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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Illinois

Gerald Ford (Republican) beat Jimmy Carter (Democrat) in Illinois in 1976, 50.1% to 48.1%, a margin of 2.0 points and 92,974 votes.

Illinois voted 4.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1972, when Richard Nixon won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 35. The largest, Cook, cast 2,209,748 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.7 points. The closest was Brown, where 14 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
Gerald Ford won Republican 2,364,269 50.1%
Jimmy Carter Democratic 2,271,295 48.1%
All other candidates 85,718 1.8%
Total4,721,282

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,180,814 53.4% 987,498 44.7% 41,436 2,209,748 D+8.7
Du Page 72,137 28.3% 175,055 68.8% 7,355 254,547 R+40.4
Lake 57,741 37.8% 92,231 60.3% 2,922 152,894 R+22.6
Will 51,103 44.5% 61,784 53.9% 1,840 114,727 R+9.3
Madison 56,457 55.4% 44,183 43.3% 1,358 101,998 D+12.0
St. Clair 59,177 58.6% 40,333 39.9% 1,555 101,065 D+18.6
Winnebago 42,399 43.5% 52,736 54.2% 2,252 97,387 R+10.6
Kane 34,057 35.7% 59,275 62.2% 2,042 95,374 R+26.4
Sangamon 38,017 45.9% 43,309 52.2% 1,584 82,910 R+6.4
Peoria 34,606 42.1% 46,526 56.7% 991 82,123 R+14.5
Rock Island 35,994 50.5% 34,007 47.7% 1,260 71,261 D+2.8
Champaign 26,858 42.6% 34,546 54.7% 1,703 63,107 R+12.2
McHenry 16,799 30.5% 37,115 67.5% 1,075 54,989 R+36.9
Macon 28,243 52.7% 24,893 46.4% 463 53,599 D+6.3
Tazewell 22,821 43.5% 28,951 55.1% 731 52,503 R+11.7
La Salle 23,105 47.3% 25,114 51.4% 646 48,865 R+4.1
McLean 16,601 36.2% 28,493 62.1% 785 45,879 R+25.9
Kankakee 18,394 43.7% 23,003 54.6% 711 42,108 R+10.9
Vermilion 18,438 47.8% 19,751 51.2% 357 38,546 R+3.4
De Kalb 11,535 37.5% 18,193 59.2% 1,000 30,728 R+21.7
Adams 11,926 39.1% 18,189 59.7% 370 30,485 R+20.5
Knox 11,525 44.4% 14,123 54.4% 319 25,967 R+10.0
Whiteside 11,255 43.5% 14,308 55.3% 291 25,854 R+11.8
Williamson 13,600 55.4% 10,703 43.6% 250 24,553 D+11.8
Jackson 12,940 53.6% 10,152 42.1% 1,030 24,122 D+11.6
Henry 9,822 42.8% 12,849 56.0% 263 22,934 R+13.2
Macoupin 11,910 53.0% 10,242 45.5% 334 22,486 D+7.4
Franklin 12,818 63.1% 7,420 36.5% 86 20,324 D+26.6
Coles 8,639 42.8% 11,021 54.7% 502 20,162 R+11.8
Stephenson 7,192 37.6% 11,678 61.0% 267 19,137 R+23.4
Fulton 9,314 48.8% 9,588 50.2% 188 19,090 R+1.4
Marion 9,834 52.5% 8,729 46.6% 157 18,720 D+5.9
Bureau 7,566 40.6% 10,854 58.2% 228 18,648 R+17.6
Ogle 6,463 36.3% 11,073 62.2% 261 17,797 R+25.9
Randolph 8,693 51.0% 8,190 48.1% 155 17,038 D+3.0
Christian 9,306 54.9% 7,445 43.9% 209 16,960 D+11.0
Jefferson 8,989 54.4% 7,422 44.9% 109 16,520 D+9.5
Morgan 7,403 44.9% 8,885 53.9% 201 16,489 R+9.0
Montgomery 8,322 52.5% 7,379 46.6% 147 15,848 D+6.0
Livingston 5,174 33.1% 10,097 64.6% 369 15,640 R+31.5
McDonough 5,464 35.2% 9,683 62.3% 387 15,534 R+27.2
Iroquois 5,167 33.4% 10,129 65.4% 185 15,481 R+32.1
