Lawrence | 8,912 | 2,622 | 29.42% |
| Lee | 22,160 | 4,690 | 21.16% |
| Livingston | 21,189 | 6,126 | 28.91% |
| Logan | 17,951 | 5,993 | 33.39% |
| Macon | 71,263 | 15,511 | 21.77% |
| Macoupin | 31,534 | 7,423 | 23.54% |
| Madison | 178,321 | 40,894 | 22.93% |
| Marion | 24,791 | 7,611 | 30.70% |
| Marshall | 8,112 | 2,332 | 28.75% |
| Mason | 9,201 | 2,627 | 28.55% |
| Massac | 11,117 | 2,518 | 22.65% |
| McDonough | 17,800 | 3,979 | 22.35% |
| McHenry | 231,610 | 54,775 | 23.65% |
| McLean | 109,093 | 32,418 | 29.72% |
| Menard | 9,203 | 1,948 | 21.17% |
| Mercer | 12,475 | 2,725 | 21.84% |
| Monroe | 26,610 | 5,249 | 19.73% |
| Montgomery | 16,680 | 4,222 | 25.31% |
| Morgan | 22,030 | 4,483 | 20.35% |
| Moultrie | 8,422 | 2,390 | 28.38% |
| Ogle | 32,659 | 10,084 | 30.88% |
| Peoria | 114,952 | 25,502 | 22.18% |
| Perry | 14,836 | 3,524 | 23.75% |
| Piatt | 12,115 | 3,447 | 28.45% |
| Pike | 10,984 | 2,908 | 26.47% |
| Pope | 2,987 | 840 | 28.12% |
| Pulaski | 4,503 | 1,455 | 32.31% |
| Putnam | 4,099 | 1,071 | 26.13% |
| Randolph | 20,889 | 4,186 | 20.04% |
| Richland | 10,961 | 4,284 | 39.08% |
| Rock Island | 87,209 | 21,052 | 24.14% |
| Saline | 15,945 | 4,263 | 26.74% |
| Sangamon | 134,694 | 30,127 | 22.37% |
| Schuyler | 5,099 | 1,279 | 25.08% |
| Scott | 3,519 | 1,583 | 44.98% |
| Shelby | 14,659 | 4,714 | 32.16% |
| Stark | 3,948 | 782 | 19.81% |
| St. Clair | 190,075 | 40,300 | 21.20% |
| Stephenson | 32,670 | 6,709 | 20.54% |
| Tazewell | 91,567 | 19,035 | 20.79% |
| Union | 12,551 | 3,462 | 27.58% |
| Vermilion | 45,667 | 13,051 | 28.58% |
| Wabash | 7,535 | 2,708 | 35.94% |
| Warren | 11,918 | 2,905 | 24.37% |
| Washington | 9,671 | 3,105 | 32.11% |
| Wayne | 10,974 | 4,296 | 39.15% |
| White | 10,604 | 2,758 | 26.01% |
| Whiteside | 37,330 | 7,329 | 19.63% |
| Will | 453,582 | 115,241 | 25.41% |
| Williamson | 45,233 | 10,601 | 23.44% |
| Winnebago | 179,658 | 45,303 | 25.22% |
| Woodford | 25,874 | 6,109 | 23.61% |
| Total | 8,036,534 | 2,279,439 | 28.36% |
General election turnout was 72.92%.[5] Every county in the state had more than a majority of registered voters cast ballots.[5]
General election turnout by county[5]
| County | Registration | Votes cast | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 44,842 | 33,795 | 75.36% |
| Alexander | 5,008 | 2,641 | 52.74% |
| Bond | 10,867 | 8,232 | 75.75% |
| Boone | 33,455 | 25,176 | 75.25% |
| Brown | 3,574 | 2,545 | 71.21% |
| Bureau | 23,651 | 17,609 | 74.45% |
| Calhoun | 3,453 | 2,802 | 81.15% |
| Carroll | 10,424 | 8,096 | 77.67% |
| Cass | 7,772 | 5,358 | 68.94% |
| Champaign | 127,848 | 96,185 | 75.23% |
| Christian | 21,935 | 16,331 | 74.45% |
| Clark | 11,188 | 8,407 | 75.14% |
| Clay | 9,372 | 6,929 | 73.93% |
