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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Illinois

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Illinois in 1996, 54.3% to 36.8%, a margin of 17.5 points and 754,723 votes.

Illinois voted 9.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 102 counties and Republicans in 38. The largest, Cook, cast 1,726,666 votes and went to the Democrat by 40.1 points. The closest was Fayette, where 6 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
Bill Clinton won Democratic 2,341,744 54.3%
Bob Dole Republican 1,587,021 36.8%
Ross Perot Reform 346,408 8.0%
All other candidates 36,218 0.8%
Total4,311,391

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,153,289 66.8% 461,557 26.7% 111,820 1,726,666 D+40.1
DuPage 129,709 40.0% 164,630 50.7% 30,147 324,486 R+10.8
Lake 93,315 45.6% 93,149 45.5% 18,300 204,764 D+0.1
Will 69,354 46.8% 62,506 42.1% 16,444 148,304 D+4.6
Kane 47,902 41.8% 54,375 47.4% 12,416 114,693 R+5.6
Madison 53,568 53.3% 35,758 35.6% 11,247 100,573 D+17.7
Winnebago 46,264 46.3% 44,479 44.5% 9,167 99,910 D+1.8
St. Clair 53,405 56.6% 33,066 35.0% 7,958 94,429 D+21.5
Sangamon 38,902 44.2% 42,174 47.9% 7,029 88,105 R+3.7
McHenry 31,240 37.5% 41,136 49.4% 10,880 83,256 R+11.9
Peoria 37,383 50.4% 30,990 41.8% 5,729 74,102 D+8.6
Champaign 32,454 48.9% 28,232 42.5% 5,743 66,429 D+6.4
Rock Island 34,822 57.1% 20,626 33.8% 5,507 60,955 D+23.3
Tazewell 24,139 45.0% 24,395 45.4% 5,144 53,678 R+0.5
McLean 22,708 42.5% 26,428 49.5% 4,299 53,435 R+7.0
Macon 24,256 51.4% 18,161 38.4% 4,818 47,235 D+12.9
LaSalle 21,643 50.9% 15,299 36.0% 5,549 42,491 D+14.9
Kankakee 16,820 47.7% 14,595 41.4% 3,826 35,241 D+6.3
Vermilion 15,525 49.6% 12,015 38.4% 3,789 31,329 D+11.2
DeKalb 12,715 44.6% 12,380 43.4% 3,432 28,527 D+1.2
Adams 11,336 39.9% 13,836 48.7% 3,239 28,411 R+8.8
Williamson 12,510 49.5% 9,734 38.5% 3,028 25,272 D+11.0
Whiteside 11,913 51.0% 8,859 37.9% 2,572 23,344 D+13.1
Knox 12,487 55.4% 7,822 34.7% 2,239 22,548 D+20.7
Jackson 12,214 55.5% 7,422 33.7% 2,375 22,011 D+21.8
Henry 11,201 51.2% 8,393 38.3% 2,303 21,897 D+12.8
Macoupin 11,107 52.7% 7,235 34.3% 2,733 21,075 D+18.4
Coles 8,950 46.4% 8,038 41.7% 2,310 19,298 D+4.7
Ogle 6,765 36.9% 9,558 52.1% 2,012 18,335 R+15.2
Stephenson 7,145 39.4% 8,871 48.9% 2,109 18,125 R+9.5
Kendall 6,499 36.8% 8,958 50.7% 2,215 17,672 R+13.9
Franklin 9,814 56.5% 5,354 30.8% 2,190 17,358 D+25.7
Bureau 7,651 47.6% 6,528 40.6% 1,894 16,073 D+7.0
Marion 7,792 49.4% 5,999 38.1% 1,972 15,763 D+11.4
Fulton 8,857 56.4% 5,155 32.8% 1,694 15,706 D+23.6
Woodford 5,270 35.0% 8,527 56.7% 1,246 15,043 R+21.7
Jefferson 7,263 48.5% 5,937 39.6% 1,781 14,981 D+8.9
Grundy 6,759 45.4% 6,177 41.5% 1,966 14,902 D+3.9
Christian 7,431 50.1% 5,563 37.5% 1,843 14,837 D+12.6
Livingston 5,641 38.1% 7,653 51.8% 1,494 14,788 R+13.6
Randolph 7,419 50.7% 5,422 37.0% 1,806 14,647 D+13.6
Morgan 6,150 43.2% 6,352 44.6% 1,736 14,238 R+1.4
