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Election 1888 Results

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1888 Illinois governor election

Joseph W. Fifer (Republican) beat John McAuley Palmer (Democrat) in Illinois in 1888, 49.1% to 47.5%, a margin of 1.7 points and 12,543 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1884, when Richard J. Oglesby won.

Democrats led in 52 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 50. The largest, Cook, cast 173,488 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.6 points. The closest was McDonough, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Joseph W. Fifer won Republican 367,856 49.1%
John McAuley Palmer Democratic 355,313 47.5%
All other candidates 25,305 3.4%
Total748,474

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 87,460 50.4% 82,963 47.8% 3,065 173,488 D+2.6
La Salle 8,349 49.1% 8,044 47.3% 603 16,996 D+1.8
Peoria 7,473 51.6% 6,691 46.2% 317 14,481 D+5.4
McLean 5,929 41.4% 7,805 54.4% 603 14,337 R+13.1
Sangamon 7,397 51.9% 6,288 44.1% 577 14,262 D+7.8
Adams 7,289 53.4% 6,049 44.3% 304 13,642 D+9.1
St. Clair 6,223 48.2% 5,855 45.3% 835 12,913 D+2.8
Kane 4,503 35.5% 7,532 59.3% 658 12,693 R+23.9
Will 5,339 44.7% 6,322 52.9% 292 11,953 R+8.2
Vermilion 4,697 41.6% 6,246 55.3% 354 11,297 R+13.7
Madison 5,262 48.1% 5,429 49.6% 257 10,948 R+1.5
Fulton 5,020 48.8% 4,945 48.0% 332 10,297 D+0.7
Champaign 4,162 43.2% 5,106 53.0% 359 9,627 R+9.8
Macoupin 4,787 52.0% 4,090 44.4% 335 9,212 D+7.6
Knox 2,983 33.7% 5,476 61.9% 387 8,846 R+28.2
Rock Island 3,771 44.0% 4,552 53.1% 252 8,575 R+9.1
Macon 3,893 45.6% 4,074 47.7% 573 8,540 R+2.1
Livingston 3,719 46.1% 3,947 49.0% 395 8,061 R+2.8
Bureau 3,575 44.8% 4,056 50.8% 353 7,984 R+6.0
Winnebago 2,322 29.1% 5,083 63.8% 563 7,968 R+34.7
Hancock 3,969 51.0% 3,569 45.8% 251 7,789 D+5.1
Iroquois 3,368 43.3% 4,125 53.0% 289 7,782 R+9.7
Morgan 3,719 50.5% 3,426 46.5% 225 7,370 D+4.0
Pike 3,694 50.8% 2,884 39.6% 696 7,274 D+11.1
Henry 2,411 33.3% 4,445 61.4% 380 7,236 R+28.1
Stephenson 3,450 47.7% 3,481 48.2% 297 7,228 R+0.4
Shelby 4,056 58.4% 2,539 36.5% 356 6,951 D+21.8
Coles 3,323 48.3% 3,415 49.7% 140 6,878 R+1.3
Montgomery 3,646 53.7% 2,875 42.3% 273 6,794 D+11.3
Whiteside 2,514 37.4% 3,836 57.1% 369 6,719 R+19.7
Ogle 2,290 34.2% 4,149 61.9% 264 6,703 R+27.7
Christian 3,387 50.6% 2,878 43.0% 434 6,699 D+7.6
McDonough 3,167 47.7% 3,180 47.9% 287 6,634 R+0.2
Tazewell 3,429 52.5% 2,928 44.9% 171 6,528 D+7.7
Edgar 3,188 49.4% 3,103 48.1% 161 6,452 D+1.3
De Kalb 1,819 29.5% 3,969 64.3% 381 6,169 R+34.9
Lee 2,525 41.8% 3,360 55.6% 161 6,046 R+13.8
McHenry 2,028 34.4% 3,562 60.5% 302 5,892 R+26.0
Jackson 2,874 49.6% 2,688 46.4% 229 5,791 D+3.2
Logan 2,916 50.4% 2,612 45.1% 262 5,790 D+5.3
Jo Daviess 2,763 48.5% 2,720 47.8% 213 5,696 D+0.8
Kankakee 2,140 38.2% 3,232 57.7% 225 5,597 R+19.5
Greene 3,290 59.5% 2,070 37.4% 169 5,529 D+22.1
Randolph 2,689 49.8% 2,471 45.8% 240 5,400 D+4.0
White 2,904 55.4% 2,236 42.6% 105 5,245 D+12.7
Clark 2,707 51.7% 2,418 46.2% 108 5,233 D+5.5
Marion 2,546 49.2% 2,185 42.3% 440 5,171 D+7.0
Fayette 2,782 54.1% 2,255 43.9% 101 5,138 D+10.3
Warren 2,058 40.8% 2,719 53.9% 271 5,048 R+13.1
Wayne 2,424 49.7% 2,325 47.6% 133 4,882 D+2.0
Lake 1,728 36.6% 2,787 59.1% 202 4,717 R+22.5
Jefferson 2,424 52.9% 1,973 43.1% 186 4,583 D+9.8
Williamson 2,058 45.7% 2,343 52.1% 100 4,501 R+6.3
Woodford 2,440 54.8% 1,824 41.0% 186 4,450 D+13.8
Mercer 1,854 42.7% 2,347 54.1% 138 4,339 R+11.4
Piatt 1,951 46.2% 2,173 51.4% 100 4,224 R+5.3
Douglas 1,896 45.1% 2,138 50.9% 170 4,204 R+5.8
De Witt 2,018 48.2% 2,032 48.5% 140 4,190 R+0.3
Du Page 1,621 38.8% 2,376 56.9% 182 4,179 R+18.1
Carroll 1,356 32.8% 2,633 63.7% 145 4,134 R+30.9
Effingham 2,549 61.9% 1,482 36.0% 87 4,118 D+25.9
Saline 1,877 46.2% 2,117 52.1% 69 4,063 R+5.9
Grundy 1,531 37.7% 2,157 53.2% 368 4,056 R+15.4
Washington 1,773 44.9% 1,976 50.1% 197 3,946 R+5.1
Crawford 2,010 52.4% 1,783 46.5% 44 3,837 D+5.9
Jasper 2,130 55.8% 1,540 40.4% 145 3,815 D+15.5
Union 2,434 64.0% 1,314 34.6% 54 3,802 D+29.5
Mason 2,125 55.9% 1,572 41.4% 103 3,800 D+14.6
Cass 2,096 56.2% 1,533 41.1% 100 3,729 D+15.1
Schuyler 2,018 54.3% 1,618 43.5% 80 3,716 D+10.8
Clinton 2,208 60.2% 1,409 38.4% 51 3,668 D+21.8
Alexander 1,599 43.9% 1,965 54.0% 77 3,641 R+10.1
Perry 1,700 47.2% 1,641 45.5% 263 3,604 D+1.6
Hamilton 2,025 57.0% 1,467 41.3% 61 3,553 D+15.7
Ford 1,239 35.1% 2,117 60.1% 169 3,525 R+24.9
Clay 1,684 48.1% 1,702 48.6% 116 3,502 R+0.5
Jersey 2,013 58.0% 1,384 39.9% 72 3,469 D+18.1
Cumberland 1,800 52.4% 1,542 44.9% 93 3,435 D+7.5
Marshall 1,714 50.2% 1,613 47.2% 88 3,415 D+3.0
Franklin 1,734 51.0% 1,616 47.5% 50 3,400 D+3.5
Lawrence 1,620 48.1% 1,635 48.5% 113 3,368 R+0.4
Moultrie 1,764 53.7% 1,454 44.3% 64 3,282 D+9.4
Gallatin 1,813 55.6% 1,374 42.1% 75 3,262 D+13.5
Richland 1,651 50.7% 1,532 47.0% 75 3,258 D+3.7
Bond 1,324 41.6% 1,657 52.1% 199 3,180 R+10.5
Menard 1,679 53.7% 1,308 41.8% 139 3,126 D+11.9
Monroe 1,738 59.1% 1,198 40.7% 7 2,943 D+18.3
Johnson 984 33.6% 1,758 60.0% 189 2,931 R+26.4
Brown 1,640 57.7% 952 33.5% 248 2,840 D+24.2
Kendall 761 27.0% 1,808 64.2% 246 2,815 R+37.2
Boone 516 18.5% 2,087 75.0% 181 2,784 R+56.4
Scott 1,435 55.2% 1,117 43.0% 48 2,600 D+12.2
Pope 915 35.2% 1,642 63.3% 39 2,596 R+28.0
Wabash 1,342 53.0% 1,093 43.2% 97 2,532 D+9.8
Pulaski 826 34.8% 1,506 63.5% 41 2,373 R+28.7
Massac 806 34.2% 1,531 65.0% 19 2,356 R+30.8
Stark 872 37.1% 1,369 58.3% 107 2,348 R+21.2
Henderson 905 39.0% 1,342 57.8% 75 2,322 R+18.8
Edwards 653 32.5% 1,311 65.3% 44 2,008 R+32.8
Calhoun 956 60.1% 582 36.6% 52 1,590 D+23.5
Hardin 766 54.6% 632 45.0% 6 1,404 D+9.5
Putnam 513 44.3% 586 50.6% 58 1,157 R+6.3

