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Election 1892 Results

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1892 presidential election in Illinois

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Illinois in 1892, 48.8% to 45.7%, a margin of 3.1 points and 26,973 votes.

Illinois voted 0.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

Illinois changed party: in 1888 it went Republican, for Benjamin Harrison.

Democrats led in 54 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 48. The largest, Cook, cast 261,330 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.8 points. The closest was Livingston, where 20 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
Grover Cleveland won Democratic 426,281 48.8%
Benjamin Harrison Republican 399,308 45.7%
All other candidates 48,078 5.5%
Total873,667

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 144,604 55.3% 111,254 42.6% 5,472 261,330 D+12.8
La Salle 9,365 51.9% 7,957 44.1% 711 18,033 D+7.8
Peoria 8,053 50.6% 7,266 45.6% 605 15,924 D+4.9
Kane 5,778 39.0% 7,977 53.8% 1,072 14,827 R+14.8
McLean 6,487 43.9% 7,445 50.4% 832 14,764 R+6.5
Sangamon 7,665 52.4% 6,009 41.1% 960 14,634 D+11.3
Adams 7,746 53.5% 6,081 42.0% 657 14,484 D+11.5
St. Clair 7,207 51.4% 6,276 44.7% 551 14,034 D+6.6
Will 6,434 47.4% 6,720 49.5% 420 13,574 R+2.1
Vermilion 5,001 40.2% 6,892 55.4% 539 12,432 R+15.2
Madison 5,680 48.7% 5,355 45.9% 634 11,669 D+2.8
Fulton 5,253 48.3% 4,948 45.5% 671 10,872 D+2.8
Champaign 4,502 43.2% 5,290 50.8% 624 10,416 R+7.6
Rock Island 4,034 41.8% 5,052 52.4% 559 9,645 R+10.6
Knox 3,073 32.1% 5,800 60.5% 715 9,588 R+28.4
Macoupin 5,051 52.9% 3,868 40.5% 625 9,544 D+12.4
Macon 4,303 45.1% 4,575 48.0% 656 9,534 R+2.9
Winnebago 2,634 28.1% 5,854 62.5% 878 9,366 R+34.4
Livingston 3,960 46.3% 3,980 46.6% 605 8,545 R+0.2
Iroquois 3,848 46.9% 3,936 47.9% 425 8,209 R+1.1
Bureau 3,555 43.5% 3,924 48.0% 702 8,181 R+4.5
Hancock 4,132 50.9% 3,393 41.8% 595 8,120 D+9.1
Morgan 4,006 50.5% 3,471 43.7% 460 7,937 D+6.7
Stephenson 3,717 48.6% 3,574 46.8% 352 7,643 D+1.9
Henry 2,670 34.9% 4,265 55.8% 705 7,640 R+20.9
Coles 3,611 47.5% 3,693 48.6% 300 7,604 R+1.1
Pike 3,494 46.5% 2,751 36.6% 1,268 7,513 D+9.9
Christian 3,655 49.9% 2,941 40.1% 735 7,331 D+9.7
Montgomery 3,707 51.8% 2,935 41.0% 515 7,157 D+10.8
McDonough 3,237 45.6% 3,319 46.7% 547 7,103 R+1.2
Shelby 3,523 49.6% 2,304 32.5% 1,273 7,100 D+17.2
Whiteside 2,779 39.3% 3,819 54.0% 474 7,072 R+14.7
Tazewell 3,652 52.6% 3,030 43.6% 262 6,944 D+9.0
Edgar 3,164 47.1% 3,197 47.6% 350 6,711 R+0.5
Kankakee 2,763 42.0% 3,577 54.4% 233 6,573 R+12.4
Ogle 2,244 34.5% 3,939 60.6% 316 6,499 R+26.1
Lee 2,740 42.3% 3,513 54.2% 224 6,477 R+11.9
Jackson 2,858 44.2% 3,031 46.9% 571 6,460 R+2.7
De Kalb 1,927 30.9% 3,789 60.7% 525 6,241 R+29.8
Logan 3,150 51.2% 2,619 42.5% 387 6,156 D+8.6
Marion 2,709 46.5% 2,324 39.9% 794 5,827 D+6.6
McHenry 2,311 39.8% 3,205 55.2% 293 5,809 R+15.4
