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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Illinois

Warren G. Harding (Republican) beat James M. Cox (Democrat) in Illinois in 1920, 67.8% to 25.5%, a margin of 42.3 points and 886,085 votes.

Illinois voted 16.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+26.2.

The Republican hold continued from 1916, when Charles Evans Hughes won.

Republicans led in 99 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Cook, cast 893,137 votes and went to the Republican by 49.0 points. The closest was Greene, where 91 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
Warren G. Harding won Republican 1,420,480 67.8%
James M. Cox Democratic 534,395 25.5%
All other candidates 139,840 6.7%
Total2,094,715

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 197,499 22.1% 635,197 71.1% 60,441 893,137 R+49.0
St. Clair 14,032 33.2% 21,681 51.3% 6,518 42,231 R+18.1
Peoria 9,453 25.4% 24,541 66.0% 3,188 37,182 R+40.6
Sangamon 11,000 30.0% 21,820 59.4% 3,903 36,723 R+29.5
Madison 10,149 30.5% 19,249 57.8% 3,894 33,292 R+27.3
La Salle 6,626 20.4% 23,751 73.2% 2,057 32,434 R+52.8
Kane 4,323 13.3% 26,832 82.8% 1,243 32,398 R+69.5
Rock Island 5,208 17.0% 21,908 71.3% 3,603 30,719 R+54.4
Vermilion 8,634 29.3% 18,175 61.7% 2,630 29,439 R+32.4
Will 5,410 19.0% 21,746 76.4% 1,318 28,474 R+57.4
McLean 6,411 25.1% 16,680 65.3% 2,464 25,555 R+40.2
Macon 7,917 31.3% 16,486 65.3% 854 25,257 R+33.9
Winnebago 3,355 13.3% 19,913 79.2% 1,868 25,136 R+65.9
Adams 7,222 32.1% 12,852 57.1% 2,447 22,521 R+25.0
Champaign 5,247 24.2% 15,573 71.8% 861 21,681 R+47.6
Macoupin 5,936 30.5% 8,700 44.7% 4,834 19,470 R+14.2
Lake 2,321 12.2% 15,712 82.3% 1,063 19,096 R+70.1
Williamson 4,728 26.5% 10,118 56.7% 2,988 17,834 R+30.2
Knox 2,852 16.8% 12,559 73.9% 1,594 17,005 R+57.1
Kankakee 2,828 17.5% 12,853 79.3% 520 16,201 R+61.9
Fulton 5,293 32.9% 9,523 59.3% 1,256 16,072 R+26.3
Henry 2,530 16.1% 12,379 79.0% 768 15,677 R+62.8
Du Page 2,084 13.9% 12,280 82.0% 612 14,976 R+68.1
Franklin 4,894 32.9% 7,608 51.1% 2,384 14,886 R+18.2
Coles 5,811 39.9% 8,563 58.8% 200 14,574 R+18.9
Christian 5,398 37.8% 7,535 52.7% 1,352 14,285 R+15.0
Montgomery 4,756 33.9% 7,429 52.9% 1,854 14,039 R+19.0
Livingston 3,101 22.4% 10,382 74.8% 391 13,874 R+52.5
Whiteside 1,927 14.4% 10,923 81.7% 513 13,363 R+67.3
Jackson 4,575 34.3% 8,003 60.0% 769 13,347 R+25.7
Bureau 2,354 17.7% 9,968 74.9% 980 13,302 R+57.2
Morgan 4,447 34.2% 8,169 62.9% 377 12,993 R+28.6
Stephenson 2,772 21.6% 9,570 74.6% 479 12,821 R+53.0
Hancock 5,125 40.1% 7,379 57.7% 274 12,778 R+17.6
Marion 4,351 34.2% 6,620 52.1% 1,744 12,715 R+17.8
Saline 3,500 27.6% 6,722 53.0% 2,470 12,692 R+25.4
Edgar 5,694 45.0% 6,750 53.3% 223 12,667 R+8.3
De Kalb 1,700 13.8% 10,374 83.9% 287 12,361 R+70.2
Tazewell 3,640 29.7% 7,679 62.7% 931 12,250 R+33.0
Iroquois 2,429 20.6% 9,186 77.8% 194 11,809 R+57.2
Shelby 5,113 43.4% 6,351 53.9% 312 11,776 R+10.5
