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United States presidential elections in Illinois

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Presidential elections in Illinois
Map of the United States with Illinois highlighted
Number of elections51
Voted Democratic26
Voted Republican24
Voted Democratic-Republican2
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate42
Voted for losing candidate10

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

From 1896 to 1996, Illinois was a bellwether state, voting for the winner of the presidential election 24 of 26 times, the exceptions being 1916 and 1976. Since 1992, Illinois has consistently backed Democratic candidates.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 3,471,915 57.54 Donald Trump 2,446,891 40.55 - 20
2016[2] Donald Trump[b] 2,146,015 38.36 Hillary Clinton 3,090,729 55.24 - 20
2012[3] Barack Obama 3,019,512 57.60 Mitt Romney 2,135,216 40.73 - 20
2008[4] Barack Obama 3,419,348 61.92 John McCain 2,031,179 36.78 - 21
2004[5] George W. Bush 2,345,946 44.48 John Kerry 2,891,550 54.82 - 21
2000[6] George W. Bush[b] 2,019,421 42.58 Al Gore 2,589,026 54.60 - 22
1996[7] Bill Clinton 2,341,744 54.32 Bob Dole 1,587,021 36.81 Ross Perot 346,408 8.03 22
1992 Bill Clinton 2,453,350 48.58 George H. W. Bush 1,734,096 34.34 Ross Perot 840,515 16.64 22
1988 George H. W. Bush 2,310,939 50.69 Michael Dukakis 2,215,940 48.60 - 24
1984 Ronald Reagan 2,707,103 56.17 Walter Mondale 2,086,499 43.30 - 24
1980 Ronald Reagan 2,358,049 49.65 Jimmy Carter 1,981,413 41.72 John B. Anderson 346,754 7.30 26
1976 Jimmy Carter 2,271,295 48.13 Gerald Ford 2,364,269 50.10 - 26
1972 Richard Nixon 2,788,179 59.03 George McGovern 1,913,472 40.51 - 26
1968 Richard Nixon 2,174,774 47.08 Hubert Humphrey 2,039,814 44.15 George Wallace 390,958 8.46 26
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 2,796,833 59.47 Barry Goldwater 1,905,946 40.53 - 26
1960 John F. Kennedy 2,377,846 49.98 Richard Nixon 2,368,988 49.80 - 27
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,623,327 59.52 Adlai Stevenson II 1,775,682 40.29 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[c]		 - 27
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,457,327 54.84 Adlai Stevenson II 2,013,920 44.94 - 27
1948 Harry S. Truman 1,994,715 50.07 Thomas E. Dewey 1,961,103 49.22 Strom Thurmond - 28
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,079,479 51.52 Thomas E. Dewey 1,939,314 48.05 - 28
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,149,934 50.97 Wendell Willkie 2,047,240 48.54 - 29
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,282,999 57.70 Alf Landon 1,570,393 39.69 - 29
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,882,304 55.23 Herbert Hoover 1,432,756 42.04 - 29
1928 Herbert Hoover 1,769,141 56.93 Al Smith 1,313,817 42.28 - 29
1924 Calvin Coolidge 1,453,321 58.84 John W. Davis 576,975 23.36 Robert M. La Follette 432,027 17.49 29
1920 Warren G. Harding 1,420,480 67.81 James M. Cox 534,395 25.51 Parley P. Christensen 49,630 2.37 29
1916 Woodrow Wilson 950,229 43.34 Charles E. Hughes 1,152,549 52.56 - 29
1912 Woodrow Wilson 405,048 35.34 Theodore Roosevelt 386,478 33.72 William H. Taft 253,593 22.13 29
1908 William H. Taft 629,932 54.53 William Jennings Bryan 450,810 39.02 - 27
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 632,645 58.77 Alton B. Parker 327,606 30.43 - 27
1900 William McKinley 597,985 52.83 William Jennings Bryan 503,061 44.44 - 24
1896 William McKinley 607,130 55.66 William Jennings Bryan 465,613 42.68 - 24
1892 Grover Cleveland 426,281 48.79 Benjamin Harrison 399,288 45.70 James B. Weaver 22,207 2.54 24
1888 Benjamin Harrison[b] 370,475 49.54 Grover Cleveland 348,351 46.58 - 22
1884 Grover Cleveland 312,351 46.43 James G. Blaine 337,469 50.17 - 22
1880 James A. Garfield 318,036 51.11 Winfield S. Hancock 277,321 44.56 James B. Weaver 26,358 4.24 21
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes 278,232 50.20 Samuel J. Tilden 258,611 46.66 - 21
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 241,936 56.27 Horace Greeley 184,884 43.00 - 21
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 250,304 55.7 Horatio Seymour 199,116 44.3 - 16
1864 Abraham Lincoln 189,512 54.4 George B. McClellan 158,724 45.6 - 16

Election of 1860

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The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln 172,171 50.7 Stephen A. Douglas 160,215 47.2 John C. Breckinridge 2,331 0.7 John Bell 4,914 1.4 11

Elections from 1828 to 1856

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[a] 		Votes Percent Electoral
Votes 		Notes
1856 James Buchanan 105,528 44.09 John C. Frémont 96,275 40.23 Millard Fillmore 37,531 15.68 11
1852 Franklin Pierce 80,378 51.87 Winfield Scott 64,733 41.77 John P. Hale 9,863 6.36 11
1848 Zachary Taylor 52,853 42.42 Lewis Cass 55,952 44.91 Martin Van Buren 15,702 12.6 9
1844 James K. Polk 58,795 53.91 Henry Clay 45,854 42.05 - 9
1840 William Henry Harrison 45,574 48.91 Martin Van Buren 47,441 50.92 - 5
1836 Martin Van Buren 18,369 54.69 William Henry Harrison 15,220 45.31 various[d] 5
1832 Andrew Jackson 14,609 68.01 Henry Clay 6,745 31.40 William Wirt 97 0.45 5
1828 Andrew Jackson 9,560 67.22 John Quincy Adams 4,662 32.78 - 3

Election of 1824

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The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
Votes
1824 Andrew Jackson 1,272 27.23 John Quincy Adams 1,516 32.46 Henry Clay 1,036 22.18 William H. Crawford 847 18.13 3 (Electoral College split, 2 for Jackson and 1 for Adams)

Election of 1820

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In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including the three electoral votes from Illinois) except one electoral vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  2. ^ a b c Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  3. ^ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  4. ^ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Illinois.

References

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  1. ^ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. ^ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. ^ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. ^ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. ^ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. ^ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. ^ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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