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1952 presidential election in Illinois

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Illinois in 1952, 54.8% to 44.9%, a margin of 9.9 points and 443,407 votes.

Illinois voted 1.0 point more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

Illinois changed party: in 1948 it went Democratic, for Harry S. Truman.

Republicans led in 98 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Cook, cast 2,367,939 votes and went to the Republican by 0.7 points. The closest was Christian, where 62 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
Dwight D. Eisenhower won Republican 2,457,327 54.8%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 2,013,920 44.9%
All other candidates 9,811 0.2%
Total4,481,058

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,172,454 49.5% 1,188,973 50.2% 6,512 2,367,939 R+0.7
St. Clair 60,311 60.0% 39,713 39.5% 479 100,503 D+20.5
Du Page 22,489 24.0% 71,134 75.8% 217 93,840 R+51.8
Lake 32,353 37.0% 54,929 62.8% 145 87,427 R+25.8
Madison 50,734 58.3% 36,206 41.6% 99 87,039 D+16.7
Peoria 33,955 40.7% 49,245 59.1% 139 83,339 R+18.3
Winnebago 31,409 41.9% 43,468 58.0% 127 75,004 R+16.1
Kane 24,058 32.1% 50,801 67.8% 96 74,955 R+35.7
Sangamon 33,526 45.9% 39,392 54.0% 50 72,968 R+8.0
Will 29,749 43.5% 38,533 56.3% 110 68,392 R+12.8
Rock Island 27,879 45.8% 32,933 54.1% 100 60,912 R+8.3
La Salle 21,321 39.3% 32,857 60.5% 99 54,277 R+21.3
Macon 22,277 46.3% 25,744 53.6% 45 48,066 R+7.2
Vermilion 18,771 42.4% 25,367 57.4% 88 44,226 R+14.9
Champaign 13,951 33.8% 27,188 65.9% 112 41,251 R+32.1
McLean 13,296 35.2% 24,494 64.8% 36 37,826 R+29.6
Tazewell 16,862 44.8% 20,763 55.1% 28 37,653 R+10.4
Kankakee 12,636 38.3% 20,279 61.4% 90 33,005 R+23.2
Adams 13,301 40.3% 19,652 59.6% 21 32,974 R+19.3
Knox 10,354 35.8% 18,569 64.2% 17 28,940 R+28.4
McHenry 7,218 25.5% 20,975 74.2% 64 28,257 R+48.7
Macoupin 12,944 51.1% 12,336 48.7% 68 25,348 D+2.4
Henry 8,558 34.4% 16,301 65.5% 33 24,892 R+31.1
Williamson 10,838 44.7% 13,348 55.1% 37 24,223 R+10.4
Franklin 11,981 50.4% 11,723 49.3% 62 23,766 D+1.1
Whiteside 6,238 26.4% 17,294 73.3% 67 23,599 R+46.8
Fulton 8,414 38.7% 13,302 61.1% 44 21,760 R+22.5
Stephenson 6,605 31.3% 14,446 68.5% 35 21,086 R+37.2
Coles 7,876 38.3% 12,660 61.6% 20 20,556 R+23.3
Bureau 6,173 30.1% 14,300 69.8% 25 20,498 R+39.6
Marion 9,317 46.3% 10,804 53.6% 19 20,140 R+7.4
De Kalb 5,110 25.6% 14,807 74.2% 30 19,947 R+48.6
Christian 9,844 49.8% 9,906 50.1% 17 19,767 R+0.3
Livingston 5,612 28.4% 14,095 71.5% 20 19,727 R+43.0
Jefferson 8,698 46.9% 9,841 53.0% 19 18,558 R+6.2
Montgomery 8,195 45.0% 10,014 54.9% 16 18,225 R+10.0
Jackson 7,457 42.2% 10,193 57.7% 24 17,674 R+15.5
Ogle 3,796 22.1% 13,351 77.8% 16 17,163 R+55.7
Iroquois 4,634 27.1% 12,456 72.8% 17 17,107 R+45.7
Morgan 6,637 38.9% 10,405 61.0% 4 17,046 R+22.1
Saline 7,771 45.7% 9,206 54.1% 29 17,006 R+8.4