McHenry 1,536 13.2% 9,885 85.1% 195 11,616 R+71.9
McDonough 3,930 34.4% 7,221 63.2% 279 11,430 R+28.8
Ogle 1,720 15.3% 9,322 83.0% 191 11,233 R+67.7
Logan 3,232 30.1% 6,957 64.8% 549 10,738 R+34.7
Jefferson 4,772 44.8% 5,711 53.6% 176 10,659 R+8.8
Pike 4,279 41.6% 5,564 54.1% 437 10,280 R+12.5
Randolph 3,181 32.2% 6,180 62.5% 521 9,882 R+30.3
Fayette 3,824 38.8% 5,758 58.5% 264 9,846 R+19.6
Lee 1,715 17.8% 7,615 78.9% 316 9,646 R+61.2
Clark 4,181 43.6% 5,312 55.4% 104 9,597 R+11.8
Crawford 4,092 43.4% 5,188 55.0% 150 9,430 R+11.6
Warren 2,236 24.6% 6,309 69.4% 545 9,090 R+44.8
White 4,148 47.3% 4,494 51.2% 130 8,772 R+3.9
Lawrence 3,707 42.5% 4,720 54.2% 287 8,714 R+11.6
Alexander 3,167 37.1% 5,287 61.9% 85 8,539 R+24.8
De Witt 3,079 37.4% 5,001 60.7% 162 8,242 R+23.3
Wayne 3,137 38.7% 4,908 60.5% 68 8,113 R+21.8
Jo Daviess 1,604 20.1% 6,098 76.3% 295 7,997 R+56.2
Perry 2,478 31.5% 4,598 58.5% 788 7,864 R+27.0
Greene 3,776 49.1% 3,685 48.0% 222 7,683 D+1.2
Douglas 2,308 30.8% 4,885 65.2% 298 7,491 R+34.4
Mercer 1,574 21.2% 5,531 74.6% 311 7,416 R+53.4
Cass 2,861 39.1% 3,956 54.1% 501 7,318 R+15.0
Effingham 2,985 41.1% 4,176 57.5% 106 7,267 R+16.4
Clinton 1,661 23.2% 4,564 63.7% 939 7,164 R+40.5
Woodford 1,977 27.7% 4,929 69.1% 231 7,137 R+41.4
Union 3,660 53.5% 3,119 45.6% 68 6,847 D+7.9
Mason 2,595 39.4% 3,842 58.4% 142 6,579 R+19.0
Washington 1,102 17.3% 4,519 70.8% 765 6,386 R+53.5
Pulaski 2,276 35.7% 4,002 62.8% 90 6,368 R+27.1
Jasper 2,971 46.8% 3,279 51.6% 101 6,351 R+4.8
Piatt 1,903 30.3% 4,283 68.2% 98 6,284 R+37.9
Clay 2,358 38.3% 3,683 59.9% 108 6,149 R+21.5
Ford 958 15.8% 4,995 82.4% 109 6,062 R+66.6
Boone 496 8.2% 5,386 89.4% 143 6,025 R+81.2
Carroll 606 10.1% 5,194 86.7% 194 5,994 R+76.5
Hamilton 2,591 44.0% 3,220 54.7% 75 5,886 R+10.7
Moultrie 2,513 42.7% 3,279 55.8% 89 5,881 R+13.0
Grundy 803 13.8% 4,647 80.1% 355 5,805 R+66.2
Bond 1,533 27.1% 3,662 64.7% 468 5,663 R+37.6
Marshall 1,568 28.4% 3,734 67.6% 221 5,523 R+39.2
Wabash 2,514 45.9% 2,871 52.4% 94 5,479 R+6.5
Cumberland 2,162 40.6% 3,095 58.2% 63 5,320 R+17.5
Richland 2,174 41.0% 3,026 57.1% 104 5,304 R+16.1
Schuyler 2,258 43.4% 2,800 53.9% 141 5,199 R+10.4
Jersey 1,999 40.3% 2,873 57.9% 90 4,962 R+17.6
Menard 1,864 38.3% 2,882 59.2% 123 4,869 R+20.9
Massac 688 15.3% 3,731 83.0% 77 4,496 R+67.7
Gallatin 2,000 45.7% 2,184 49.9% 189 4,373 R+4.2
Monroe 932 22.1% 2,955 70.1% 328 4,215 R+48.0
Johnson 1,137 27.1% 2,972 70.9% 82 4,191 R+43.8
Scott 1,786 45.0% 2,075 52.3% 110 3,971 R+7.3
Kendall 439 11.2% 3,459 88.0% 33 3,931 R+76.8
Edwards 742 19.6% 3,002 79.2% 46 3,790 R+59.6
Henderson 740 20.6% 2,747 76.6% 97 3,584 R+56.0
Brown 1,866 52.9% 1,590 45.1% 71 3,527 D+7.8
Stark 661 19.1% 2,750 79.6% 45 3,456 R+60.4
Pope 687 21.4% 2,486 77.4% 38 3,211 R+56.0
Hardin 943 37.3% 1,555 61.5% 29 2,527 R+24.2
Putnam 362 16.5% 1,623 74.0% 207 2,192 R+57.5
Calhoun 703 33.3% 1,367 64.8% 39 2,109 R+31.5

Counties as they stood in 1920; 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