2004 United States presidential election in Illinois

The 2004 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by Democratic nominee John Kerry by a 10.3% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Kerry would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. A reliable blue state that no Republican has won since Bush's father George H. W. Bush in 1988, Illinois voted for Democratic Senator John Kerry in 2004 with almost 55% of the vote.

Kerry's victory in Illinois was due to carrying seventy percent of the vote in the Chicago area's Cook County, where about 43% of Illinois' population resides. Excluding Cook County, President George W. Bush would have won the state 54.6% (1,749,203 votes) to 45.3% (1,452,265 votes). President Bush was victorious in Chicago's collar counties, although the results in those counties were narrower than his victories downstate.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this was the last presidential election in which a Democrat failed to carry any of Chicago's collar counties.<ref name="how"/> This is the first election in which the Republican nominee has won the national popular vote without carrying Illinois. It also marks the only occurrence in which Illinois has voted for the losing candidate in two consecutive presidential elections (after it had voted against Bush in 2000). Bush was the first Republican to ever win two terms without ever carrying the state.

Primaries

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for Senate and Congress, as well as those for state offices.

Turnout

For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 25.23%, with 1,801,090 votes cast.<ref name=turnout>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="result">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For the general election, turnout was 70.33%, with 5,274,322 votes cast.<ref name=turnout/><ref name="result"/>

Democratic

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The 2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 16 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

By the time of the Illinois primary, Kerry was seen as having all but formally secured the nomination.

2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary<ref name="result"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates
John Kerry	873,230	71.72	155
John Edwards (withdrawn)	131,966	10.84	1
Carol Moseley Braun (withdrawn)	53,249	4.37	0
Howard Dean (withdrawn)	47,343	3.89	0
Al Sharpton (withdrawn)	36,123	2.97	0
Dennis Kucinich	28,083	2.31	0
Joe Lieberman (withdrawn)	24,354	2.00	0
Wesley Clark (withdrawn)	19,304	1.59	0
Lyndon LaRouche	3,863	0.32	0
Total	1,217,515	100%	156

Republican

Template:Infobox election{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The 2004 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 16, 2004, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 2004 presidential election.

Incumbent president George W. Bush won the primary. Bush was running for reelection without a major opponents, and with no opponents on the ballot in Illinois.

Illinois assigned 60 directly elected delegates (the state had another 13 delegates that were not directly elected by voters).<ref name="greenpapersrep">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Illinois primary was a so-called "Loophole" primary. This meant that the statewide presidential preference vote was a "beauty contest", from which no delegates would be assigned. Instead, the delegates were assigned by separate direct-votes on delegate candidates (whose proclaimed presidential preferences were listed beside their names on the ballot).<ref name="greenpapersrep"/> These delegates were noted voted on at-large by a state vote, but rather by congressional district votes.<ref name="greenpapersrep"/> The number of delegates each congressional district would be able to elect had been decided based upon the strength of that district's vote for the Republican nominee (Bush) in the previous 2000 election.<ref name="greenpapersrep"/> This meant that four delegates each were elected from Illinois's 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, and 19th congressional districts, three delegates each were elected from Illinois's 12th and 17th congressional districts, and two delegates each were elected from Illinois's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 9th congressional districts <ref name="greenpapersrep"/>

Ten of the remaining delegates not directly elected by congressional district were selected at the Illinois Republican Party Convention, and were unpledged delegates.<ref name="greenpapersrep"/> The other three would be unplugged ex-officio delegates, roles filled by the states National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Illinois's Republican Party.<ref name="greenpapersrep"/>

2004 Illinois Republican presidential primary<ref name="greenpapersrep"/><ref name="result"/>
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Delegates
George W. Bush (incumbent)	583,575	100%	60
Totals	583,575	100%	60

Campaign

Predictions

There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Source	Ranking
D.C. Political Report	Template:USRaceRating
Associated Press	Template:USRaceRating
CNN	Template:USRaceRating
Cook Political Report	Template:USRaceRating
Newsweek	Template:USRaceRating
New York Times	Template:USRaceRating
Rasmussen Reports	Template:USRaceRating
Research 2000	Template:USRaceRating
Washington Post	Template:USRaceRating
Washington Times	Template:USRaceRating
Zogby International	Template:USRaceRating
Washington Dispatch	Template:USRaceRating

