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The 1996 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 54.32% to 36.81% for a margin of 17.51%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.03 percent of the popular vote. [1]
As of the 2024 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Bond County, Christian County, Clay County, Clinton County, Fayette County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Jefferson County, Jersey County, Lawrence County, Marion County, Marshall County, Massac County, Moultrie County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Randolph County, Saline County, Shelby County, Union County, White County, and Williamson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2]
For the state-run primaries (Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian), turnout was 26.46%, with 1,620,768 votes cast. [3] For the general election, turnout was 64.70%, with 4,311,391 votes cast. [4]
State-run primaries were held for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties on March 19. [3]
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The 1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.
Incumbent president Bill Clinton secured a victory with no major opposition.
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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Bill Clinton (incumbent) | 770,001 | 96.17 | |
Elvena Lloyd-Duffie | 16,045 | 2.00 | 0 |
Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. | 14,624 | 1.83 | 0 |
Heather Anne Harder (write-in) | 6 | 0.00 | 0 |
Total | 800,676 | 100% |
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The 1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates |
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Bob Dole | 532,467 | 65.07 | |
Patrick J. Buchannan | 186,177 | 22.75 | |
Steve Forbes withdrawn | 39,906 | 4.88 | |
Alan L. Keyes | 30,052 | 3.67 | |
Lamar Alexander withdrawn | 12,585 | 1.54 | |
Richard G. Lugar withdrawn | 8,286 | 1.01 | |
Phil Gramm withdrawn | 6,696 | 0.82 | |
Morry Taylor withdrawn | 2,189 | 0.27 | |
V.A. Kelly (write-in) | 6 | 0.00 | |
Total | 818,364 | 100% |
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The 1996 Illinois Libertarian presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Libertarian Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election. It was a non-binding preference primary, from which no delegates were awarded.
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Harry Browne | 1,278 | 73.96 |
Irwin Schiff | 450 | 26.04 |
Total | 1,728 | 100% |
1996 United States presidential election in Illinois [4] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton (Incumbent) | Al Gore (Incumbent) | 2,341,744 | 54.32% | 22 | |
Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 1,587,021 | 36.81% | 0 | |
Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 346,408 | 8.03% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 22,548 | 0.52% | 0 | |
U.S. Taxpayers' Party | Howard Phillips | Joseph Zdonczyk [a] | 7,606 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 4,606 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Write-in | Ralph Nader | 1,447 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
No party | Write-in | 10 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Write-in | Earl Dodge | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast [6] | |||||
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Adams | 11,336 | 39.90% | 13,836 | 48.70% | 3,069 | 10.80% | 170 | 0.60% | -2,500 | -8.80% | 28,321 |
Alexander | 2,753 | 63.96% | 1,212 | 28.16% | 321 | 7.46% | 18 | 0.42% | 1,541 | 35.80% | 4,296 |
Bond | 3,213 | 46.10% | 3,018 | 43.30% | 685 | 9.83% | 54 | 0.77% | 195 | 2.80% | 6,938 |
Boone | 5,345 | 41.09% | 6,181 | 47.51% | 1,377 | 10.58% | 106 | 0.81% | -836 | -6.42% | 12,939 |
Brown | 997 | 43.40% | 1,053 | 45.84% | 237 | 10.32% | 10 | 0.44% | -56 | -2.44% | 2,290 |
Bureau | 7,651 | 47.60% | 6,528 | 40.61% | 1,798 | 11.19% | 96 | 0.60% | 1,123 | 6.99% | 16,011 |
Calhoun | 1,676 | 55.63% | 941 | 31.23% | 363 | 12.05% | 33 | 1.10% | 735 | 24.40% | 3,003 |
Carroll | 2,926 | 43.04% | 3,029 | 44.55% | 792 | 11.65% | 52 | 0.76% | -103 | -1.51% | 6,759 |
Cass | 2,834 | 50.01% | 2,214 | 39.07% | 589 | 10.39% | 30 | 0.53% | 620 | 10.94% | 5,653 |
Champaign | 32,454 | 48.86% | 28,232 | 42.50% | 4,806 | 7.23% | 937 | 1.41% | 4,222 | 6.36% | 65,884 |
Christian | 7,431 | 50.08% | 5,563 | 37.49% | 1,727 | 11.64% | 116 | 0.78% | 1,868 | 12.59% | 14,778 |
Clark | 2,995 | 41.48% | 3,409 | 47.22% | 781 | 10.82% | 35 | 0.48% | -414 | -5.74% | 7,201 |
Clay | 2,750 | 44.16% | 2,703 | 43.40% | 719 | 11.54% | 56 | 0.90% | 47 | 0.76% | 6,206 |
Clinton | 6,104 | 44.09% | 6,065 | 43.81% | 1,580 | 11.41% | 95 | 0.69% | 39 | 0.28% | 13,797 |
Coles | 8,950 | 46.38% | 8,038 | 41.65% | 2,137 | 11.07% | 173 | 0.90% | 912 | 4.73% | 19,215 |
Cook | 1,153,289 | 66.79% | 461,557 | 26.73% | 96,633 | 5.60% | 15,187 | 0.88% | 691,732 | 40.06% | 1,716,586 |
Crawford | 3,627 | 41.72% | 3,965 | 45.61% | 1,057 | 12.16% | 44 | 0.51% | -338 | -3.89% | 8,663 |
Cumberland | 1,776 | 39.74% | 2,002 | 44.80% | 657 | 14.70% | 34 | 0.76% | -226 | -5.06% | 4,449 |
DeKalb | 12,715 | 44.57% | 12,380 | 43.40% | 3,009 | 10.55% | 423 | 1.48% | 335 | 1.17% | 28,226 |
DeWitt | 2,878 | 43.68% | 2,978 | 45.20% | 694 | 10.53% | 39 | 0.59% | -100 | -1.52% | 6,564 |
Douglas | 2,955 | 42.14% | 3,272 | 46.66% | 740 | 10.55% | 46 | 0.66% | -317 | -4.52% | 6,989 |
DuPage | 129,709 | 39.97% | 164,630 | 50.74% | 27,419 | 8.45% | 2,728 | 0.84% | -34,921 | -10.77% | 322,688 |
Edgar | 3,552 | 42.78% | 3,746 | 45.12% | 935 | 11.26% | 69 | 0.83% | -194 | -2.34% | 8,273 |
Edwards | 1,089 | 35.10% | 1,613 | 51.98% | 384 | 12.38% | 17 | 0.55% | -524 | -16.88% | 3,096 |
