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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Illinois

Hillary Clinton (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Illinois in 2016, 55.8% to 38.8%, a margin of 17.1 points and 944,714 votes.

Illinois voted 15.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Barack Obama won.

Republicans led in 90 of the 102 counties and Democrats in 12. The largest, Cook, cast 2,158,615 votes and went to the Democrat by 53.7 points. The closest was Kendall, where 77 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
Hillary Clinton won Democratic 3,090,729 55.8%
Donald Trump Republican 2,146,015 38.8%
All other candidates 299,680 5.4%
Total5,536,424

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,611,946 74.7% 453,287 21.0% 93,382 2,158,615 D+53.7
DuPage 228,622 53.3% 166,415 38.8% 33,732 428,769 D+14.5
Lake 171,095 56.4% 109,767 36.2% 22,658 303,520 D+20.2
Will 151,927 50.5% 132,720 44.1% 16,257 300,904 D+6.4
Kane 103,665 52.0% 82,734 41.5% 12,915 199,314 D+10.5
McHenry 60,803 42.9% 71,612 50.5% 9,335 141,750 R+7.6
Madison 50,587 38.9% 70,490 54.1% 9,102 130,179 R+15.3
St. Clair 60,756 50.4% 53,857 44.7% 5,967 120,580 D+5.7
Winnebago 55,713 47.1% 55,624 47.0% 7,039 118,376 D+0.1
Sangamon 40,907 41.6% 49,944 50.8% 7,522 98,373 R+9.2
Champaign 50,137 54.7% 33,368 36.4% 8,123 91,628 D+18.3
McLean 36,196 45.3% 37,237 46.6% 6,402 79,835 R+1.3
Peoria 38,060 48.5% 35,633 45.4% 4,810 78,503 D+3.1
Tazewell 20,685 32.1% 38,707 60.1% 5,008 64,400 R+28.0
Rock Island 32,298 50.5% 26,998 42.2% 4,698 63,994 D+8.3
Kendall 24,884 46.6% 24,961 46.7% 3,602 53,447 R+0.1
LaSalle 19,543 39.3% 26,689 53.7% 3,511 49,743 R+14.4
Macon 18,343 38.2% 26,866 55.9% 2,851 48,060 R+17.7
Kankakee 18,971 40.1% 25,129 53.1% 3,205 47,305 R+13.0
DeKalb 20,466 46.9% 19,091 43.8% 4,043 43,600 D+3.2
Adams 7,676 24.0% 22,790 71.3% 1,485 31,951 R+47.3
Williamson 8,581 26.9% 21,570 67.7% 1,701 31,852 R+40.8
Vermilion 10,039 32.8% 19,087 62.4% 1,444 30,570 R+29.6
Whiteside 11,035 43.1% 12,615 49.3% 1,932 25,582 R+6.2
Henry 8,871 36.0% 13,985 56.8% 1,787 24,643 R+20.8
Jackson 11,634 47.3% 10,843 44.0% 2,140 24,617 D+3.2
Ogle 8,050 33.3% 14,352 59.3% 1,791 24,193 R+26.0
Grundy 8,065 34.7% 13,454 57.9% 1,718 23,237 R+23.2
Boone 8,986 39.1% 12,282 53.4% 1,733 23,001 R+14.3
Macoupin 6,689 29.9% 14,322 64.1% 1,349 22,360 R+34.1
Knox 10,083 45.3% 10,737 48.3% 1,423 22,243 R+2.9
Coles 7,309 33.4% 13,003 59.5% 1,551 21,863 R+26.0
Stephenson 7,768 38.2% 11,083 54.5% 1,492 20,343 R+16.3
Woodford 5,092 25.6% 13,207 66.5% 1,565 19,864 R+40.9
Monroe 5,535 28.6% 12,629 65.3% 1,190 19,354 R+36.7
Franklin 4,727 25.3% 13,116 70.1% 868 18,711 R+44.8
Effingham 3,083 17.5% 13,635 77.4% 891 17,609 R+59.9
Clinton 3,945 22.6% 12,412 71.3% 1,062 17,419 R+48.6
Marion 4,369 25.6% 11,859 69.5% 846 17,074 R+43.9
Jefferson 4,425 26.0% 11,695 68.8% 879 16,999 R+42.8
Bureau 6,029 36.4% 9,281 56.0% 1,261 16,571 R+19.6
