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Election 1884 Results

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1884 presidential election in Illinois

James G. Blaine (Republican) beat Grover Cleveland (Democrat) in Illinois in 1884, 50.2% to 46.4%, a margin of 3.7 points and 25,118 votes.

Illinois voted 4.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1880, when James A. Garfield won.

Republicans led in 51 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 50. The largest, Cook, cast 131,688 votes and went to the Republican by 6.5 points. The closest was Perry, where 2 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James G. Blaine won Republican 337,469 50.2%
Grover Cleveland Democratic 312,351 46.4%
All other candidates 22,850 3.4%
Total672,670

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 60,629 46.0% 69,251 52.6% 1,808 131,688 R+6.5
La Salle 7,125 48.2% 6,900 46.7% 763 14,788 D+1.5
McLean 5,569 41.2% 7,437 55.0% 507 13,513 R+13.8
Peoria 6,737 50.6% 6,032 45.3% 535 13,304 D+5.3
Sangamon 6,840 52.2% 6,007 45.8% 267 13,114 D+6.4
St. Clair 6,919 55.7% 5,327 42.9% 175 12,421 D+12.8
Adams 6,700 55.4% 4,988 41.3% 400 12,088 D+14.2
Kane 3,558 32.3% 7,143 64.8% 330 11,031 R+32.5
Will 4,722 42.9% 5,792 52.6% 499 11,013 R+9.7
Madison 5,321 50.2% 5,069 47.9% 200 10,590 D+2.4
Vermilion 4,111 40.6% 5,650 55.8% 360 10,121 R+15.2
Fulton 4,899 50.2% 4,508 46.2% 359 9,766 D+4.0
Champaign 3,800 42.0% 4,854 53.6% 398 9,052 R+11.6
Macoupin 4,574 52.0% 3,962 45.1% 257 8,793 D+7.0
Knox 2,489 30.9% 5,049 62.6% 522 8,060 R+31.8
Macon 3,540 45.1% 3,851 49.0% 465 7,856 R+4.0
Livingston 3,469 45.3% 3,850 50.2% 345 7,664 R+5.0
Rock Island 2,785 36.5% 3,824 50.1% 1,020 7,629 R+13.6
Hancock 3,875 52.4% 3,272 44.3% 241 7,388 D+8.2
Winnebago 1,791 24.3% 4,944 66.9% 650 7,385 R+42.7
Pike 3,874 53.7% 2,904 40.3% 432 7,210 D+13.5
Iroquois 3,077 42.9% 3,823 53.3% 276 7,176 R+10.4
Morgan 3,657 51.1% 3,226 45.0% 280 7,163 D+6.0
Stephenson 3,227 47.1% 3,425 49.9% 206 6,858 R+2.9
Bureau 2,754 40.2% 3,702 54.1% 387 6,843 R+13.9
Henry 2,070 30.6% 4,111 60.8% 578 6,759 R+30.2
Coles 3,234 49.3% 3,193 48.7% 132 6,559 D+0.6
Shelby 3,672 56.1% 2,160 33.0% 712 6,544 D+23.1
Ogle 2,285 35.4% 3,969 61.5% 199 6,453 R+26.1
McDonough 3,079 47.9% 3,079 47.9% 275 6,433 level
Whiteside 2,277 35.6% 3,737 58.5% 378 6,392 R+22.8
Montgomery 3,298 52.7% 2,720 43.5% 239 6,257 D+9.2
Edgar 3,195 51.2% 2,912 46.6% 139 6,246 D+4.5
Tazewell 3,383 54.6% 2,668 43.1% 141 6,192 D+11.5
Christian 3,193 52.1% 2,546 41.6% 388 6,127 D+10.6
De Kalb 1,749 29.2% 4,116 68.6% 133 5,998 R+39.5
McHenry 2,070 34.9% 3,697 62.3% 170 5,937 R+27.4
Lee 2,447 42.1% 3,263 56.2% 100 5,810 R+14.0
Logan 2,862 49.5% 2,606 45.1% 314 5,782 D+4.4
Jo Daviess 2,477 45.6% 2,765 50.9% 195 5,437 R+5.3
Marion 2,761 51.6% 2,253 42.1% 336 5,350 D+9.5
Greene 3,205 60.1% 2,010 37.7% 121 5,336 D+22.4
Randolph 2,674 50.9% 2,452 46.6% 131 5,257 D+4.2
Kankakee 1,947 37.5% 3,058 58.9% 189 5,194 R+21.4
Jackson 2,380 46.1% 2,582 50.0% 202 5,164 R+3.9
Warren 2,052 40.1% 2,749 53.8% 313 5,114 R+13.6
Fayette 2,708 53.6% 2,265 44.8% 81 5,054 D+8.8
Clark 2,505 51.5% 2,214 45.5% 142 4,861 D+6.0
Wayne 2,498 51.7% 2,280 47.2% 50 4,828 D+4.5
White 2,723 57.0% 1,918 40.2% 134 4,775 D+16.9