Lee 4,700 28.2% 11,941 71.7% 10 16,651 R+43.5
Randolph 6,998 45.3% 8,427 54.6% 13 15,438 R+9.3
Logan 5,048 35.5% 9,162 64.4% 19 14,229 R+28.9
McDonough 3,922 27.9% 10,126 72.1% 5 14,053 R+44.1
Hancock 4,681 33.7% 9,181 66.1% 19 13,881 R+32.4
Edgar 4,558 35.4% 8,323 64.6% 10 12,891 R+29.2
Shelby 5,268 42.2% 7,189 57.7% 12 12,469 R+15.4
Fayette 5,299 42.9% 7,028 57.0% 12 12,339 R+14.0
Perry 5,340 44.8% 6,580 55.2% 3 11,923 R+10.4
Clinton 4,853 41.8% 6,760 58.2% 7 11,620 R+16.4
Pike 5,219 44.9% 6,382 55.0% 10 11,611 R+10.0
Woodford 3,273 28.9% 8,022 70.9% 13 11,308 R+42.0
Effingham 4,745 42.0% 6,530 57.8% 25 11,300 R+15.8
Warren 2,973 27.0% 8,020 72.9% 11 11,004 R+45.9
Crawford 3,947 36.8% 6,768 63.1% 9 10,724 R+26.3
Grundy 3,118 29.8% 7,347 70.1% 13 10,478 R+40.4
White 4,284 41.1% 6,141 58.9% 6 10,431 R+17.8
Wayne 3,911 37.5% 6,495 62.3% 12 10,418 R+24.8
Lawrence 3,875 38.4% 6,207 61.5% 4 10,086 R+23.1
Jo Daviess 2,858 28.6% 7,132 71.3% 13 10,003 R+42.7
Carroll 2,584 27.0% 6,978 72.9% 14 9,576 R+45.9
Alexander 4,305 45.1% 5,219 54.6% 29 9,553 R+9.6
Clark 3,621 38.8% 5,700 61.1% 5 9,326 R+22.3
Greene 4,106 45.0% 5,019 55.0% 7 9,132 R+10.0
Mercer 2,679 29.4% 6,416 70.5% 2 9,097 R+41.1
Union 4,296 47.9% 4,658 52.0% 9 8,963 R+4.0
Boone 2,287 25.6% 6,628 74.2% 17 8,932 R+48.6
Clay 3,432 39.4% 5,254 60.4% 15 8,701 R+20.9
De Witt 3,221 38.2% 5,212 61.8% 3 8,436 R+23.6
Washington 2,824 33.7% 5,546 66.2% 11 8,381 R+32.5
Ford 2,121 25.4% 6,216 74.5% 8 8,345 R+49.1
Douglas 2,706 32.8% 5,530 67.1% 5 8,241 R+34.3
Richland 2,565 31.5% 5,569 68.4% 5 8,139 R+36.9
Mason 3,061 38.0% 4,982 61.9% 4 8,047 R+23.9
Cass 3,405 45.0% 4,152 54.9% 8 7,565 R+9.9
Jersey 3,424 45.9% 4,031 54.0% 6 7,461 R+8.1
Bond 2,776 37.7% 4,565 62.0% 18 7,359 R+24.3
Marshall 2,343 32.5% 4,850 67.4% 8 7,201 R+34.8
Monroe 2,430 34.9% 4,528 65.1% 1 6,959 R+30.1
Piatt 2,220 32.0% 4,701 67.8% 11 6,932 R+35.8
Massac 2,711 39.1% 4,212 60.8% 7 6,930 R+21.7
Wabash 2,661 38.5% 4,246 61.4% 10 6,917 R+22.9
Hamilton 2,662 39.6% 4,047 60.3% 8 6,717 R+20.6
Moultrie 2,675 40.8% 3,880 59.1% 8 6,563 R+18.4
Jasper 2,728 42.0% 3,753 57.8% 10 6,491 R+15.8
Kendall 1,476 22.8% 4,982 77.1% 3 6,461 R+54.3
Pulaski 2,397 40.9% 3,447 58.9% 10 5,854 R+17.9
Cumberland 2,200 39.9% 3,302 59.9% 12 5,514 R+20.0
Schuyler 2,076 38.6% 3,295 61.3% 4 5,375 R+22.7
Menard 1,946 37.0% 3,307 62.9% 3 5,256 R+25.9
Johnson 1,614 32.6% 3,327 67.3% 6 4,947 R+34.6
Edwards 1,162 24.9% 3,502 75.0% 5 4,669 R+50.1
Stark 1,100 24.4% 3,398 75.5% 2 4,500 R+51.1
Gallatin 2,153 48.3% 2,300 51.6% 8 4,461 R+3.3
Henderson 1,458 33.9% 2,839 66.0% 6 4,303 R+32.1
Scott 1,506 39.6% 2,298 60.4% 3 3,807 R+20.8
Brown 1,557 42.1% 2,137 57.8% 5 3,699 R+15.7
Hardin 1,563 44.0% 1,984 55.8% 6 3,553 R+11.8
Calhoun 1,454 43.1% 1,915 56.8% 2 3,371 R+13.7
Pope 933 32.4% 1,947 67.5% 3 2,883 R+35.2
Putnam 1,010 37.4% 1,691 62.6% 2 2,703 R+25.2

Counties as they stood in 1952; 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