United States presidential elections in Illinois

Presidential elections in Illinois
Number of elections	51
Voted Democratic	26
Voted Republican	24
Voted Democratic-Republican	2
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	42
Voted for losing candidate	10

Last updated November 09, 2024

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Illinois, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1818, Illinois has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[a]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
2020 ^[1]	Joe Biden	3,471,915	57.54	Donald Trump	2,446,891	40.55	-			20
2016 ^[2]	Donald Trump ^[b]	2,146,015	38.36	Hillary Clinton	3,090,729	55.24	-			20
2012 ^[3]	Barack Obama	3,019,512	57.60	Mitt Romney	2,135,216	40.73	-			20
2008 ^[4]	Barack Obama	3,419,348	61.92	John McCain	2,031,179	36.78	-			21
2004 ^[5]	George W. Bush	2,345,946	44.48	John Kerry	2,891,550	54.82	-			21
2000 ^[6]	George W. Bush ^[b]	2,019,421	42.58	Al Gore	2,589,026	54.60	-			22
1996 ^[7]	Bill Clinton	2,341,744	54.32	Bob Dole	1,587,021	36.81	Ross Perot	346,408	8.03	22
1992	Bill Clinton	2,453,350	48.58	George H. W. Bush	1,734,096	34.34	Ross Perot	840,515	16.64	22
1988	George H. W. Bush	2,310,939	50.69	Michael Dukakis	2,215,940	48.60	-			24
1984	Ronald Reagan	2,707,103	56.17	Walter Mondale	2,086,499	43.30	-			24
1980	Ronald Reagan	2,358,049	49.65	Jimmy Carter	1,981,413	41.72	John B. Anderson	346,754	7.30	26
1976	Jimmy Carter	2,271,295	48.13	Gerald Ford	2,364,269	50.10	-			26
1972	Richard Nixon	2,788,179	59.03	George McGovern	1,913,472	40.51	-			26
1968	Richard Nixon	2,174,774	47.08	Hubert Humphrey	2,039,814	44.15	George Wallace	390,958	8.46	26
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	2,796,833	59.47	Barry Goldwater	1,905,946	40.53	-			26
1960	John F. Kennedy	2,377,846	49.98	Richard Nixon	2,368,988	49.80	-			27
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	2,623,327	59.52	Adlai Stevenson II	1,775,682	40.29	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors ^[c]	-		27
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	2,457,327	54.84	Adlai Stevenson II	2,013,920	44.94	-			27
1948	Harry S. Truman	1,994,715	50.07	Thomas E. Dewey	1,961,103	49.22	Strom Thurmond	-		28
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	2,079,479	51.52	Thomas E. Dewey	1,939,314	48.05	-			28
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	2,149,934	50.97	Wendell Willkie	2,047,240	48.54	-			29
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	2,282,999	57.70	Alf Landon	1,570,393	39.69	-			29
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,882,304	55.23	Herbert Hoover	1,432,756	42.04	-			29
1928	Herbert Hoover	1,769,141	56.93	Al Smith	1,313,817	42.28	-			29
1924	Calvin Coolidge	1,453,321	58.84	John W. Davis	576,975	23.36	Robert M. La Follette	432,027	17.49	29
1920	Warren G. Harding	1,420,480	67.81	James M. Cox	534,395	25.51	Parley P. Christensen	49,630	2.37	29
1916	Woodrow Wilson	950,229	43.34	Charles E. Hughes	1,152,549	52.56	-			29
1912	Woodrow Wilson	405,048	35.34	Theodore Roosevelt	386,478	33.72	William H. Taft	253,593	22.13	29
1908	William H. Taft	629,932	54.53	William Jennings Bryan	450,810	39.02	-			27
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	632,645	58.77	Alton B. Parker	327,606	30.43	-			27
1900	William McKinley	597,985	52.83	William Jennings Bryan	503,061	44.44	-			24
1896	William McKinley	607,130	55.66	William Jennings Bryan	465,613	42.68	-			24
1892	Grover Cleveland	426,281	48.79	Benjamin Harrison	399,288	45.70	James B. Weaver	22,207	2.54	24
1888	Benjamin Harrison ^[b]	370,475	49.54	Grover Cleveland	348,351	46.58	-			22
1884	Grover Cleveland	312,351	46.43	James G. Blaine	337,469	50.17	-			22
1880	James A. Garfield	318,036	51.11	Winfield S. Hancock	277,321	44.56	James B. Weaver	26,358	4.24	21
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	278,232	50.20	Samuel J. Tilden	258,611	46.66	-			21
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	241,936	56.27	Horace Greeley	184,884	43.00	-			21
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	250,304	55.7	Horatio Seymour	199,116	44.3	-			16
1864	Abraham Lincoln	189,512	54.4	George B. McClellan	158,724	45.6	-			16

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	172,171	50.7	Stephen A. Douglas	160,215	47.2	John C. Breckinridge	2,331	0.7	John Bell	4,914	1.4	11

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[a]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1856	James Buchanan	105,528	44.09	John C. Frémont	96,275	40.23	Millard Fillmore	37,531	15.68	11
1852	Franklin Pierce	80,378	51.87	Winfield Scott	64,733	41.77	John P. Hale	9,863	6.36	11
1848	Zachary Taylor	52,853	42.42	Lewis Cass	55,952	44.91	Martin Van Buren	15,702	12.6	9
1844	James K. Polk	58,795	53.91	Henry Clay	45,854	42.05	-			9
1840	William Henry Harrison	45,574	48.91	Martin Van Buren	47,441	50.92	-			5
1836	Martin Van Buren	18,369	54.69	William Henry Harrison	15,220	45.31	various^[d]			5
1832	Andrew Jackson	14,609	68.01	Henry Clay	6,745	31.40	William Wirt	97	0.45	5
1828	Andrew Jackson	9,560	67.22	John Quincy Adams	4,662	32.78	-			3

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1824	Andrew Jackson	1,272	27.23	John Quincy Adams	1,516	32.46	Henry Clay	1,036	22.18	William H. Crawford	847	18.13	3 (Electoral College split, 2 for Jackson and 1 for Adams)

Election of 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including the three electoral votes from Illinois) except one electoral vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.