Effingham | 4,825 | 33.97% | 7,696 | 54.18% | 1,555 | 10.95% | 128 | 0.90% | -2,871 | -20.21% | 14,134 |
Fayette | 3,887 | 44.21% | 3,881 | 44.14% | 964 | 10.96% | 60 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.07% | 8,769 |
Ford | 2,065 | 35.79% | 3,077 | 53.33% | 590 | 10.23% | 38 | 0.66% | -1,012 | -17.54% | 5,753 |
Franklin | 9,814 | 56.54% | 5,354 | 30.84% | 2,096 | 12.08% | 94 | 0.54% | 4,460 | 25.70% | 17,310 |
Fulton | 8,857 | 56.39% | 5,155 | 32.82% | 1,610 | 10.25% | 84 | 0.53% | 3,702 | 23.57% | 15,663 |
Gallatin | 2,113 | 60.15% | 856 | 24.37% | 527 | 15.00% | 17 | 0.48% | 1,257 | 35.78% | 3,505 |
Greene | 2,734 | 46.07% | 2,245 | 37.83% | 903 | 15.22% | 52 | 0.88% | 489 | 8.24% | 5,909 |
Grundy | 6,759 | 45.36% | 6,177 | 41.45% | 1,860 | 12.48% | 106 | 0.71% | 582 | 3.91% | 14,839 |
Hamilton | 2,242 | 49.72% | 1,677 | 37.19% | 560 | 12.42% | 30 | 0.67% | 565 | 12.53% | 4,493 |
Hancock | 4,001 | 43.59% | 3,961 | 43.16% | 1,148 | 12.51% | 68 | 0.74% | 40 | 0.43% | 9,140 |
Hardin | 1,323 | 50.55% | 790 | 30.19% | 485 | 18.53% | 19 | 0.73% | 533 | 20.36% | 2,606 |
Henderson | 1,953 | 53.97% | 1,233 | 34.07% | 408 | 11.27% | 25 | 0.69% | 720 | 19.90% | 3,611 |
Henry | 11,201 | 51.15% | 8,393 | 38.33% | 2,194 | 10.02% | 109 | 0.50% | 2,808 | 12.82% | 21,839 |
Iroquois | 4,559 | 35.79% | 6,564 | 51.53% | 1,522 | 11.95% | 92 | 0.72% | -2,005 | -15.74% | 12,684 |
Jackson | 12,214 | 55.49% | 7,422 | 33.72% | 2,082 | 9.46% | 293 | 1.33% | 4,792 | 21.77% | 21,860 |
Jasper | 2,038 | 41.16% | 2,234 | 45.12% | 641 | 12.95% | 38 | 0.77% | -196 | -3.96% | 4,930 |
Jefferson | 7,263 | 48.48% | 5,937 | 39.63% | 1,647 | 10.99% | 134 | 0.89% | 1,326 | 8.85% | 14,924 |
Jersey | 4,275 | 48.77% | 3,211 | 36.63% | 1,186 | 13.53% | 94 | 1.07% | 1,064 | 12.14% | 8,721 |
Jo Daviess | 4,171 | 44.82% | 3,915 | 42.07% | 1,131 | 12.15% | 89 | 0.96% | 256 | 2.75% | 9,266 |
Johnson | 2,009 | 40.75% | 2,241 | 45.46% | 640 | 12.98% | 40 | 0.81% | -232 | -4.71% | 4,906 |
Kane | 47,902 | 41.77% | 54,375 | 47.41% | 11,270 | 9.83% | 1,146 | 1.00% | -6,473 | -5.64% | 113,983 |
Kankakee | 16,820 | 47.73% | 14,595 | 41.41% | 3,574 | 10.14% | 252 | 0.72% | 2,225 | 6.32% | 35,097 |
Kendall | 6,499 | 36.78% | 8,958 | 50.69% | 2,055 | 11.63% | 160 | 0.91% | -2,459 | -13.91% | 17,575 |
Knox | 12,487 | 55.38% | 7,822 | 34.69% | 2,096 | 9.30% | 143 | 0.63% | 4,665 | 20.69% | 22,454 |
Lake | 93,315 | 45.57% | 93,149 | 45.49% | 16,640 | 8.13% | 1,660 | 0.81% | 166 | 0.08% | 203,702 |
LaSalle | 21,643 | 50.94% | 15,299 | 36.01% | 5,259 | 12.38% | 290 | 0.68% | 6,344 | 14.93% | 42,298 |
Lawrence | 2,871 | 44.92% | 2,568 | 40.18% | 916 | 14.33% | 37 | 0.58% | 303 | 4.74% | 6,369 |
Lee | 5,895 | 41.57% | 6,677 | 47.08% | 1,520 | 10.72% | 90 | 0.63% | -782 | -5.51% | 14,128 |
Livingston | 5,641 | 38.15% | 7,653 | 51.75% | 1,409 | 9.53% | 85 | 0.57% | -2,012 | -13.60% | 14,737 |