Polling

Kerry won every single pre-election poll. Out of the 12 polls taken, Kerry won 9 of them with 52% or higher. The final 3 polls averaged Kerry leading 54% to Bush with 41%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Fundraising

Bush raised $6,892,187.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kerry raised $7,100,400.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Advertising and visits

Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election season because it was expected not to be competitive and Kerry had a solid lead in the state.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Analysis

Illinois has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 1992 on, each time by a double-digit margin. Prior to 1992, Illinois was considered a swing state with perhaps a slight Republican lean; until 2000, no Republican had won the White House without carrying Illinois, and it voted Republican in every election from 1952 to 1988 except 1960 and 1964, even voting against Jimmy Carter in his winning 1976 campaign. The blue trend in the "Land of Lincoln" in presidential elections can be largely attributed to the dramatic expansion of the Democratic margin in Cook County, which contains the city of Chicago and its inner suburbs and makes up about 41.2% of the state's population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While Democrats routinely won Cook County following the New Deal realignment except in some Republican landslide years (1952, 1956, 1972), until 1996, they did not themselves crack 60% in the county except in their own landslides of 1936 and 1964. In 1992, however, Clinton got 58.2% of the vote in Cook County, approaching 60% and a higher vote share than any nominee had received in the county since 1964, despite the election having three major participants. In 1996, Clinton got 66.8% of the vote, blowing past Franklin Roosevelt's and Lyndon Johnson's vote shares in 1936 and 1964, respectively, and Gore only improved on this in 2000. In 2004, John Kerry became the first nominee of any party to crack 70% in Cook County since Warren G. Harding in 1920, and the Democrat did not fall been below 70% in the county since until narrowly doing so in 2024.

In addition, the historically Republican "collar counties" outside Chicago began trending less strongly Republican in the Clinton years, and this continued into the Bush years. In 1996, Clinton became the first Democrat to crack 40% in the largest collar county, DuPage County, since 1964, and Gore slightly improved on Clinton's vote share in 2000, holding Bush to a 13.3% margin in a county Ford had carried by 40.5% in 1976 and George H. W. Bush, by 39.4% in 1988. In 2004, John Kerry improved on Gore's vote share in DuPage County by 2.9%, holding Bush to a single-digit margin of 9.6%--the smallest Republican margin of victory in the county since 1892 (apart from the 1912 election, when the Republican Party was divided and DuPage County voted for Theodore Roosevelt).

Outside the Chicago area, Kerry performed well in the traditionally Democratic region of Metro East, as well as in Champaign County, a moderately populated historically Republican county that has voted Democratic in every election from 1992 on. Bush had done well in most of rural Illinois in 2000, and deepened his support there in 2004. However, given the developments in massively-populated Cook and DuPage Counties, this was not enough to materially influence the result.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which DeKalb County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, Will County, and Winnebago County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.<ref name="how">Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016</ref>

Results

2004 United States presidential election in Illinois<ref name="result"/>
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	John Kerry	2,891,550	54.82%	21
	Republican	George W. Bush (incumbent)	2,345,946	44.48%	0
	Libertarian	Michael Badnarik	32,442	0.62%	0
	Independent	Write-ins	4,384	0.08%	0
Totals			5,274,322	100.00%	21
Voter turnout (Voting age population)					56.0%