Fulton 6,133 38.8% 8,492 53.8% 1,172 15,797 R+14.9
Lee 5,528 35.7% 8,612 55.6% 1,349 15,489 R+19.9
Christian 3,992 25.8% 10,543 68.2% 924 15,459 R+42.4
Livingston 4,023 26.3% 10,208 66.9% 1,038 15,269 R+40.5
Morgan 4,696 31.7% 9,076 61.3% 1,028 14,800 R+29.6
Randolph 3,439 24.2% 10,023 70.6% 732 14,194 R+46.4
McDonough 5,288 40.4% 6,795 51.9% 1,009 13,092 R+11.5
Iroquois 2,504 19.2% 9,750 74.6% 810 13,064 R+55.5
Montgomery 3,504 27.0% 8,630 66.5% 844 12,978 R+39.5
Logan 3,313 26.7% 8,181 66.0% 907 12,401 R+39.3
Saline 2,572 22.6% 8,276 72.7% 536 11,384 R+50.1
Jo Daviess 4,462 39.4% 6,121 54.0% 751 11,334 R+14.6
Shelby 2,288 20.8% 8,229 74.7% 493 11,010 R+54.0
Jersey 2,679 24.4% 7,748 70.5% 564 10,991 R+46.1
Perry 2,462 25.0% 6,855 69.6% 536 9,853 R+44.6
Fayette 1,819 19.0% 7,372 76.9% 394 9,585 R+57.9
Hancock 2,139 23.5% 6,430 70.5% 552 9,121 R+47.0
Piatt 2,645 29.4% 5,634 62.5% 729 9,008 R+33.2
Crawford 1,992 22.8% 6,277 71.9% 459 8,728 R+49.1
Union 2,402 28.1% 5,790 67.8% 345 8,537 R+39.7
Mercer 3,071 36.0% 4,807 56.4% 647 8,525 R+20.4
Wayne 1,048 12.7% 6,967 84.3% 246 8,261 R+71.6
Douglas 1,949 23.9% 5,698 69.8% 522 8,169 R+45.9
Clark 1,877 23.7% 5,622 70.9% 429 7,928 R+47.2
Edgar 1,793 22.8% 5,645 71.7% 435 7,873 R+48.9
Warren 2,987 38.3% 4,275 54.8% 545 7,807 R+16.5
Richland 1,584 20.6% 5,739 74.7% 361 7,684 R+54.1
De Witt 1,910 25.3% 5,077 67.3% 556 7,543 R+42.0
Bond 2,068 27.5% 4,888 64.9% 574 7,530 R+37.5
Pike 1,413 18.8% 5,754 76.4% 363 7,530 R+57.6
Carroll 2,447 32.9% 4,434 59.6% 564 7,445 R+26.7
Washington 1,448 19.5% 5,571 75.0% 408 7,427 R+55.5
White 1,412 19.3% 5,640 76.9% 283 7,335 R+57.6
Massac 1,558 23.3% 4,846 72.5% 279 6,683 R+49.2
Menard 1,817 27.9% 4,231 64.9% 467 6,515 R+37.1
Mason 2,014 31.1% 4,058 62.6% 414 6,486 R+31.5
Ford 1,414 22.1% 4,480 70.0% 502 6,396 R+47.9
Clay 1,020 16.1% 5,021 79.1% 309 6,350 R+63.0
Moultrie 1,481 23.6% 4,455 70.9% 347 6,283 R+47.3
Lawrence 1,290 21.2% 4,521 74.2% 283 6,094 R+53.0
Johnson 1,142 18.8% 4,649 76.4% 298 6,089 R+57.6
Marshall 1,789 29.9% 3,785 63.3% 410 5,984 R+33.4
Greene 1,205 21.6% 4,145 74.2% 235 5,585 R+52.6
Cumberland 1,031 18.5% 4,206 75.6% 330 5,567 R+57.0
Wabash 1,151 21.1% 4,047 74.1% 266 5,464 R+53.0
Jasper 924 18.0% 3,975 77.4% 237 5,136 R+59.4
Cass 1,621 31.6% 3,216 62.8% 287 5,124 R+31.1
Hamilton 802 19.3% 3,206 77.0% 158 4,166 R+57.7
Schuyler 1,075 28.1% 2,524 65.9% 229 3,828 R+37.9
Henderson 1,155 32.8% 2,155 61.3% 208 3,518 R+28.4
Edwards 434 13.0% 2,778 83.0% 135 3,347 R+70.0
Putnam 1,147 36.9% 1,767 56.8% 197 3,111 R+19.9
Alexander 1,262 44.3% 1,496 52.6% 88 2,846 R+8.2
Stark 751 27.4% 1,778 64.8% 214 2,743 R+37.4
Pulaski 962 35.2% 1,675 61.2% 98 2,735 R+26.1
Gallatin 657 24.3% 1,942 71.7% 108 2,707 R+47.5
Scott 535 20.5% 1,966 75.4% 107 2,608 R+54.9
Calhoun 739 28.7% 1,721 66.9% 111 2,571 R+38.2
Brown 476 20.0% 1,796 75.5% 107 2,379 R+55.5
Hardin 420 19.6% 1,653 77.0% 75 2,148 R+57.4
Pope 375 17.5% 1,678 78.3% 89 2,142 R+60.8

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