Effingham 4,825 34.0% 7,696 54.2% 1,683 14,204 R+20.2
Lee 5,895 41.6% 6,677 47.1% 1,610 14,182 R+5.5
Clinton 6,104 44.1% 6,065 43.8% 1,675 13,844 D+0.3
Boone 5,345 41.1% 6,181 47.5% 1,483 13,009 R+6.4
Iroquois 4,559 35.8% 6,564 51.5% 1,614 12,737 R+15.7
Montgomery 6,338 50.2% 4,770 37.8% 1,523 12,631 D+12.4
Logan 4,618 37.4% 6,518 52.8% 1,209 12,345 R+15.4
McDonough 5,632 46.8% 5,049 42.0% 1,354 12,035 D+4.8
Saline 6,156 52.8% 3,693 31.7% 1,816 11,665 D+21.1
Monroe 4,798 41.6% 5,350 46.4% 1,387 11,535 R+4.8
Perry 5,347 53.9% 3,237 32.6% 1,337 9,921 D+21.3
Shelby 4,249 43.4% 4,215 43.1% 1,324 9,788 D+0.3
Jo Daviess 4,171 44.8% 3,915 42.1% 1,220 9,306 D+2.8
Hancock 4,001 43.6% 3,961 43.2% 1,216 9,178 D+0.4
Fayette 3,887 44.2% 3,881 44.1% 1,024 8,792 D+0.1
Jersey 4,275 48.8% 3,211 36.6% 1,280 8,766 D+12.1
Crawford 3,627 41.7% 3,965 45.6% 1,101 8,693 R+3.9
Edgar 3,552 42.8% 3,746 45.1% 1,004 8,302 R+2.3
Union 4,252 51.3% 3,147 38.0% 883 8,282 D+13.3
Wayne 3,054 37.5% 4,029 49.5% 1,057 8,140 R+12.0
Pike 3,604 45.3% 3,225 40.6% 1,123 7,952 D+4.8
Mercer 4,278 54.2% 2,688 34.0% 931 7,897 D+20.1
Piatt 3,274 44.2% 3,265 44.1% 873 7,412 D+0.1
White 3,553 48.3% 2,878 39.1% 921 7,352 D+9.2
Warren 3,500 48.3% 2,974 41.0% 776 7,250 D+7.3
Clark 2,995 41.5% 3,409 47.2% 816 7,220 R+5.7
Douglas 2,955 42.1% 3,272 46.7% 786 7,013 R+4.5
Bond 3,213 46.1% 3,018 43.3% 739 6,970 D+2.8
Washington 2,744 39.6% 3,339 48.2% 844 6,927 R+8.6
Richland 2,679 39.3% 3,137 46.0% 999 6,815 R+6.7
Carroll 2,926 43.0% 3,029 44.6% 844 6,799 R+1.5
De Witt 2,878 43.7% 2,978 45.2% 733 6,589 R+1.5
Mason 3,385 52.5% 2,430 37.7% 629 6,444 D+14.8
Lawrence 2,871 44.9% 2,568 40.2% 953 6,392 D+4.7
Clay 2,750 44.2% 2,703 43.4% 775 6,228 D+0.8
Massac 2,841 46.9% 2,507 41.4% 710 6,058 D+5.5
Greene 2,734 46.1% 2,245 37.8% 955 5,934 D+8.2
Menard 2,204 37.6% 3,106 52.9% 558 5,868 R+15.4
Ford 2,065 35.8% 3,077 53.3% 628 5,770 R+17.5
Marshall 2,640 46.2% 2,453 42.9% 621 5,714 D+3.3
Cass 2,834 50.0% 2,214 39.1% 619 5,667 D+10.9
Moultrie 2,629 48.2% 2,199 40.3% 623 5,451 D+7.9
Wabash 2,177 41.3% 2,381 45.1% 716 5,274 R+3.9
Jasper 2,038 41.2% 2,234 45.1% 679 4,951 R+4.0
Johnson 2,009 40.8% 2,241 45.5% 680 4,930 R+4.7
Hamilton 2,242 49.7% 1,677 37.2% 590 4,509 D+12.5
Cumberland 1,776 39.7% 2,002 44.8% 691 4,469 R+5.1
Alexander 2,753 64.0% 1,212 28.2% 339 4,304 D+35.8
Schuyler 1,636 43.6% 1,597 42.6% 516 3,749 D+1.0
Henderson 1,953 54.0% 1,233 34.1% 433 3,619 D+19.9
Gallatin 2,113 60.1% 856 24.4% 544 3,513 D+35.8
Edwards 1,089 35.1% 1,613 52.0% 401 3,103 R+16.9
Calhoun 1,676 55.6% 941 31.2% 396 3,013 D+24.4
Stark 1,262 44.1% 1,278 44.6% 324 2,864 R+0.6
Pulaski 1,524 54.2% 1,036 36.8% 254 2,814 D+17.3
Putnam 1,425 51.6% 987 35.7% 352 2,764 D+15.8
Hardin 1,323 50.6% 790 30.2% 504 2,617 D+20.4
Scott 1,012 39.9% 1,112 43.8% 414 2,538 R+3.9
Brown 997 43.4% 1,053 45.8% 247 2,297 R+2.4
Pope 915 44.5% 850 41.4% 289 2,054 D+3.2

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