Results by county

County	John Kerry Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Template:Party shading/Republican|Adams	Template:Party shading/Democratic|10,511	Template:Party shading/Democratic|33.39%	Template:Party shading/Republican|20,834	Template:Party shading/Republican|66.19%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|132	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.42%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -10,323	Template:Party shading/Republican| -32.80%	Template:Party shading/Republican|31,477
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Alexander	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,016	Template:Party shading/Democratic|52.05%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,831	Template:Party shading/Republican|47.28%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|26	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.67%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 185	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 4.78%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,873
Template:Party shading/Republican|Bond	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,228	Template:Party shading/Democratic|43.81%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,068	Template:Party shading/Republican|55.20%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|73	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.99%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -840	Template:Party shading/Republican| -11.40%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,369
Template:Party shading/Republican|Boone	Template:Party shading/Democratic|8,286	Template:Party shading/Democratic|42.40%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,132	Template:Party shading/Republican|56.97%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|123	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.63%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,846	Template:Party shading/Republican| -14.56%	Template:Party shading/Republican|19,541
Template:Party shading/Republican|Brown	Template:Party shading/Democratic|895	Template:Party shading/Democratic|34.62%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,679	Template:Party shading/Republican|64.95%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|11	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.43%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -784	Template:Party shading/Republican| -30.33%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,585
Template:Party shading/Republican|Bureau	Template:Party shading/Democratic|7,961	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.47%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,822	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.87%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|119	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.66%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,861	Template:Party shading/Republican| -10.40%	Template:Party shading/Republican|17,902
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Calhoun	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,367	Template:Party shading/Democratic|50.52%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,317	Template:Party shading/Republican|48.67%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|22	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.81%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 50	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 1.85%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,706
Template:Party shading/Republican|Carroll	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,537	Template:Party shading/Democratic|43.48%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,534	Template:Party shading/Republican|55.73%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|64	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.79%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -997	Template:Party shading/Republican| -12.26%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,135
Template:Party shading/Republican|Cass	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,492	Template:Party shading/Democratic|43.72%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,163	Template:Party shading/Republican|55.49%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|45	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.79%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -671	Template:Party shading/Republican| -11.77%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,700
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Champaign	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41,524	Template:Party shading/Democratic|50.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|39,896	Template:Party shading/Republican|48.40%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1,014	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.23%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,628	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1.97%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|82,434
Template:Party shading/Republican|Christian	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,112	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.03%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,044	Template:Party shading/Republican|59.24%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|111	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.73%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,932	Template:Party shading/Republican| -19.20%	Template:Party shading/Republican|15,267
Template:Party shading/Republican|Clark	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,877	Template:Party shading/Democratic|35.93%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,082	Template:Party shading/Republican|63.47%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|48	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.60%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,205	Template:Party shading/Republican| -27.54%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,007
Template:Party shading/Republican|Clay	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,101	Template:Party shading/Democratic|32.06%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,416	Template:Party shading/Republican|67.38%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|37	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.56%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,315	Template:Party shading/Republican| -35.32%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,554
Template:Party shading/Republican|Clinton	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,797	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,219	Template:Party shading/Republican|59.65%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|115	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.67%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,422	Template:Party shading/Republican| -19.98%	Template:Party shading/Republican|17,131
Template:Party shading/Republican|Coles	Template:Party shading/Democratic|9,566	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41.99%	Template:Party shading/Republican|13,015	Template:Party shading/Republican|57.13%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|199	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.87%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,449	Template:Party shading/Republican| -15.14%	Template:Party shading/Republican|22,780
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Cook	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,439,724	Template:Party shading/Democratic|70.25%	Template:Party shading/Republican|597,405	Template:Party shading/Republican|29.15%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|12,305	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.60%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|842,319	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41.10%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,049,434
Template:Party shading/Republican|Crawford	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,194	Template:Party shading/Democratic|34.23%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,083	Template:Party shading/Republican|65.18%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|55	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.59%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,889	Template:Party shading/Republican| -30.96%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,332
Template:Party shading/Republican|Cumberland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,862	Template:Party shading/Democratic|34.38%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,497	Template:Party shading/Republican|64.57%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|57	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.05%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,635	Template:Party shading/Republican| -30.19%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,416
Template:Party shading/Republican |DeKalb	Template:Party shading/Democratic|19,263	Template:Party shading/Democratic|47.25%	Template:Party shading/Republican|21,095	Template:Party shading/Republican|51.74%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|410	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.01%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,832	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4.49%	Template:Party shading/Republican|40,768
Template:Party shading/Republican|DeWitt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,836	Template:Party shading/Democratic|36.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,920	Template:Party shading/Republican|63.09%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|42	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.54%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,084	Template:Party shading/Republican| -26.72%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,798
Template:Party shading/Republican|Douglas	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,767	Template:Party shading/Democratic|32.40%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,702	Template:Party shading/Republican|66.77%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|71	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.83%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,935	Template:Party shading/Republican| -34.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,540