Lee 6,076 40.3% 8,674 57.5% 326 15,076 R+17.2
Logan 5,686 39.5% 8,623 59.9% 77 14,386 R+20.4
Woodford 4,819 34.7% 8,899 64.0% 186 13,904 R+29.3
Clinton 6,275 45.9% 7,245 53.0% 151 13,671 R+7.1
Saline 7,472 55.4% 5,970 44.2% 51 13,493 D+11.1
Effingham 5,952 44.4% 7,194 53.7% 245 13,391 R+9.3
Kendall 4,202 31.5% 9,011 67.5% 136 13,349 R+36.0
Grundy 5,534 41.9% 7,581 57.4% 86 13,201 R+15.5
Shelby 6,172 53.7% 5,234 45.5% 87 11,493 D+8.2
Perry 5,976 52.4% 5,286 46.4% 133 11,395 D+6.1
Boone 4,458 40.2% 6,470 58.4% 154 11,082 R+18.2
Edgar 5,058 45.9% 5,842 53.0% 121 11,021 R+7.1
Hancock 4,730 43.5% 6,043 55.5% 108 10,881 R+12.1
Crawford 5,007 47.1% 5,522 52.0% 93 10,622 R+4.8
Fayette 5,128 50.0% 5,059 49.3% 68 10,255 D+0.7
Pike 5,006 49.5% 4,975 49.2% 129 10,110 D+0.3
White 5,306 53.4% 4,600 46.3% 27 9,933 D+7.1
Warren 3,808 38.8% 5,822 59.3% 196 9,826 R+20.5
Monroe 3,984 41.0% 5,602 57.7% 130 9,716 R+16.7
Jo Daviess 3,979 41.3% 5,478 56.9% 171 9,628 R+15.6
Wayne 4,303 44.9% 5,211 54.4% 67 9,581 R+9.5
Jersey 4,625 51.5% 4,273 47.6% 85 8,983 D+3.9
Mercer 4,090 45.5% 4,816 53.6% 76 8,982 R+8.1
Clark 4,071 47.2% 4,506 52.3% 45 8,622 R+5.0
Union 5,003 58.3% 3,531 41.2% 44 8,578 D+17.2
Carroll 3,372 39.5% 5,059 59.3% 95 8,526 R+19.8
Douglas 3,826 44.9% 4,635 54.4% 61 8,522 R+9.5
Lawrence 4,044 47.9% 4,345 51.5% 53 8,442 R+3.6
Richland 3,485 43.3% 4,434 55.0% 138 8,057 R+11.8
Piatt 3,509 43.8% 4,442 55.4% 69 8,020 R+11.6
Mason 3,947 50.3% 3,847 49.0% 55 7,849 D+1.3
Washington 3,222 41.1% 4,485 57.2% 137 7,844 R+16.1
Greene 4,057 51.8% 3,706 47.3% 64 7,827 D+4.5
Clay 3,837 49.6% 3,860 49.9% 32 7,729 R+0.3
De Witt 3,477 45.4% 4,137 54.0% 52 7,666 R+8.6
Ford 2,690 35.6% 4,801 63.6% 62 7,553 R+27.9
Bond 3,682 49.2% 3,716 49.7% 80 7,478 R+0.5
Cass 3,589 50.2% 3,524 49.3% 31 7,144 D+0.9
Massac 3,666 52.8% 3,226 46.5% 45 6,937 D+6.3
Marshall 2,570 38.6% 4,017 60.3% 75 6,662 R+21.7
Wabash 2,781 44.7% 3,388 54.4% 58 6,227 R+9.7
Moultrie 3,332 54.0% 2,803 45.4% 34 6,169 D+8.6
Alexander 3,246 57.4% 2,349 41.5% 63 5,658 D+15.9
Jasper 2,772 49.1% 2,794 49.5% 84 5,650 R+0.4
Hamilton 3,036 55.2% 2,433 44.3% 29 5,498 D+11.0
Menard 2,301 42.0% 3,137 57.3% 41 5,479 R+15.3
Cumberland 2,752 51.5% 2,518 47.1% 74 5,344 D+4.4
Schuyler 2,014 43.1% 2,635 56.4% 20 4,669 R+13.3
Johnson 2,182 47.1% 2,417 52.2% 29 4,628 R+5.1
Henderson 2,152 48.8% 2,210 50.1% 45 4,407 R+1.3
Pulaski 2,489 57.3% 1,836 42.3% 20 4,345 D+15.0
Gallatin 2,611 63.3% 1,499 36.4% 13 4,123 D+27.0
Edwards 1,648 40.5% 2,379 58.5% 39 4,066 R+18.0
Stark 1,146 33.1% 2,191 63.3% 122 3,459 R+30.2
Scott 1,424 44.1% 1,789 55.4% 19 3,232 R+11.3
Brown 1,533 49.4% 1,519 49.0% 51 3,103 D+0.5
Hardin 1,602 53.1% 1,393 46.2% 22 3,017 D+6.9
Putnam 1,344 45.4% 1,572 53.1% 43 2,959 R+7.7
Calhoun 1,549 52.6% 1,364 46.3% 30 2,943 D+6.3
Pope 1,070 47.0% 1,187 52.2% 18 2,275 R+5.1

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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