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Election 1988 Results

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1988 presidential election in Illinois

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Michael Dukakis (Democrat) in Illinois in 1988, 50.7% to 48.6%, a margin of 2.1 points and 94,999 votes.

Illinois voted 5.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+7.7.

The Republican hold continued from 1984, when Ronald Reagan won.

Republicans led in 71 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 31. The largest, Cook, cast 2,026,144 votes and went to the Democrat by 12.4 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 4 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
George H. W. Bush won Republican 2,310,939 50.7%
Michael Dukakis Democratic 2,215,940 48.6%
All other candidates 32,241 0.7%
Total4,559,120

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,129,973 55.8% 878,582 43.4% 17,589 2,026,144 D+12.4
Du Page 94,285 30.0% 217,907 69.4% 1,862 314,054 R+39.4
Lake 64,327 35.8% 114,115 63.5% 1,191 179,633 R+27.7
Will 49,816 40.3% 73,129 59.1% 786 123,731 R+18.8
Kane 36,366 35.2% 66,283 64.1% 763 103,412 R+28.9
Winnebago 45,280 44.6% 55,699 54.8% 571 101,550 R+10.3
Madison 54,175 54.3% 44,907 45.0% 613 99,695 D+9.3
St. Clair 55,465 57.0% 41,439 42.6% 409 97,313 D+14.4
Sangamon 37,729 42.7% 50,175 56.8% 499 88,403 R+14.1
Peoria 35,253 48.1% 37,605 51.4% 372 73,230 R+3.2
Rock Island 40,174 59.2% 27,412 40.4% 315 67,901 D+18.8
McHenry 18,919 28.9% 46,135 70.4% 445 65,499 R+41.6
Champaign 29,733 46.8% 33,247 52.4% 519 63,499 R+5.5
Tazewell 24,603 45.8% 28,861 53.7% 263 53,727 R+7.9
McLean 18,659 37.7% 30,572 61.7% 280 49,511 R+24.1
Macon 25,364 51.3% 23,862 48.2% 263 49,489 D+3.0
La Salle 22,271 49.9% 22,166 49.6% 213 44,650 D+0.2
Kankakee 15,147 42.4% 20,316 56.8% 292 35,755 R+14.5
Vermilion 17,918 51.1% 16,943 48.3% 206 35,067 D+2.8
Adams 13,768 46.3% 15,831 53.3% 111 29,710 R+6.9
De Kalb 11,811 40.5% 17,182 58.9% 197 29,190 R+18.4
Williamson 12,712 50.6% 12,274 48.8% 144 25,130 D+1.7
Whiteside 11,328 46.3% 12,978 53.1% 156 24,462 R+6.7
Knox 12,752 53.8% 10,842 45.7% 106 23,700 D+8.1
Henry 11,594 50.3% 11,358 49.3% 96 23,048 D+1.0
Macoupin 12,195 56.3% 9,362 43.2% 112 21,669 D+13.1
Jackson 11,334 53.5% 9,687 45.7% 164 21,185 D+7.8
Coles 8,327 42.7% 11,043 56.6% 134 19,504 R+13.9
Stephenson 7,460 39.4% 11,342 59.9% 143 18,945 R+20.5
Franklin 11,023 58.7% 7,677 40.9% 83 18,783 D+17.8
Ogle 5,641 32.4% 11,644 66.9% 109 17,394 R+34.5
Marion 8,592 49.5% 8,695 50.0% 86 17,373 R+0.6
Bureau 7,354 45.0% 8,896 54.4% 101 16,351 R+9.4
Fulton 9,046 56.2% 6,999 43.5% 63 16,108 D+12.7
Christian 8,295 53.7% 7,040 45.6% 101 15,436 D+8.1
Jefferson 7,729 50.1% 7,624 49.4% 73 15,426 D+0.7
Livingston 5,009 32.5% 10,324 67.0% 72 15,405 R+34.5
Randolph 7,844 51.2% 7,396 48.3% 78 15,318 D+2.9
Kendall 4,347 28.8% 10,653 70.6% 84 15,084 R+41.8
Morgan 6,032 40.5% 8,808 59.2% 46 14,886 R+18.6
