2016 United States presidential election in Illinois
2016 United States presidential election in Illinois Turnout 68.95%
County results
Congressional district results
Precinct results
Clinton
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Trump
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Tie/No Data
The 2016 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 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, businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . Illinois had 20 votes in the Electoral College.[ 1]
Illinois was won by Clinton, who garnered 55.24% of the votes cast against Trump's 38.35%, thus winning the state by a margin of 17.07%. Prior to the election, news organizations accurately predicted that the state would be carried by Clinton, who was born in Illinois. Clinton won by a slightly wider margin than Barack Obama in 2012 , making it one of eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which she outperformed Obama's 2012 margin; however, due to an increase in third-party voting, her overall percentage of the vote was lower than Obama's in both his runs.[ 2] Trump flipped eleven counties red, although all of them have small populations; the most populous of them, Whiteside County , has under 60,000 residents. He also became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying DeKalb , DuPage , Kane , Lake , Will , or Winnebago Counties.
Primaries
Presidential primary elections for three parties were held in Illinois. From January 25 to February 17, 2016, the Green Party of the United States held primaries and caucuses, as part of the Green Party presidential primaries , to elect delegates representing a candidate at the 2016 Green National Convention . Physician and activist Jill Stein won a landslide of the popular vote, taking almost all of the state's 23 delegates. On March 15, 2016, both the Democratic and Republican parties held primaries in Illinois as part of a five-state contest being held on the day in both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries . In the Democratic primaries, 156 pledged delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were elected and awarded to candidates proportionally, according to countywide and statewide vote. In the Republican primaries, 69 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected and awarded to the first place candidate, according to statewide vote.
Democratic
The 2016 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 15, 2016, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Forum
March 14, 2016 – Columbus, Ohio, and Springfield, Illinois:
The tenth forum was held at 6:00 pm EDT on March 14, 2016, at the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio , and at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site (Illinois) in Springfield, Illinois . It aired on MSNBC . The first section of the town hall with Bernie Sanders was moderated by Chuck Todd ; the second section of the town hall with Hillary Clinton was moderated by Chris Matthews .
Results
Six candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[ 3]
Illinois Democratic primary, March 15, 2016
Candidate
Popular vote
Estimated delegates
Count
Percentage
Pledged
Unpledged
Total
Hillary Clinton
1,039,555
50.56%
79
24
103
Bernie Sanders
999,494
48.61%
77
1
78
Willie Wilson
6,565
0.32%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
6,197
0.30%
0
1
1
Lawrence "Larry Joe" Cohen
2,407
0.12%
Rocky De La Fuente
1,802
0.09%
Others
27
0.00%
Uncommitted
—
0
1
1
Total
2,056,047
100%
156
27
183
Source: [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Republican
2016 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Results by county
Donald Trump
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
Ted Cruz
30-40%
40–50%
The 2016 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 15, 2016, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Ten candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[ 3]
Illinois Republican primary, March 15, 2016
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Actual delegate count
Bound
Unbound
Total
Donald Trump
562,464
38.80%
54
0
54
Ted Cruz
438,235
30.23%
9
0
9
John Kasich
286,118
19.74%
6
0
6
Marco Rubio
126,681
8.74%
0
0
0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)
11,469
0.79%
0
0
0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
11,188
0.77%
0
0
0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)
4,718
0.33%
0
0
0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)
3,428
0.24%
0
0
0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)
2,737
0.19%
0
0
0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
1,540
0.11%
0
0
0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
1,154
0.08%
0
0
0
Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0
Total:
1,449,748
100.00%
69
0
69
Source: The Green Papers
Green
2016 Illinois Green Party presidential primary
The 2016 Illinois Green Party presidential primary was held from January 25 through February 17 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Green Party's state primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. It was run by the Green Party of Illinois . Illinois' primary was the first to be held of the series of presidential primaries held by the Green Party of the United States . Registered Green party voters could participate in the primary through an online ballot or at select caucus sites in the state on various dates. 23 delegates to the 2016 Green National Convention were up for election in this primary.