Lake 1,626 36.0% 2,765 61.3% 123 4,514 R+25.2
Jefferson 2,392 54.6% 1,850 42.3% 135 4,377 D+12.4
Woodford 2,409 55.5% 1,803 41.5% 129 4,341 D+14.0
Williamson 1,981 46.1% 2,253 52.4% 63 4,297 R+6.3
Mercer 1,634 38.7% 2,273 53.8% 317 4,224 R+15.1
Washington 1,884 44.7% 2,051 48.6% 284 4,219 R+4.0
De Witt 1,981 48.6% 1,987 48.7% 112 4,080 R+0.1
Effingham 2,633 64.8% 1,357 33.4% 72 4,062 D+31.4
Piatt 1,787 45.5% 2,046 52.1% 95 3,928 R+6.6
Du Page 1,560 39.9% 2,245 57.4% 107 3,912 R+17.5
Clinton 2,416 62.9% 1,352 35.2% 74 3,842 D+27.7
Douglas 1,704 45.6% 1,924 51.5% 109 3,737 R+5.9
Carroll 1,124 30.3% 2,469 66.6% 113 3,706 R+36.3
Grundy 1,213 33.1% 2,161 59.0% 287 3,661 R+25.9
Mason 2,016 55.9% 1,485 41.2% 106 3,607 D+14.7
Cass 2,056 57.4% 1,405 39.2% 124 3,585 D+18.2
Crawford 1,872 52.5% 1,608 45.1% 83 3,563 D+7.4
Schuyler 1,956 55.3% 1,533 43.3% 49 3,538 D+12.0
Union 2,243 63.6% 1,249 35.4% 35 3,527 D+28.2
Saline 1,670 47.6% 1,815 51.7% 26 3,511 R+4.1
Jasper 2,004 57.2% 1,430 40.8% 72 3,506 D+16.4
Perry 1,664 47.5% 1,666 47.5% 176 3,506 R+0.1
Marshall 1,680 48.4% 1,708 49.2% 85 3,473 R+0.8
Clay 1,690 48.8% 1,707 49.3% 68 3,465 R+0.5
Jersey 2,014 59.2% 1,307 38.4% 81 3,402 D+20.8
Hamilton 1,940 57.5% 1,316 39.0% 116 3,372 D+18.5
Richland 1,678 51.1% 1,525 46.5% 78 3,281 D+4.7
Franklin 1,720 52.7% 1,431 43.8% 113 3,264 D+8.9
Cumberland 1,756 54.0% 1,435 44.2% 59 3,250 D+9.9
Bond 1,390 43.5% 1,656 51.8% 151 3,197 R+8.3
Alexander 1,406 44.4% 1,753 55.3% 9 3,168 R+11.0
Ford 1,000 32.0% 1,943 62.1% 186 3,129 R+30.1
Moultrie 1,702 54.6% 1,287 41.3% 126 3,115 D+13.3
Lawrence 1,559 50.2% 1,502 48.4% 42 3,103 D+1.8
Monroe 1,834 61.9% 1,127 38.0% 3 2,964 D+23.9
Menard 1,579 53.3% 1,134 38.3% 248 2,961 D+15.0
Kendall 739 26.3% 1,905 67.8% 165 2,809 R+41.5
Gallatin 1,582 57.2% 1,165 42.1% 20 2,767 D+15.1
Brown 1,650 60.2% 963 35.2% 126 2,739 D+25.1
Johnson 832 31.3% 1,628 61.2% 200 2,660 R+29.9
Boone 443 17.2% 2,000 77.6% 133 2,576 R+60.4
Pope 903 35.3% 1,645 64.3% 10 2,558 R+29.0
Stark 784 31.9% 1,365 55.5% 311 2,460 R+23.6
Scott 1,331 54.6% 1,034 42.4% 72 2,437 D+12.2
Wabash 1,233 52.5% 1,076 45.8% 39 2,348 D+6.7
Massac 793 35.1% 1,430 63.2% 38 2,261 R+28.2
Henderson 912 41.1% 1,233 55.6% 73 2,218 R+14.5
Pulaski 744 34.0% 1,421 64.9% 25 2,190 R+30.9
Edwards 648 33.5% 1,256 64.8% 33 1,937 R+31.4
Calhoun 957 64.5% 524 35.3% 3 1,484 D+29.2
Hardin 716 56.3% 556 43.7% 1,272 D+12.6
Putnam 525 44.0% 597 50.0% 72 1,194 R+6.0

Counties as they stood in 1884; 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 in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+10.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+17.0
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+17.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+16.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.3
2000 Al Gore (D) D+12.0
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.9
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+42.3
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+9.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.2
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+8.4
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+3.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+3.7
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4