Notes

1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
1 2 3 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
↑ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
↑ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Illinois.

Related Research Articles

The tables below list the United States presidential elections in Missouri, ordered by year. Since 1904, Missouri has voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election with only four exceptions: 1956, 2008, 2012, and 2020, although the popular vote winner failed the win the electoral vote in 2000 and 2016. Missouri was historically viewed as a bellwether state, but the consecutive votes against the winning candidate in 2008 and 2012 introduced doubts about its continued status as a bellwether, and an 18.5-point Republican victory in 2016 indicated that it had become a safe red state.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Delaware, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1787, Delaware has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Georgia, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Georgia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, when it had seceded in the American Civil War.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Indiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1816, Indiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Kentucky, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1792, Kentucky has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to the election of 1792, Kentucky was part of Virginia, and residents of the area voted as part of that state.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Louisiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1812, Louisiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Louisiana was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Maine, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1820, Maine has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to 1820, much of the territory currently comprising the state of Maine was part of the state of Massachusetts, and citizens residing in that area have thus been able to participate in every U.S. election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Maryland, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Maryland has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Considered a bellwether state during the 20th century, only voting for the losing candidate three times during that century, Maryland has since become one of the most blue (Democratic) states, last voting for a Republican candidate in 1988.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Massachusetts, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Massachusetts has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of the United States presidential elections in Mississippi, in chronological order by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1817, Mississippi has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in New Hampshire, ordered by year.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in New Jersey, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1787, New Jersey has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in North Carolina, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1789, North Carolina has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy. North Carolina did not participate in the 1788–89 United States presidential election, as it did not ratify the Constitution of the United States until months after the end of that election and after George Washington had assumed office as President of the United States.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Rhode Island, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1790, Rhode Island has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in South Carolina, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, South Carolina has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864 during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Tennessee, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1796, Tennessee has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Tennessee was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Vermont, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1791, Vermont has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Virginia, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864 during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction. As of 2022, it is the only state of the former Confederacy to vote reliably Democratic.

References

↑ "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
↑ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
↑ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[national-1] 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.

[PV-4] 1 2 3 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote

[10] Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

[11] Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Illinois.

[2] "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

[FEC_2016-3] 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2012-5] 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2008-6] 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.

[7] "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.

[8] "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

[9] "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

[a]

[1]

[2]

[b]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[c]

[d]

v t e Elections in Illinois
By year	1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1969 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1998 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Presidential	1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 (Dem primary, Rep primary) 2012 2016 (Dem primary) 2020 (Dem primary) 2024 (Dem primary, Rep primary)
U.S. Senate	1885 1913 1914 1918 1920 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1948 1950 1954 1956 1960 1962 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1978 1980 1984 1986 1990 1992 1996 1998 2002 2004 2008 2010 2014 2016 2020 2022
U.S. House	2000 (1st) 2006 2008 2010 (17th) 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Special	2nd congressional, 1995 14th congressional, 2008 5th congressional, 2009 2nd congressional, 2013 18th congressional, 2015 Comptroller, 2016
Gubernatorial	1818 1822 1826 1830 1834 1838 1842 1846 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Lieutenant gubernatorial	1818 1822 1826 1830 1834 1838 1842 1846 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968
Other state executive offices	Attorney General 2018 2022 Secretary of State 2022 Comptroller 2016
State Senate	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
State House	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
State judicial	1936 1938 1940 1942 1948 1960 1962 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Ballot measures and referendums	State capitol referendum (1834) Cutback Amendment (1980) Crime Victim Rights Amendment (1992) Governor Recall Amendment (2010) Public Pension Amendment (2012) Marsy's Law (2014) Right to Vote Amendment (2014) Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment (2016) Fair Tax (2020) Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)
Chicago mayoral	1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 (Mar) 1844 (Apr) 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1865 1867 1869 1871 1873 1876 (Apr) 1876 (Jul) 1877 1879 1881 1883 1885 1887 1889 1891 1893 (Apr) 1893 (Dec) 1895 1897 1899 1901 1903 1905 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Chicago City Council	1923 1925 1927 1929 1931 1933 1935 1939 1943 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Other municipal	1924 Cicero
Cook County	1946 1980 (State's Attorney) 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

v t e United States presidential elections
Elections by year	1788 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028
Elections by state	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Primaries and caucuses	Iowa caucuses New Hampshire presidential primary Nevada presidential caucuses South Carolina presidential primary Super Tuesday
Nominating conventions	List of nominating conventions Brokered convention Convention bounce Superdelegate
Electoral College and popular vote	Results summary elections in which the winner lost the popular vote Electoral College margins Electoral College results by state electoral vote changes between elections electoral vote recipients popular votes received popular-vote margins Electoral Count Act Certificate of ascertainment Certificate of vote Contingent election Faithless elector Unpledged elector Voter turnout
Related	Campaign slogans Historical election polling Election Day Major party tickets Major party losers Presidential debates October surprise Red states and blue states Swing state Tipping-point state Election recount (2000) Guam straw poll Vice presidential confirmations: 1973 1974
House elections Senate elections Gubernatorial elections