Five candidates stood for election, including a sixth "uncommitted " option for the ballot. The candidates included activist and Green nominee in the 2012 presidential election , Jill Stein , singer-songwriter Darryl Cherney , businesswoman Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry, perennial candidate Kent Mesplay , and professor William "Bill" Kreml. By the end of the primary, 134 votes were cast, with Stein winning a landslide 89% of the vote. 20 delegates from Illinois to the convention were allocated to Stein following the primary, with 1 being allocated to William Kreml and 2 being sent as uncommitted delegates.[ 7] [ 8]
Illinois Green Party presidential primary, January 25 - February 17, 2016
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
National delegates
Jill Stein
119
88.81%
20
William Kreml
5
3.73%
1
Kent Mesplay
2
1.49%
0
Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry
2
1.49%
0
Darryl Cherney
0
0.00%
0
Uncommitted
10
7.46%
2
Total
134
100.00%
23
General election
Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color
Treemap of the popular vote by county
Predictions
Polling
Results
By county
County
Hillary Clinton Democratic
Donald Trump Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
7,676
23.76%
22,790
70.54%
1,844
5.70%
−15,114
−46.78%
32,310
Alexander
1,262
44.75%
1,496
53.05%
62
2.20%
−234
−8.30%
2,820
Bond
2,068
27.32%
4,888
64.57%
614
8.11%
−2,820
−37.25%
7,570
Boone
8,986
39.07%
12,282
53.40%
1,733
7.53%
−3,296
−14.33%
23,001
Brown
476
20.01%
1,796
75.49%
107
4.50%
−1,320
−55.48%
2,379
Bureau
6,029
36.38%
9,281
56.01%
1,261
7.61%
−3,252
−19.63%
16,571
Calhoun
739
28.74%
1,721
66.94%
111
4.32%
−982
−38.20%
2,571
Carroll
2,447
32.87%
4,434
59.56%
564
7.57%
−1,987
−26.69%
7,445
Cass
1,621
31.64%
3,216
62.76%
287
5.60%
−1,595
−31.12%
5,124
Champaign
50,137
54.72%
33,368
36.42%
8,123
8.86%
16,769
18.30%
91,628
Christian
3,992
25.79%
10,543
68.12%
942
6.09%
−6,551
−42.33%
15,477
Clark
1,877
23.68%
5,622
70.91%
429
5.41%
−3,745
−47.23%
7,928
Clay
1,020
16.06%
5,021
79.07%
309
4.87%
−4,001
−63.01%
6,350
Clinton
3,945
22.65%
12,412
71.26%
1,062
6.09%
−8,467
−48.61%
17,419
Coles
7,309
33.35%
13,003
59.33%
1,606
7.32%
−5,694
−25.98%
21,918
Cook
1,611,946
73.93%
453,287
20.79%
115,111
5.28%
1,158,659
53.14%
2,180,344
Crawford
1,992
22.79%
6,277
71.83%
470
5.38%
−4,285
−49.04%
8,739
Cumberland
1,031
18.51%
4,206
75.50%
334
5.99%
−3,175
−56.99%
5,571
DeKalb
20,466
46.94%
19,091
43.79%
4,043
9.27%
1,375
3.15%
43,600
DeWitt
1,910
25.28%
5,077
67.19%
569
7.53%
−3,167
−41.91%
7,556
Douglas
1,949
23.78%
5,698
69.53%
548
6.69%
−3,749
−45.75%
8,195
DuPage
228,622
53.08%
166,415
38.64%
35,637
8.28%
62,207
14.44%
430,674
Edgar
1,793
22.70%
5,645
71.46%
461
5.84%
−3,852
−48.76%
7,899
Edwards
434
13.06%
2,778
83.57%
112
3.37%
−2,344
−70.51%
3,324
Effingham
3,083
17.51%
13,635
77.43%
891
5.06%
−10,552
−59.92%
17,609
Fayette
1,819
18.97%
7,372
76.86%
400
4.17%
−5,553
−57.89%
9,591
Ford
1,414
22.11%
4,480
70.04%
502
7.85%
−3,066
−47.93%
6,396
Franklin
4,727
25.26%
13,116
70.10%
868
4.64%
−8,389
−44.84%
18,711
Fulton
6,133
38.82%
8,492
53.76%
1,172
7.42%
−2,359
−14.94%
15,797
Gallatin
657
24.27%
1,942
71.74%
108
3.99%
−1,285
−47.47%
2,707
Greene
1,205
21.58%
4,145
74.22%
235
4.20%
−2,940
−52.64%
5,585
Grundy
8,065
34.71%
13,454
57.90%
1,718
7.39%
−5,389
−23.19%
23,237
Hamilton
802
19.30%
3,206
77.14%
148
3.56%
−2,404
−57.84%
4,156
Hancock
2,139
23.45%
6,430
70.50%
552
6.05%
−4,291
−47.05%
9,121
Hardin
420
19.55%
1,653
76.96%
75
3.49%
−1,233
−57.41%
2,148
Henderson
1,155
32.83%
2,155
61.26%
208
5.91%
−1,000
−28.43%
3,518
Henry
8,871
36.00%
13,985
56.75%
1,787
7.25%
−5,114