Counties as they stood in 1888; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Illinois governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 JB Pritzker (D) D+12.5
2018 JB Pritzker (D) D+15.7
2014 Bruce Rauner (R) R+3.9
2010 Pat Quinn (D) D+0.9
2006 Rod Blagojevich (D) D+10.5
2002 Rod R. Blagojevich (D) D+7.1
1998 George H. Ryan (R) R+3.6
1994 Jim Edgar (R) R+29.4
1990 Jim Edgar (R) R+2.6
1986 James R. Thompson (R) R+52.7
1982 James R. Thompson (R) R+0.1
1978 James R. Thompson (R) R+18.9
1976 James R. Thompson (R) R+30.1
1972 Daniel Walker (D) D+1.7
1968 Richard B. Ogilvie (R) R+2.8
1964 Otto Kerner (D) D+3.8
1960 Otto Kerner (D) D+11.2
1956 William G. Stratton (R) R+1.0
1952 William G. Stratton (R) R+5.2
1948 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) D+14.5
1944 Dwight H. Green (R) R+1.8
1940 Dwight H. Green (R) R+6.2
1936 Henry Horner (D) D+9.9
1932 Henry Horner (D) D+16.9
1928 Louis L. Emmerson (R) R+14.1
1924 Len Small (R) R+14.3
1920 Len Small (R) R+24.2
1916 Frank O. Lowden (R) R+10.6
1912 Edward F. Dunne (D) D+10.7
1908 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+2.0
1904 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+27.9
1900 Richard Yates (R) R+5.4
1896 John R. Tanner (R) R+10.4
1892 John P. Altgeld (D) D+2.6
1888 Joseph W. Fifer (R) R+1.7
1884 Richard J. Oglesby (R) R+2.2
1880 Shelby M. Cullom (R) R+5.9
1876 Shelby M. Cullom (R) R+1.2
1872 Richard J. Oglesby (R) R+54.4
1868 John McAuley Palmer (R) R+11.0