| Clinton | 26,491 | 19,317 | 72.92% |
| Coles | 30,157 | 22,778 | 75.53% |
| Cook[note 2] | 3,253,333 | 2,349,010 | 72.20% |
| Crawford | 12,586 | 9,497 | 75.46% |
| Cumberland | 7,599 | 5,881 | 77.39% |
| DeKalb | 65,009 | 48,258 | 74.23% |
| DeWitt | 10,853 | 8,083 | 74.48% |
| Douglas | 11,940 | 8,808 | 73.77% |
| DuPage | 641,503 | 491,067 | 76.55% |
| Edgar | 12,355 | 8,251 | 66.78% |
| Edwards | 4,433 | 3,391 | 76.49% |
| Effingham | 24,465 | 19,186 | 78.42% |
| Fayette | 13,499 | 10,169 | 75.33% |
| Ford | 9,359 | 7,007 | 74.87% |
| Franklin | 29,195 | 18,790 | 64.36% |
| Fulton | 25,766 | 16,813 | 65.25% |
| Gallatin | 3,809 | 2,701 | 70.91% |
| Greene | 9,117 | 6,299 | 69.09% |
| Grundy | 33,656 | 26,895 | 79.91% |
| Hamilton | 5,615 | 4,372 | 77.86% |
| Hancock | 11,974 | 9,467 | 79.06% |
| Hardin | 3,078 | 2,186 | 71.02% |
| Henderson | 4,680 | 3,705 | 79.17% |
| Henry | 35,273 | 25,878 | 73.36% |
| Iroquois | 17,887 | 14,121 | 78.95% |
| Jackson | 31,693 | 22,895 | 72.24% |
| Jasper | 6,919 | 5,623 | 81.27% |
| Jefferson | 24,196 | 17,563 | 72.59% |
| Jersey | 15,587 | 12,031 | 77.19% |
| Jo Daviess | 16,537 | 12,609 | 76.25% |
| Johnson | 8,576 | 6,498 | 75.77% |
| Kane | 318,506 | 234,751 | 73.70% |
| Kankakee | 67,051 | 50,303 | 75.02% |
| Kendall | 84,165 | 64,552 | 76.70% |
| Knox | 33,379 | 23,401 | 70.11% |
| Lake | 487,186 | 337,976 | 69.37% |
| LaSalle | 73,034 | 54,087 | 74.06% |
| Lawrence | 9,122 | 6,475 | 70.98% |
| Lee | 22,291 | 16,547 | 74.23% |
| Livingston | 22,044 | 17,334 | 78.63% |
| Logan | 18,980 | 13,427 | 70.74% |
| Macon | 72,049 | 49,814 | 69.14% |
| Macoupin | 31,892 | 24,206 | 75.9% |
| Madison | 186,358 | 138,306 | 74.22% |
| Marion | 25,034 | 17,600 | 70.3% |
| Marshall | 8,289 | 6,382 | 76.99% |
| Mason | 9,204 | 6,823 | 74.13% |
| Massac | 11,070 | 6,854 | 61.92% |
| McDonough | 17,771 | 12,414 | 69.86% |
| McHenry | 237,640 | 165,515 | 69.65% |
| McLean | 115,886 | 87,968 | 75.91% |
| Menard | 9,371 | 6,996 | 74.66% |
| Mercer | 12,694 | 8,982 | 70.76% |
| Monroe | 26,961 | 21,321 | 79.08% |
| Montgomery | 16,496 | 13,870 | 84.08% |
| Morgan | 22,037 | 15,430 | 70.02% |
| Moultrie | 8,657 | 6,796 | 78.50% |
| Ogle | 31,786 | 26,535 | 83.48% |
| Peoria | 117,380 | 85,167 | 72.56% |
| Perry | 14,700 | 10,146 | 69.02% |
| Piatt | 12,391 | 9,934 | 80.17% |
| Pike | 10,692 | 8,001 | 74.83% |
| Pope | 3,014 | 2,194 | 72.79% |
| Pulaski | 4,524 | 2,647 | 58.51% |
| Putnam | 4,191 | 3,419 | 81.58% |
| Randolph | 20,876 | 15,017 | 71.93% |
| Richland | 11,028 | 8,133 | 73.75% |
| Rock Island | 90,615 | 67,337 | 74.31% |
| Saline | 16,063 | 11,167 | 69.52% |
| Sangamon | 140,667 | 106,037 | 75.38% |
| Schuyler | 5,147 | 3,945 | 76.65% |