Logan | 4,618 | 37.41% | 6,518 | 52.80% | 1,141 | 9.24% | 68 | 0.55% | -1,900 | -15.39% | 12,308 |
Macon | 24,256 | 51.35% | 18,161 | 38.45% | 4,540 | 9.61% | 278 | 0.59% | 6,095 | 12.90% | 47,063 |
Macoupin | 11,107 | 52.70% | 7,235 | 34.33% | 2,532 | 12.01% | 201 | 0.95% | 3,872 | 18.37% | 21,005 |
Madison | 53,568 | 53.26% | 35,758 | 35.55% | 10,121 | 10.06% | 1,126 | 1.12% | 17,810 | 17.71% | 100,101 |
Marion | 7,792 | 49.43% | 5,999 | 38.06% | 1,825 | 11.58% | 147 | 0.93% | 1,793 | 11.37% | 15,681 |
Marshall | 2,640 | 46.20% | 2,453 | 42.93% | 586 | 10.26% | 35 | 0.61% | 187 | 3.27% | 5,693 |
Mason | 3,385 | 52.53% | 2,430 | 37.71% | 600 | 9.31% | 29 | 0.45% | 955 | 14.82% | 6,425 |
Massac | 2,841 | 46.90% | 2,507 | 41.38% | 675 | 11.14% | 35 | 0.58% | 334 | 5.52% | 6,037 |
McDonough | 5,632 | 46.80% | 5,049 | 41.95% | 1,217 | 10.11% | 137 | 1.14% | 583 | 4.85% | 11,962 |
McHenry | 31,240 | 37.52% | 41,136 | 49.41% | 10,082 | 12.11% | 798 | 0.96% | -9,896 | -11.89% | 82,780 |
McLean | 22,708 | 42.50% | 26,428 | 49.46% | 3,816 | 7.14% | 483 | 0.90% | -3,720 | -6.96% | 53,088 |
Menard | 2,204 | 37.56% | 3,106 | 52.93% | 534 | 9.10% | 24 | 0.41% | -902 | -15.37% | 5,857 |
Mercer | 4,278 | 54.17% | 2,688 | 34.04% | 889 | 11.26% | 42 | 0.53% | 1,590 | 20.13% | 7,871 |
Monroe | 4,798 | 41.60% | 5,350 | 46.38% | 1,276 | 11.06% | 111 | 0.96% | -552 | -4.78% | 11,500 |
Montgomery | 6,338 | 50.18% | 4,770 | 37.76% | 1,436 | 11.37% | 87 | 0.69% | 1,568 | 12.42% | 12,584 |
Morgan | 6,150 | 43.19% | 6,352 | 44.61% | 1,633 | 11.47% | 103 | 0.72% | -202 | -1.42% | 14,179 |
Moultrie | 2,629 | 48.23% | 2,199 | 40.34% | 596 | 10.93% | 27 | 0.50% | 430 | 7.89% | 5,430 |
Ogle | 6,765 | 36.90% | 9,558 | 52.13% | 1,876 | 10.23% | 136 | 0.74% | -2,793 | -15.23% | 18,251 |
Peoria | 37,383 | 50.45% | 30,990 | 41.82% | 5,220 | 7.04% | 509 | 0.69% | 6,393 | 8.63% | 73,773 |
Perry | 5,347 | 53.90% | 3,237 | 32.63% | 1,262 | 12.72% | 75 | 0.76% | 2,110 | 21.27% | 9,898 |
Piatt | 3,274 | 44.17% | 3,265 | 44.05% | 818 | 11.04% | 55 | 0.74% | 9 | 0.12% | 7,383 |
Pike | 3,604 | 45.32% | 3,225 | 40.56% | 1,039 | 13.07% | 84 | 1.06% | 379 | 4.76% | 7,914 |
Pope | 915 | 44.55% | 850 | 41.38% | 277 | 13.49% | 12 | 0.58% | 65 | 3.17% | 2,047 |
Pulaski | 1,524 | 54.16% | 1,036 | 36.82% | 235 | 8.35% | 19 | 0.68% | 488 | 17.34% | 2,805 |
Putnam | 1,425 | 51.56% | 987 | 35.71% | 322 | 11.65% | 30 | 1.09% | 438 | 15.85% | 2,745 |
Randolph | 7,419 | 50.65% | 5,422 | 37.02% | 1,698 | 11.59% | 108 | 0.74% | 1,997 | 13.63% | 14,591 |
Richland | 2,679 | 39.31% | 3,137 | 46.03% | 927 | 13.60% | 72 | 1.06% | -458 | -6.72% | 6,789 |
Rock Island | 34,822 | 57.13% | 20,626 | 33.84% | 5,135 | 8.42% | 372 | 0.61% | 14,196 | 23.29% | 60,718 |
Saline | 6,156 | 52.77% | 3,693 | 31.66% | 1,752 | 15.02% | 64 | 0.55% | 2,463 | 21.11% | 11,624 |
Sangamon | 38,902 | 44.15% | 42,174 | 47.87% | 6,446 | 7.32% | 583 | 0.66% | -3,272 | -3.72% | 87,791 |
