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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Illinois

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Illinois in 1972, 59.0% to 40.5%, a margin of 18.5 points and 874,707 votes.

Illinois voted 4.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Richard Nixon also won.

Republicans led in 101 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Cook, cast 2,311,037 votes and went to the Republican by 7.4 points. The closest was Gallatin, where 304 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
Richard Nixon won Republican 2,788,179 59.0%
George McGovern Democratic 1,913,472 40.5%
All other candidates 21,585 0.5%
Total4,723,236

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,063,268 46.0% 1,234,307 53.4% 13,462 2,311,037 R+7.4
Du Page 57,043 24.8% 172,341 75.0% 355 229,739 R+50.2
Lake 47,416 33.9% 92,052 65.8% 344 139,812 R+31.9
Will 33,633 33.9% 65,155 65.7% 430 99,218 R+31.8
Madison 43,289 43.7% 55,385 55.9% 442 99,116 R+12.2
St. Clair 46,636 47.5% 50,519 51.5% 942 98,097 R+4.0
Winnebago 35,937 38.3% 57,682 61.5% 231 93,850 R+23.2
Kane 27,525 29.8% 64,546 69.9% 306 92,377 R+40.1
Peoria 27,264 34.9% 50,324 64.5% 444 78,032 R+29.6
Sangamon 25,720 33.4% 50,458 65.5% 897 77,075 R+32.1
Rock Island 32,529 46.3% 37,548 53.4% 253 70,330 R+7.1
Champaign 24,743 42.2% 33,700 57.4% 236 58,679 R+15.3
La Salle 21,405 40.6% 31,190 59.2% 92 52,687 R+18.6
Macon 20,296 40.6% 29,596 59.2% 137 50,029 R+18.6
McHenry 12,090 25.0% 36,114 74.8% 108 48,312 R+49.7
Tazewell 15,576 32.7% 31,937 67.1% 100 47,613 R+34.4
McLean 14,824 32.3% 31,060 67.6% 71 45,955 R+35.3
Kankakee 13,434 33.3% 26,866 66.5% 73 40,373 R+33.3
Vermilion 14,413 36.6% 24,863 63.1% 149 39,425 R+26.5
De Kalb 12,375 39.4% 18,910 60.3% 99 31,384 R+20.8
Adams 9,055 30.3% 20,731 69.5% 60 29,846 R+39.1
Knox 9,333 34.9% 17,315 64.7% 118 26,766 R+29.8
Jackson 13,146 51.4% 12,393 48.4% 55 25,594 D+2.9
Whiteside 7,909 31.3% 17,305 68.4% 87 25,301 R+37.1
Williamson 9,202 39.2% 14,101 60.0% 189 23,492 R+20.9
Macoupin 9,662 41.3% 13,583 58.0% 162 23,407 R+16.8
Henry 8,368 36.1% 14,796 63.8% 21 23,185 R+27.7
Coles 7,988 36.7% 13,681 62.9% 82 21,751 R+26.2
Stephenson 6,404 32.0% 13,584 67.9% 31 20,019 R+35.9
Fulton 7,529 37.7% 12,328 61.8% 92 19,949 R+24.1
Bureau 6,133 32.4% 12,786 67.5% 33 18,952 R+35.1
Franklin 8,545 45.6% 10,121 54.0% 63 18,729 R+8.4
Livingston 5,110 27.9% 13,217 72.1% 12 18,339 R+44.2
Ogle 4,743 25.9% 13,512 73.9% 35 18,290 R+47.9
Marion 6,968 39.2% 10,755 60.6% 31 17,754 R+21.3
Christian 7,556 42.7% 10,072 57.0% 47 17,675 R+14.2
Morgan 5,674 33.8% 11,103 66.1% 12 16,789 R+32.3
Randolph 6,440 39.7% 9,761 60.2% 14 16,215 R+20.5
Montgomery 6,858 43.1% 9,025 56.7% 30 15,913 R+13.6
Jefferson 6,396 40.2% 9,448 59.4% 61 15,905 R+19.2
Iroquois 3,723 23.6% 11,995 76.0% 66 15,784 R+52.4
McDonough 5,143 32.7% 10,573 67.2% 22 15,738 R+34.5