Jo Daviess 2,793 48.7% 2,680 46.7% 267 5,740 D+2.0
Greene 3,146 56.2% 1,967 35.2% 481 5,594 D+21.1
Randolph 2,702 48.9% 2,425 43.9% 401 5,528 D+5.0
White 2,954 53.9% 2,215 40.4% 314 5,483 D+13.5
Fayette 2,433 45.0% 1,980 36.6% 998 5,411 D+8.4
Warren 2,294 42.7% 2,725 50.7% 357 5,376 R+8.0
Wayne 2,372 44.2% 2,350 43.8% 649 5,371 D+0.4
Jefferson 2,332 44.6% 1,949 37.2% 953 5,234 D+7.3
Clark 2,244 43.1% 2,181 41.9% 783 5,208 D+1.2
Lake 1,964 38.3% 2,932 57.2% 233 5,129 R+18.9
Du Page 2,154 43.8% 2,478 50.3% 290 4,922 R+6.6
Williamson 2,118 43.4% 2,504 51.3% 256 4,878 R+7.9
Mercer 1,975 42.1% 2,470 52.7% 242 4,687 R+10.6
Woodford 2,601 56.2% 1,738 37.6% 289 4,628 D+18.6
Effingham 2,744 61.4% 1,472 32.9% 255 4,471 D+28.5
Douglas 1,999 44.9% 2,246 50.5% 204 4,449 R+5.6
Saline 1,828 42.0% 2,171 49.9% 352 4,351 R+7.9
De Witt 2,083 47.9% 2,059 47.4% 206 4,348 D+0.6
Grundy 1,892 44.0% 2,159 50.3% 245 4,296 R+6.2
Union 2,663 63.4% 1,427 34.0% 112 4,202 D+29.4
Piatt 1,896 45.3% 2,138 51.1% 152 4,186 R+5.8
Carroll 1,444 34.6% 2,456 58.8% 277 4,177 R+24.2
Perry 1,980 47.5% 1,840 44.1% 349 4,169 D+3.4
Jasper 2,217 53.6% 1,519 36.7% 399 4,135 D+16.9
Washington 1,868 45.2% 1,956 47.3% 307 4,131 R+2.1
Mason 2,211 54.8% 1,614 40.0% 209 4,034 D+14.8
Cass 2,203 55.7% 1,553 39.3% 200 3,956 D+16.4
Crawford 1,875 47.6% 1,790 45.4% 274 3,939 D+2.2
Clinton 2,393 61.0% 1,361 34.7% 171 3,925 D+26.3
Clay 1,604 41.3% 1,774 45.6% 509 3,887 R+4.4
Ford 1,359 35.6% 2,227 58.4% 227 3,813 R+22.8
Alexander 1,674 44.0% 2,053 53.9% 80 3,807 R+10.0
Schuyler 1,880 49.6% 1,563 41.2% 351 3,794 D+8.4
Hamilton 2,061 54.5% 1,505 39.8% 215 3,781 D+14.7
Franklin 1,782 48.3% 1,631 44.2% 273 3,686 D+4.1
Cumberland 1,785 50.0% 1,470 41.2% 315 3,570 D+8.8
Marshall 1,834 51.9% 1,590 45.0% 110 3,534 D+6.9
Jersey 2,011 57.2% 1,314 37.4% 191 3,516 D+19.8
Richland 1,542 44.6% 1,500 43.4% 418 3,460 D+1.2
Lawrence 1,572 46.8% 1,523 45.3% 267 3,362 D+1.5
Bond 1,328 40.2% 1,659 50.3% 314 3,301 R+10.0
Moultrie 1,670 50.8% 1,287 39.2% 329 3,286 D+11.7
Menard 1,748 53.4% 1,278 39.0% 248 3,274 D+14.4
Gallatin 1,675 53.0% 1,211 38.3% 272 3,158 D+14.7
Johnson 854 27.6% 1,716 55.4% 527 3,097 R+27.8
Monroe 1,611 56.0% 1,153 40.0% 115 2,879 D+15.9
Brown 1,567 55.1% 879 30.9% 400 2,846 D+24.2
Kendall 848 29.8% 1,691 59.5% 305 2,844 R+29.6
Pope 816 29.3% 1,629 58.5% 340 2,785 R+29.2
Wabash 1,428 52.3% 1,112 40.7% 193 2,733 D+11.6
Boone 518 19.2% 1,994 73.8% 189 2,701 R+54.6
Massac 799 30.2% 1,652 62.5% 191 2,642 R+32.3
Pulaski 897 34.1% 1,662 63.2% 70 2,629 R+29.1
Scott 1,282 50.6% 1,006 39.7% 244 2,532 D+10.9
Stark 824 33.7% 1,240 50.8% 379 2,443 R+17.0
Henderson 921 38.1% 1,352 55.9% 144 2,417 R+17.8
Edwards 677 31.4% 1,350 62.6% 130 2,157 R+31.2
Calhoun 840 53.2% 563 35.7% 175 1,578 D+17.6
Hardin 700 45.7% 660 43.1% 171 1,531 D+2.6
Putnam 514 44.9% 561 49.0% 69 1,144 R+4.1

Counties as they stood in 1892; 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