Grundy 5,525 38.5% 8,743 60.9% 93 14,361 R+22.4
Woodford 4,604 32.5% 9,474 66.9% 77 14,155 R+34.4
Iroquois 4,221 30.4% 9,596 69.1% 69 13,886 R+38.7
Montgomery 7,293 53.0% 6,388 46.4% 78 13,759 D+6.6
Clinton 5,935 43.4% 7,681 56.1% 64 13,680 R+12.8
Lee 4,608 33.9% 8,903 65.5% 85 13,596 R+31.6
Logan 4,727 35.6% 8,490 63.9% 69 13,286 R+28.3
Effingham 4,553 34.8% 8,431 64.5% 82 13,066 R+29.7
Saline 6,676 53.3% 5,798 46.3% 47 12,521 D+7.0
McDonough 5,247 42.0% 7,173 57.4% 73 12,493 R+15.4
Boone 4,234 37.7% 6,923 61.7% 65 11,222 R+24.0
Monroe 4,529 41.7% 6,275 57.8% 47 10,851 R+16.1
Fayette 4,632 45.8% 5,452 53.9% 34 10,118 R+8.1
Shelby 4,650 46.1% 5,370 53.3% 58 10,078 R+7.1
Perry 5,167 52.8% 4,576 46.8% 38 9,781 D+6.0
Edgar 3,880 41.0% 5,538 58.5% 41 9,459 R+17.5
Hancock 4,740 50.5% 4,568 48.7% 70 9,378 D+1.8
Jo Daviess 4,141 45.3% 4,923 53.9% 73 9,137 R+8.6
Jersey 4,376 50.0% 4,343 49.6% 33 8,752 D+0.4
Wayne 3,135 36.2% 5,481 63.3% 44 8,660 R+27.1
Pike 4,614 53.7% 3,965 46.1% 20 8,599 D+7.5
Crawford 3,555 41.5% 4,951 57.8% 65 8,571 R+16.3
White 4,144 48.6% 4,354 51.0% 33 8,531 R+2.5
Union 4,197 49.5% 4,244 50.1% 38 8,479 R+0.6
Warren 3,617 43.8% 4,584 55.5% 53 8,254 R+11.7
Mercer 4,204 53.0% 3,683 46.4% 42 7,929 D+6.6
Clark 3,275 41.9% 4,508 57.7% 28 7,811 R+15.8
Douglas 3,184 41.9% 4,378 57.6% 36 7,598 R+15.7
Carroll 2,990 39.8% 4,464 59.4% 58 7,512 R+19.6
Piatt 3,099 42.6% 4,137 56.9% 41 7,277 R+14.3
Richland 2,863 40.0% 4,264 59.6% 26 7,153 R+19.6
Bond 3,459 48.7% 3,608 50.8% 38 7,105 R+2.1
Washington 2,689 39.1% 4,127 60.0% 58 6,874 R+20.9
Mason 3,406 49.7% 3,424 49.9% 25 6,855 R+0.3
Lawrence 3,140 46.0% 3,655 53.6% 28 6,823 R+7.5
Massac 3,227 47.7% 3,507 51.9% 29 6,763 R+4.1
De Witt 2,660 40.0% 3,942 59.3% 43 6,645 R+19.3
Marshall 2,742 43.1% 3,588 56.4% 37 6,367 R+13.3
Clay 2,761 44.0% 3,494 55.6% 24 6,279 R+11.7
Cass 3,316 52.9% 2,916 46.5% 35 6,267 D+6.4
Moultrie 3,013 48.5% 3,167 51.0% 32 6,212 R+2.5
Greene 3,020 48.7% 3,136 50.6% 47 6,203 R+1.9
Ford 2,026 33.0% 4,059 66.1% 60 6,145 R+33.1
Wabash 2,241 39.1% 3,453 60.3% 32 5,726 R+21.2
Menard 2,103 36.9% 3,560 62.4% 42 5,705 R+25.5
Hamilton 2,618 49.8% 2,622 49.9% 16 5,256 R+0.1
Jasper 2,135 41.1% 3,024 58.3% 30 5,189 R+17.1
Johnson 1,872 39.9% 2,797 59.6% 23 4,692 R+19.7
Alexander 2,693 57.8% 1,954 41.9% 16 4,663 D+15.8
Cumberland 1,904 41.4% 2,667 58.0% 29 4,600 R+16.6
Schuyler 1,866 45.9% 2,178 53.6% 22 4,066 R+7.7
Gallatin 2,455 60.4% 1,580 38.9% 28 4,063 D+21.5
Henderson 2,085 54.6% 1,726 45.2% 10 3,821 D+9.4
Pulaski 1,793 51.6% 1,666 47.9% 19 3,478 D+3.7
Edwards 1,218 35.3% 2,212 64.1% 20 3,450 R+28.8
Stark 1,274 40.4% 1,841 58.4% 38 3,153 R+18.0
Putnam 1,601 51.0% 1,516 48.3% 22 3,139 D+2.7
Hardin 1,308 46.3% 1,504 53.3% 12 2,824 R+6.9
Calhoun 1,544 55.3% 1,238 44.4% 8 2,790 D+11.0
Scott 1,243 44.6% 1,535 55.0% 12 2,790 R+10.5
Brown 1,267 47.9% 1,373 51.9% 6 2,646 R+4.0
Pope 996 45.1% 1,202 54.4% 10 2,208 R+9.3

Counties as they stood in 1988; 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