Lee 4,788 30.9% 10,636 68.7% 65 15,489 R+37.8
Logan 4,395 29.9% 10,277 69.9% 20 14,692 R+40.0
Woodford 3,558 26.9% 9,622 72.9% 23 13,203 R+45.9
Effingham 4,431 33.6% 8,752 66.3% 10 13,193 R+32.8
Saline 5,226 40.5% 7,660 59.3% 32 12,918 R+18.8
Clinton 4,756 37.4% 7,931 62.4% 25 12,712 R+25.0
Grundy 3,584 29.0% 8,725 70.7% 32 12,341 R+41.7
Kendall 2,525 21.2% 9,373 78.7% 19 11,917 R+57.5
Shelby 4,389 37.8% 7,217 62.1% 20 11,626 R+24.3
Hancock 3,592 32.3% 7,519 67.6% 18 11,129 R+35.3
Edgar 3,889 35.0% 7,195 64.7% 32 11,116 R+29.7
Perry 4,084 36.9% 6,968 63.0% 12 11,064 R+26.1
Fayette 4,192 38.9% 6,574 61.1% 2 10,768 R+22.1
Boone 3,131 30.8% 7,003 68.9% 31 10,165 R+38.1
Crawford 3,477 34.6% 6,568 65.3% 10 10,055 R+30.7
Warren 2,969 29.7% 7,021 70.2% 18 10,008 R+40.5
Pike 3,883 39.4% 5,940 60.2% 40 9,863 R+20.9
White 3,678 37.7% 6,052 62.1% 16 9,746 R+24.4
Monroe 2,958 31.2% 6,479 68.4% 29 9,466 R+37.2
Wayne 2,763 30.1% 6,400 69.8% 12 9,175 R+39.6
Jo Daviess 3,318 36.5% 5,763 63.4% 16 9,097 R+26.9
Mercer 3,477 38.9% 5,452 61.0% 11 8,940 R+22.1
Clark 2,965 34.2% 5,706 65.7% 9 8,680 R+31.6
Carroll 2,571 29.8% 6,041 70.0% 19 8,631 R+40.2
Jersey 3,317 39.0% 5,164 60.7% 26 8,507 R+21.7
Douglas 2,656 31.2% 5,840 68.7% 10 8,506 R+37.4
Union 3,428 40.4% 5,034 59.4% 18 8,480 R+18.9
Lawrence 2,818 34.4% 5,347 65.4% 16 8,181 R+30.9
Clay 2,844 34.9% 5,283 64.9% 11 8,138 R+30.0
Richland 2,553 31.4% 5,558 68.4% 14 8,125 R+37.0
Mason 2,901 37.1% 4,897 62.7% 12 7,810 R+25.6
De Witt 2,672 34.7% 5,025 65.2% 8 7,705 R+30.5
Ford 1,934 25.5% 5,656 74.5% 1 7,591 R+49.0
Washington 2,327 30.9% 5,179 68.9% 16 7,522 R+37.9
Greene 2,824 37.5% 4,673 62.1% 24 7,521 R+24.6
Piatt 2,394 32.1% 5,057 67.7% 17 7,468 R+35.7
Cass 2,803 38.8% 4,414 61.1% 2 7,219 R+22.3
Bond 2,704 37.6% 4,475 62.3% 4 7,183 R+24.7
Marshall 2,141 32.4% 4,452 67.4% 9 6,602 R+35.0
Wabash 1,985 31.5% 4,310 68.3% 11 6,306 R+36.9
Alexander 2,482 40.0% 3,669 59.1% 58 6,209 R+19.1
Massac 1,831 29.7% 4,313 70.0% 18 6,162 R+40.3
Jasper 2,114 37.4% 3,461 61.2% 82 5,657 R+23.8
Moultrie 2,350 42.7% 3,143 57.1% 14 5,507 R+14.4
Cumberland 2,083 38.9% 3,257 60.8% 18 5,358 R+21.9
Hamilton 2,006 37.9% 3,282 61.9% 11 5,299 R+24.1
Menard 1,587 30.2% 3,657 69.5% 19 5,263 R+39.3
Schuyler 1,534 33.8% 2,994 66.0% 6 4,534 R+32.2
Henderson 1,744 39.3% 2,689 60.6% 3 4,436 R+21.3
Pulaski 1,683 40.1% 2,485 59.3% 25 4,193 R+19.1
Johnson 1,293 31.4% 2,826 68.5% 4 4,123 R+37.2
Edwards 1,055 25.9% 3,017 73.9% 9 4,081 R+48.1
Gallatin 1,844 46.1% 2,148 53.7% 9 4,001 R+7.6
Stark 993 28.1% 2,529 71.4% 18 3,540 R+43.4
Scott 1,145 33.9% 2,228 66.0% 3 3,376 R+32.1
Hardin 1,140 37.2% 1,915 62.5% 7 3,062 R+25.3
Brown 1,203 39.8% 1,780 58.9% 39 3,022 R+19.1
Calhoun 1,299 43.1% 1,705 56.5% 13 3,017 R+13.5
Putnam 1,112 39.9% 1,665 59.7% 10 2,787 R+19.8
Pope 773 34.9% 1,440 64.9% 5 2,218 R+30.1

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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