2016 United States presidential election in Illinois
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The2016 United States presidential election in Illinoiswas held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential electionin which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbiaparticipated.Illinoisvoters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral Collegevia a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, businessmanDonald Trump,and running mateIndiana GovernorMike PenceagainstDemocratic Partynominee, 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 55.83% of the votes cast against Trump's 38.76%, thus winning the state by a margin of 17.07%. 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 Obamain2012,making it one of eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which she outperformed Obama's2012margin; 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 Housewithout carryingDeKalb,DuPage,Kane,Lake,Will,orWinnebagoCounties.
Primaries[edit]
Presidentialprimary electionsfor three parties were held in Illinois. From January 25 to February 17, 2016, theGreen Party of the United Statesheld primaries and caucuses, as part of theGreen Party presidential primaries,to elect delegates representing a candidate at the2016 Green National Convention.Physician and activistJill Steinwon a landslide of the popular vote, taking almost all of the state's 23 delegates. On March 15, 2016, both theDemocraticandRepublicanparties held primaries in Illinois as part of a five-state contest being held on the day in both theDemocraticandRepublican presidential primaries.In the Democratic primaries, 156 pledged delegates to the2016 Democratic National Conventionwere elected and awarded to candidates proportionally, according to countywide and statewide vote. In the Republican primaries, 69 delegates to the2016 Republican National Conventionwere elected and awarded to the first place candidate, according to statewide vote.
Democratic[edit]
The2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primarywas held on March 15, 2016 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of theDemocratic Party's state primariesahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Forum[edit]
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 UniversityinColumbus, 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.
Results[edit]
Six candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[3]
Illinois Democratic primary, March 15, 2016 | |||||
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Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
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 |
Source:The Green Papers,Illinois Board of Electionsand Illinois Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation |
Republican[edit]
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The2016 Illinois Republican presidential primarywas held on March 15, 2016 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of theRepublican Party's state primariesahead 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 |
Source:The Green Papers |
Green[edit]
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The2016 Illinois Green Party presidential primarywas held from January 25 through February 17 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of theGreen Party's state primariesahead 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 Conventionwere 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.[4][5]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
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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 |
General election[edit]
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Predictions[edit]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Los Angeles Times[6] | Safe D | November 6, 2016 |
CNN[7] | Safe D | November 4, 2016 |
Cook Political Report[8] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
Electoral-vote.com[9] | Safe D | November 8, 2016 |
Rothenberg Political Report[10] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
RealClearPolitics[12] | Likely D | November 8, 2016 |
Fox News[13] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
Polling[edit]
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine |
3,090,729 | 55.83% | |
Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence |
2,146,015 | 38.76% | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson William 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 | ||
Democratichold |
Turnout[edit]
For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 45.73%, with 3,505,795 votes cast.[15][16]For the general election, turnout was 68.95%, with 5,536,424 votes cast.[17][16]
By county[edit]
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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]
- Alexander(largest city:Cairo)
- Carroll(largest city:Savanna)
- Fulton(largest city:Canton)
- Henderson(largest village:Oquawka)
- Henry(largest city:Kewanee)
- Jo Daviess(largest city:Galena)
- Knox(largest city:Galesburg)
- Mercer(largest city:Aledo)
- Putnam(largest village:Granville)
- Warren(largest city:Monmouth)
- Whiteside(largest city:Sterling)
By congressional district[edit]
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% | 22% | Bobby Rush |
2nd | 79% | 19% | Robin Kelly |
3rd | 55% | 39% | Dan Lipinski |
4th | 81% | 13% | Luis Gutierrez |
5th | 70% | 24% | Mike Quigley |
6th | 50% | 43% | Peter Roskam |
7th | 87% | 9% | Danny K. Davis |
8th | 58% | 36% | Tammy Duckworth |
Raja Krishnamoorthi | |||
9th | 69% | 25% | Jan Schakowsky |
10th | 61% | 32% | Robert Dold |
Brad Schneider | |||
11th | 58% | 35% | Bill Foster |
12th | 40% | 55% | Mike Bost |
13th | 44% | 50% | Rodney Davis |
14th | 45% | 48% | Randy Hultgren |
15th | 24% | 71% | John Shimkus |
16th | 38% | 55% | Adam Kinzinger |
17th | 47% | 47% | Cheri Bustos |
18th | 33% | 60% | Darin LaHood |
Analysis[edit]
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 husbandin both his1992and1996presidential runs. This is also the first presidential election in history where a Republican managed to win theWhite Housenationally without carrying any of Chicago'scollar countiesaside fromMcHenry County,which is more Republican-leaning than the other four collar counties. Illinois, along with Minnesota, was one of the only two Midwestern states not won by Donald Trump. The election marked the first time since1988in 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.
Cook County, the collar counties, and the downstate counties ofChampaignandMcLeanwere the only ones to swing towards Clinton. 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.[20][21]Peoria Countymatched the national popular vote this year, as it did in the 2012 election.[22]
Had Clinton won the election, she would have become the second president born in Illinois afterRonald Reagan.But like Reagan, both politicians jump-started their political careers in elected office elsewhere. Reagan served asGovernor of Californiawhile Clinton served as aUnited States Senator from New York.
See also[edit]
- United States presidential elections in Illinois
- 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
- 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
- 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest
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