−20.75%
24,643
Iroquois
2,504
19.11%
9,750
74.42%
848
6.47%
−7,246
−55.31%
13,102
Jackson
11,634
47.26%
10,843
44.05%
2,140
8.69%
791
3.21%
24,617
Jasper
924
18.08%
3,975
77.76%
213
4.16%
−3,051
−59.68%
5,112
Jefferson
4,425
26.03%
11,695
68.80%
879
5.17%
−7,270
−42.77%
16,999
Jersey
2,679
24.37%
7,748
70.49%
564
5.14%
−5,069
−46.12%
10,991
Jo Daviess
4,462
39.37%
6,121
54.01%
751
6.62%
−1,659
−14.64%
11,334
Johnson
1,142
18.76%
4,649
76.35%
298
4.89%
−3,507
−57.59%
6,089
Kane
103,665
51.91%
82,734
41.43%
13,288
6.66%
20,931
10.48%
199,687
Kankakee
18,971
40.10%
25,129
53.12%
3,205
6.78%
−6,158
−13.02%
47,305
Kendall
24,884
46.03%
24,961
46.18%
4,210
7.79%
−77
−0.15%
54,055
Knox
10,083
44.81%
10,737
47.71%
1,683
7.48%
−654
−2.90%
22,503
Lake
171,095
56.37%
109,767
36.16%
22,658
7.47%
61,328
20.21%
303,520
LaSalle
19,543
39.29%
26,689
53.65%
3,511
7.06%
−7,146
−14.36%
49,743
Lawrence
1,290
21.17%
4,521
74.19%
283
4.64%
−3,231
−53.02%
6,094
Lee
5,528
35.69%
8,612
55.60%
1,349
8.71%
−3,084
−19.91%
15,489
Livingston
4,023
26.22%
10,208
66.54%
1,111
7.24%
−6,185
−40.32%
15,342
Logan
3,313
26.72%
8,181
65.97%
907
7.31%
−4,868
−39.25%
12,401
Macon
18,343
38.17%
26,866
55.90%
2,851
5.93%
−8,523
−17.73%
48,060
Macoupin
6,689
29.87%
14,322
63.96%
1,380
6.17%
−7,633
−34.09%
22,391
Madison
50,587
38.86%
70,490
54.15%
9,102
6.99%
−19,903
−15.29%
130,179
Marion
4,369
25.55%
11,859
69.36%
870
5.09%
−7,490
−43.81%
17,098
Marshall
1,789
29.90%
3,785
63.25%
410
6.85%
−1,996
−33.35%
5,984
Mason
2,014
31.02%
4,058
62.50%
421
6.48%
−2,044
−31.48%
6,493
Massac
1,558
23.26%
4,846
72.36%
293
4.38%
−3,288
−49.10%
6,697
McDonough
5,288
40.23%
6,795
51.70%
1,061
8.07%
−1,507
−11.47%
13,144
McHenry
60,803
42.24%
71,612
49.75%
11,515
8.01%
−10,809
−7.51%
143,930
McLean
36,196
44.51%
37,237
45.79%
7,891
9.70%
−1,041
−1.28%
81,324
Menard
1,817
27.89%
4,231
64.94%
467
7.17%
−2,414
−37.05%
6,515
Mercer
3,071
36.02%
4,807
56.39%
647
7.59%
−1,736
−20.37%
8,525
Monroe
5,535
28.60%
12,629
65.25%
1,190
6.15%
−7,094
−36.65%
19,354
Montgomery
3,504
27.00%
8,630
66.50%
844
6.50%
−5,126
−39.50%
12,978
Morgan
4,696
31.73%
9,076
61.32%
1,028
6.95%
−4,380
−29.59%
14,800
Moultrie
1,481
23.57%
4,455
70.91%
347
5.52%
−2,974
−47.34%
6,283
Ogle
8,050
33.27%
14,352
59.32%
1,791
7.41%
−6,302
−26.05%
24,193
Peoria
38,060
48.12%
35,633
45.05%
5,409
6.83%
2,427
3.07%
79,102
Perry
2,462
24.93%
6,855
69.42%
557
5.65%
−4,393
−44.49%
9,874
Piatt
2,645
29.19%
5,634
62.19%
781
8.62%
−2,989
−33.00%
9,060
Pike
1,413
18.76%
5,754
76.41%
363
4.83%
−4,341
−57.65%
7,530
Pope
375
17.51%
1,678
78.34%
89
4.15%
−1,303
−60.83%
2,142
Pulaski
962
35.17%
1,675
61.24%
98
3.59%
−713
−26.07%
2,735
Putnam
1,147
36.86%
1,767
56.78%
198
6.36%
−620
−19.92%
3,112
Randolph
3,439
24.23%
10,023
70.61%
732
5.16%
−6,584
−46.38%
14,194
Richland
1,584
20.59%
5,739
74.59%
371
4.82%
−4,155
−54.00%
7,694
Rock Island
32,298
50.47%
26,998
42.19%
4,698
7.34%
5,300
8.28%
63,994
Saline
2,572
22.59%
8,276
72.70%
536
4.71%
−5,704
−50.11%
11,384
Sangamon
40,907
41.58%
49,944
50.77%
7,522
7.65%
−9,037
−9.19%
98,373
Schuyler
1,075
28.04%
2,524
65.83%
235
6.13%
−1,449
−37.79%
3,834
Scott
535
20.51%
1,966
75.38%
107
4.11%
−1,431
−54.87%
2,608
Shelby
2,288
20.71%
8,229
74.48%
532
4.81%
−5,941
−53.77%
11,049
St. Clair
60,756
50.03%
53,857
44.35%
6,823
5.62%
6,899
5.68%
121,436
Stark
751
27.38%
1,778
64.82%
214
7.80%
−1,027
−37.44%
2,743
Stephenson
7,768
38.19%
11,083
54.48%
1,492
7.33%
−3,315
−16.29%
20,343
Tazewell
20,685
31.95%
38,707
59.78%
5,359
8.27%
−18,022
−27.83%
64,751
Union
2,402
27.88%
5,790
67.20%
424
4.92%
−3,388
−39.32%
8,616
Vermilion
10,039
32.58%
19,087
61.93%
1,692
5.49%
−9,048
−29.35%