Schuyler | 1,636 | 43.64% | 1,597 | 42.60% | 483 | 12.88% | 33 | 0.88% | 39 | 1.04% | 3,729 |
Scott | 1,012 | 39.87% | 1,112 | 43.81% | 396 | 15.60% | 18 | 0.71% | -100 | -3.94% | 2,528 |
Shelby | 4,249 | 43.41% | 4,215 | 43.06% | 1,262 | 12.89% | 62 | 0.63% | 34 | 0.35% | 9,756 |
St. Clair | 53,405 | 56.56% | 33,066 | 35.02% | 7,027 | 7.44% | 931 | 0.99% | 20,339 | 21.54% | 93,908 |
Stark | 1,262 | 44.06% | 1,278 | 44.62% | 312 | 10.89% | 12 | 0.42% | -16 | -0.56% | 2,859 |
Stephenson | 7,145 | 39.42% | 8,871 | 48.94% | 1,940 | 10.70% | 169 | 0.93% | -1,726 | -9.52% | 18,020 |
Tazewell | 24,139 | 44.97% | 24,395 | 45.45% | 4,814 | 8.97% | 330 | 0.61% | -256 | -0.48% | 53,448 |
Union | 4,252 | 51.34% | 3,147 | 38.00% | 832 | 10.05% | 51 | 0.62% | 1,105 | 13.34% | 8,264 |
Vermilion | 15,525 | 49.55% | 12,015 | 38.35% | 3,577 | 11.42% | 212 | 0.68% | 3,510 | 11.20% | 31,175 |
Wabash | 2,177 | 41.28% | 2,381 | 45.15% | 683 | 12.95% | 33 | 0.63% | -204 | -3.87% | 5,256 |
Warren | 3,500 | 48.28% | 2,974 | 41.02% | 742 | 10.23% | 34 | 0.47% | 526 | 7.26% | 7,227 |
Washington | 2,744 | 39.61% | 3,339 | 48.20% | 790 | 11.40% | 54 | 0.78% | -595 | -8.59% | 6,902 |
Wayne | 3,054 | 37.52% | 4,029 | 49.50% | 999 | 12.27% | 58 | 0.71% | -975 | -11.98% | 8,114 |
White | 3,553 | 48.33% | 2,878 | 39.15% | 888 | 12.08% | 33 | 0.45% | 675 | 9.18% | 7,335 |
Whiteside | 11,913 | 51.03% | 8,859 | 37.95% | 2,436 | 10.44% | 136 | 0.58% | 3,054 | 13.08% | 23,261 |
Will | 69,354 | 46.76% | 62,506 | 42.15% | 15,485 | 10.44% | 959 | 0.65% | 6,848 | 4.61% | 147,689 |
Williamson | 12,510 | 49.50% | 9,734 | 38.52% | 2,877 | 11.38% | 151 | 0.60% | 2,776 | 10.98% | 25,202 |
Winnebago | 46,264 | 46.31% | 44,479 | 44.52% | 8,192 | 8.20% | 975 | 0.98% | 1,785 | 1.79% | 99,250 |
Woodford | 5,270 | 35.03% | 8,527 | 56.68% | 1,170 | 7.78% | 76 | 0.51% | -3,257 | -21.65% | 14,997 |
Totals | 2,341,744 | 54.32% | 1,587,021 | 36.81% | 346,408 | 8.03% | 36,218 | 0.84% | 754,723 | 17.51% | 4,311,391 |
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The 2020 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump of Florida, and his running mate, Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana, against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware, and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California. Illinois had 20 votes in the Electoral College. Prior to the 2020 election, all news organizations predicted Illinois was a state that Biden would win, or otherwise considered a safe blue state.
The 1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 19, 1996, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1996 presidential election.
The 2024 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Illinois has 19 electoral votes in the Electoral College this election, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state lost a seat.