| Scott | 3,551 | 2,758 | 77.67% |
| Shelby | 14,997 | 12,165 | 81.12% |
| Stark | 3,988 | 2,910 | 72.97% |
| St. Clair | 193,473 | 129,278 | 66.82% |
| Stephenson | 33,376 | 22,251 | 66.67% |
| Tazewell | 94,022 | 69,677 | 74.11% |
| Union | 12,907 | 8,991 | 69.66% |
| Vermilion | 46,303 | 31,881 | 68.85% |
| Wabash | 7,780 | 5,641 | 72.51% |
| Warren | 11,872 | 7,992 | 67.32% |
| Washington | 9,971 | 7,967 | 79.90% |
| Wayne | 11,193 | 8,539 | 76.29% |
| White | 10,010 | 7,470 | 74.63% |
| Whiteside | 38,436 | 27,623 | 71.87% |
| Will | 463,465 | 348,071 | 75.10% |
| Williamson | 47,393 | 33,909 | 71.55% |
| Winnebago | 183,378 | 128,895 | 70.29% |
| Woodford | 27,214 | 21,647 | 79.54% |
| Total | 8,364,099 | 6,098,729 | 72.92% |
Illinois was won by theDemocraticticket ofJoe Biden andKamala Harris.
This was the eighth consecutive presidential election in which Illinois had voted for the Democratic ticket.
Illinois' Class 2 United States Senate seat was up for election. Incumbent DemocratDick Durbin won a fifth term.
All eighteen of Illinois' congressional seats were up for reelection.
Elections were held for all 118 seats in theIllinois House of Representatives.[9][10] Democrats maintained their majority.
Elections were held for 22 out of 59 seats in theIllinois Senate.[11] Democrats maintained their supermajority.
Elections were held for three seats in theSupreme Court of Illinois and 10 seats in theIllinois Appellate Court.[12][13]
Illinois voters rejected the Illinois Fair Tax amendment, known formally as the "Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment", an amendment that appeared on ballots statewide in the general election. This wasplaced on the ballot by the state legislature in June 2019, and was a key campaign issue in GovernorJ. B. Pritzker's2018 election.[14] In order to be approved, the measure had been required to receive either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the state's election.[15] If it had been approved, the measure would have amended theConstitution of Illinois to allow for agraduatedincome tax in the state.[16][17]
| Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment[18] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Option | Votes | % of votes on measure | % of all ballots cast |
| For | 2,683,490 | 46.73 | 44.00 |
| Against | 3,059,411 | 53.27 | 50.17 |
| Total votes | 5,742,901 | 100 | 94.17 |
| Voter turnout | 68.66% | ||
Local elections are also being held. These include county elections.
InCook County, elections was held forState's Attorney,Clerk of the Circuit Court, one seat on theBoard of Review, 3 seats on theWater Reclamation District Board, and several judgeships in theCircuit Court of Cook County and its subcircuits.[19]