30,818
Wabash
1,151
21.07%
4,047
74.07%
266
4.86%
−2,896
−53.00%
5,464
Warren
2,987
38.26%
4,275
54.76%
545
6.98%
−1,288
−16.50%
7,807
Washington
1,448
19.47%
5,571
74.90%
419
5.63%
−4,123
−55.43%
7,438
Wayne
1,048
12.62%
6,967
83.93%
286
3.45%
−5,919
−71.31%
8,301
White
1,412
19.25%
5,640
76.89%
283
3.86%
−4,228
−57.64%
7,335
Whiteside
11,035
43.14%
12,615
49.31%
1,932
7.55%
−1,580
−6.17%
25,582
Will
151,927
49.94%
132,720
43.63%
19,579
6.43%
19,207
6.31%
304,226
Williamson
8,581
26.94%
21,570
67.72%
1,701
5.34%
−12,989
−40.78%
31,852
Winnebago
55,713
46.41%
55,624
46.33%
8,718
7.26%
89
0.08%
120,055
Woodford
5,092
25.63%
13,207
66.49%
1,565
7.88%
−8,115
−40.86%
19,864
Totals
3,090,729
55.24%
2,146,015
38.35%
358,535
6.41%
944,714
16.89%
5,595,279
Swing by county
Democratic — +12.5-15%
Democratic — +10-12.5%
Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +2.5-5%
Democratic — +0-2.5%
Republican — +0-2.5%
Republican — +5-7.5%
Republican — +7.5-10%
Republican — +10-12.5%
Republican — +12.5-15%
Republican — +>15%
County flips
Democratic
Hold
Republican
Hold
Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[ 18]
By congressional district
Clinton won 11 of 18 congressional districts, both candidates won a district held by the other party.[ 19]
Turnout
For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 45.73%, with 3,505,795 votes cast.[ 20] [ 21] For the general election, turnout was 68.95%, with 5,536,424 votes cast.[ 22] [ 21]
Analysis
Clinton's win in Illinois was largely the result of a lopsided victory in Cook County , the state's most populous county and home of Chicago , the city where Clinton was born and raised. Trump meanwhile won most of the downstate rural counties by large margins. Many of these counties had voted for Clinton's husband in both his 1992 and 1996 presidential runs. This is also the first presidential election in history where a Republican managed to win the White House nationally while failing to carry any of Chicago's collar counties (winning only McHenry County ). To put in perspective the political turnaround in the region, between the 1854 creation of the Republican party and Barack Obama 's 2008 election, Democrats only won any of the collar counties in just five landslide elections. In 1932 and 1936 , Franklin Roosevelt carried Will County ; In 1964 , Lyndon Johnson carried Will and Lake ; Bill Clinton carried Will in 1992 and added Lake to that in 1996 . Illinois, along with Minnesota, was one of the only two Midwestern states not won by Donald Trump. The election marked the first time since 1988 in which Illinois did not vote the same as neighboring Wisconsin, and the first time since 1960 when the Democratic candidate won Illinois, while losing Wisconsin.
Cook County, the collar counties, and the downstate counties of Champaign and McLean were the only ones to swing towards Clinton. Knowing these statistics, if one were to subtract Cook County's total votes from the rest of Illinois, Trump would have won the state with 1,692,728 votes to Clinton's 1,478,783 votes.[ 23] [ 24] Peoria County matched the national popular vote this year, as it did in the 2012 election.[ 25]
Had Clinton won the election, she would have become the second president born in Illinois after Ronald Reagan , although both politicians jump-started their political careers in elected office elsewhere. Reagan served as Governor of California while Clinton served as a United States Senator from New York .
As of the 2024 election , this is the most recent election where Kendall County and McLean County have voted Republican.
See also
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