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Election 1924 Results

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1924 presidential election in Illinois

Calvin Coolidge (Republican) beat John W. Davis (Democrat) in Illinois in 1924, 58.8% to 23.4%, a margin of 35.5 points and 876,346 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1920, when Warren G. Harding won.

Republicans led in 89 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Cook, cast 1,113,652 votes and went to the Republican by 41.6 points. The closest was Hardin, where 20 votes separated the top two.

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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
Calvin Coolidge won Republican 1,453,321 58.8%
John W. Davis Democratic 576,975 23.4%
Robert M. La Follette Progressive 432,027 17.5%
All other candidates 7,744 0.3%
Total2,470,067

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 226,141 20.3% 688,973 61.9% 198,538 1,113,652 R+41.6
St. Clair 14,921 29.3% 23,380 45.8% 12,693 50,994 R+16.6
Sangamon 12,640 27.8% 23,443 51.6% 9,363 45,446 R+23.8
Peoria 6,343 14.7% 25,243 58.6% 11,526 43,112 R+43.8
Kane 3,517 8.2% 32,717 76.3% 6,624 42,858 R+68.1
Madison 12,863 30.7% 19,926 47.6% 9,062 41,851 R+16.9
Rock Island 3,631 10.2% 20,563 57.7% 11,453 35,647 R+47.5
Will 4,707 13.3% 22,780 64.2% 8,018 35,505 R+50.9
La Salle 6,216 17.6% 21,417 60.5% 7,784 35,417 R+42.9
Vermilion 6,424 19.7% 17,822 54.6% 8,369 32,615 R+34.9
Winnebago 2,228 7.2% 21,978 71.3% 6,608 30,814 R+64.1
McLean 6,826 23.1% 16,550 55.9% 6,206 29,582 R+32.9
Macon 6,670 24.4% 16,458 60.2% 4,203 27,331 R+35.8
Adams 8,628 35.4% 9,985 40.9% 5,791 24,404 R+5.6
Lake 2,008 8.3% 18,229 75.5% 3,913 24,150 R+67.2
Du Page 1,893 8.1% 16,917 72.8% 4,423 23,233 R+64.7
Champaign 5,221 23.0% 14,244 62.8% 3,212 22,677 R+39.8
Macoupin 6,134 28.1% 8,571 39.2% 7,136 21,841 R+11.2
Williamson 6,117 29.6% 9,366 45.3% 5,206 20,689 R+15.7
Knox 2,617 13.3% 12,968 65.9% 4,095 19,680 R+52.6
Kankakee 2,488 13.5% 12,462 67.5% 3,521 18,471 R+54.0
Henry 1,944 10.7% 13,159 72.4% 3,076 18,179 R+61.7
Fulton 5,011 28.0% 8,664 48.3% 4,246 17,921 R+20.4
Franklin 5,791 33.8% 6,779 39.6% 4,551 17,121 R+5.8
Montgomery 5,622 33.1% 8,022 47.3% 3,331 16,975 R+14.1
Stephenson 2,452 15.1% 8,638 53.3% 5,126 16,216 R+38.1
Christian 5,826 36.3% 7,398 46.1% 2,832 16,056 R+9.8
Bureau 1,995 12.7% 9,457 60.4% 4,211 15,663 R+47.6
Whiteside 1,957 12.6% 11,532 74.0% 2,087 15,576 R+61.5
Coles 5,544 36.5% 8,342 54.9% 1,308 15,194 R+18.4
Livingston 2,911 19.4% 9,695 64.5% 2,419 15,025 R+45.2
Morgan 5,721 38.5% 8,223 55.4% 900 14,844 R+16.9
Tazewell 3,375 23.5% 7,488 52.1% 3,507 14,370 R+28.6
De Kalb 1,540 11.2% 10,500 76.4% 1,704 13,744 R+65.2
Marion 4,768 35.6% 5,889 44.0% 2,724 13,381 R+8.4
Jackson 4,707 36.1% 6,424 49.3% 1,899 13,030 R+13.2
McHenry 1,372 10.5% 8,751 67.2% 2,892 13,015 R+56.7
Saline 4,037 31.2% 6,084 47.0% 2,816 12,937 R+15.8
Hancock 5,189 40.3% 6,678 51.8% 1,018 12,885 R+11.6
Logan 3,708 30.0% 7,063 57.2% 1,585 12,356 R+27.2
McDonough 4,016 32.6% 7,505 61.0% 785 12,306 R+28.4
Jefferson 6,258 51.6% 5,406 44.6% 466 12,130 D+7.0
Lee 2,367 19.6% 8,363 69.4% 1,327 12,057 R+49.7
Edgar 5,222 43.4% 6,297 52.3% 518 12,037 R+8.9
Ogle 1,591 13.5% 8,449 71.6% 1,759 11,799 R+58.1
Iroquois 2,303 19.7% 7,498 64.1% 1,901 11,702 R+44.4
Shelby 5,265 45.2% 5,605 48.1% 776 11,646 R+2.9
Pike 5,424 49.6% 4,989 45.6% 530 10,943 D+4.0
Randolph 3,734 34.3% 4,527 41.6% 2,619 10,880 R+7.3
Warren 2,440 23.0% 6,912 65.1% 1,271 10,623 R+42.1
Fayette 4,668 45.1% 5,010 48.4% 666 10,344 R+3.3
Jo Daviess 1,477 15.3% 4,864 50.4% 3,318 9,659 R+35.1
Crawford 4,223 44.8% 4,830 51.2% 372 9,425 R+6.4
Wayne 4,247 45.3% 4,937 52.7% 184 9,368 R+7.4
Perry 3,007 32.4% 3,693 39.8% 2,589 9,289 R+7.4
Clark 4,203 45.8% 4,731 51.5% 244 9,178 R+5.8
Lawrence 4,103 45.9% 4,607 51.5% 235 8,945 R+5.6
Greene 4,648 52.4% 3,527 39.7% 703 8,878 D+12.6
De Witt 2,752 31.3% 5,173 58.8% 877 8,802 R+27.5
White 4,377 51.8% 3,780 44.7% 297 8,454 D+7.1
Mercer 1,699 20.7% 5,618 68.3% 908 8,225 R+47.6
Effingham 3,814 47.3% 3,159 39.2% 1,090 8,063 D+8.1
Clinton 1,693 21.3% 2,358 29.7% 3,891 7,942 Others
Alexander 2,639 34.3% 4,465 58.1% 581 7,685 R+23.8
Cass 2,909 38.2% 3,139 41.2% 1,565 7,613 R+3.0
Carroll 603 8.1% 4,559 60.9% 2,320 7,482 R+52.9
Woodford 1,828 24.5% 4,290 57.5% 1,346 7,464 R+33.0
Douglas 2,315 31.8% 4,046 55.7% 909 7,270 R+23.8
Clay 2,987 43.2% 3,432 49.6% 500 6,919 R+6.4
Grundy 742 10.9% 4,337 64.0% 1,701 6,780 R+53.0
Mason 2,536 38.0% 3,522 52.7% 622 6,680 R+14.8
Ford 1,093 16.5% 4,672 70.5% 859 6,624 R+54.0
Union 3,783 57.4% 2,579 39.2% 224 6,586 D+18.3
Marshall 1,836 28.4% 3,776 58.4% 853 6,465 R+30.0
Boone 348 5.4% 4,872 75.4% 1,244 6,464 R+70.0
Bond 2,143 33.4% 3,644 56.9% 620 6,407 R+23.4
Jasper 3,144 49.1% 3,030 47.4% 223 6,397 D+1.8
Richland 2,749 44.7% 3,082 50.1% 324 6,155 R+5.4
Washington 1,717 28.1% 3,444 56.4% 942 6,103 R+28.3
Hamilton 3,168 52.4% 2,659 44.0% 214 6,041 D+8.4
Piatt 1,733 29.3% 3,799 64.3% 375 5,907 R+35.0
Schuyler 2,860 48.4% 2,729 46.2% 317 5,906 D+2.2
Moultrie 2,403 42.5% 3,001 53.1% 248 5,652 R+10.6
Wabash 2,442 43.4% 2,564 45.6% 615 5,621 R+2.2
Jersey 2,723 49.2% 2,460 44.4% 353 5,536 D+4.8
Pulaski 1,700 31.2% 3,355 61.6% 394 5,449 R+30.4
Cumberland 2,384 45.1% 2,698 51.1% 199 5,281 R+5.9
Menard 1,954 37.5% 2,931 56.2% 332 5,217 R+18.7
Monroe 1,369 27.7% 2,390 48.4% 1,184 4,943 R+20.7
Gallatin 2,385 52.1% 1,792 39.2% 399 4,576 D+13.0
Massac 920 20.4% 3,227 71.4% 370 4,517 R+51.1
Scott 1,994 45.2% 2,227 50.5% 190 4,411 R+5.3
Kendall 432 9.8% 3,513 79.7% 464 4,409 R+69.9
Johnson 1,408 34.6% 2,468 60.6% 197 4,073 R+26.0
Edwards 1,047 26.5% 2,750 69.6% 155 3,952 R+43.1
Henderson 803 20.3% 2,879 72.9% 269 3,951 R+52.5
Brown 2,149 54.5% 1,637 41.5% 160 3,946 D+13.0
Stark 784 20.7% 2,698 71.1% 314 3,796 R+50.4
Pope 978 30.1% 2,161 66.5% 110 3,249 R+36.4
Hardin 1,358 48.3% 1,378 49.1% 73 2,809 R+0.7
Calhoun 1,115 47.2% 1,136 48.1% 110 2,361 R+0.9
Putnam 260 11.7% 1,364 61.5% 594 2,218 R+49.8

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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