Template:Party shading/Republican|DuPage	Template:Party shading/Democratic|180,097	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.75%	Template:Party shading/Republican|218,902	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.39%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|3,447	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -38,805	Template:Party shading/Republican| -9.64%	Template:Party shading/Republican|402,446
Template:Party shading/Republican|Edgar	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,093	Template:Party shading/Democratic|36.69%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,258	Template:Party shading/Republican|62.38%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|78	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.93%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,165	Template:Party shading/Republican| -25.69%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,429
Template:Party shading/Republican|Edwards	Template:Party shading/Democratic|930	Template:Party shading/Democratic|27.65%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,412	Template:Party shading/Republican|71.70%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|22	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.65%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,482	Template:Party shading/Republican| -44.05%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,364
Template:Party shading/Republican|Effingham	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,388	Template:Party shading/Democratic|26.96%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,774	Template:Party shading/Republican|72.33%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|116	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.71%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -7,386	Template:Party shading/Republican| -45.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|16,278
Template:Party shading/Republican|Fayette	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,571	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.40%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,880	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.58%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|98	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.03%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,309	Template:Party shading/Republican| -24.18%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,549
Template:Party shading/Republican|Ford	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,912	Template:Party shading/Democratic|29.51%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,511	Template:Party shading/Republican|69.62%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|56	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,599	Template:Party shading/Republican| -40.11%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,479
Template:Party shading/Republican|Franklin	Template:Party shading/Democratic|8,816	Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.56%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,388	Template:Party shading/Republican|53.68%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|148	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,572	Template:Party shading/Republican| -8.12%	Template:Party shading/Republican|19,352
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Fulton	Template:Party shading/Democratic|9,080	Template:Party shading/Democratic|53.30%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,818	Template:Party shading/Republican|45.89%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|137	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.80%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 1,262	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 7.41%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|17,035
Template:Party shading/Republican|Gallatin	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,573	Template:Party shading/Democratic|48.78%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,619	Template:Party shading/Republican|50.20%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|33	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.02%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -46	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1.43%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,225
Template:Party shading/Republican|Greene	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,457	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.49%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,559	Template:Party shading/Republican|58.65%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|52	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,102	Template:Party shading/Republican| -18.16%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,068
Template:Party shading/Republican|Grundy	Template:Party shading/Democratic|8,463	Template:Party shading/Democratic|42.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,198	Template:Party shading/Republican|56.47%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|170	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,735	Template:Party shading/Republican| -13.79%	Template:Party shading/Republican|19,831
Template:Party shading/Republican|Hamilton	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,814	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.19%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,653	Template:Party shading/Republican|58.77%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|47	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.04%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -839	Template:Party shading/Republican| -18.59%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,514
Template:Party shading/Republican|Hancock	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,975	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.16%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,837	Template:Party shading/Republican|58.97%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|87	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.88%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,862	Template:Party shading/Republican| -18.81%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,899
Template:Party shading/Republican|Hardin	Template:Party shading/Democratic|923	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.87%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,501	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.59%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|13	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.53%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -578	Template:Party shading/Republican| -23.72%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,437
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Henderson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,269	Template:Party shading/Democratic|54.64%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,857	Template:Party shading/Republican|44.71%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|27	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.65%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 412	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 9.92%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,153
Template:Party shading/Republican|Henry	Template:Party shading/Democratic|11,877	Template:Party shading/Democratic|47.05%	Template:Party shading/Republican|13,212	Template:Party shading/Republican|52.34%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|152	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.60%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,335	Template:Party shading/Republican| -5.29%	Template:Party shading/Republican|25,241
Template:Party shading/Republican|Iroquois	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,832	Template:Party shading/Democratic|27.70%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,914	Template:Party shading/Republican|71.66%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|89	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.64%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -6,082	Template:Party shading/Republican| -43.96%	Template:Party shading/Republican|13,835
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jackson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|14,300	Template:Party shading/Democratic|55.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,190	Template:Party shading/Republican|43.33%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|336	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.30%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,110	Template:Party shading/Democratic|12.04%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|25,826
Template:Party shading/Republican|Jasper	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,781	Template:Party shading/Democratic|33.38%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,529	Template:Party shading/Republican|66.14%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|26	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.49%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,748	Template:Party shading/Republican| -32.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,336
Template:Party shading/Republican|Jefferson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,713	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.61%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,160	Template:Party shading/Republican|59.95%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|75	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.44%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,447	Template:Party shading/Republican| -20.34%	Template:Party shading/Republican|16,948
Template:Party shading/Republican|Jersey	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,597	Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.35%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,435	Template:Party shading/Republican|53.62%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|105	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.04%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -838	Template:Party shading/Republican| -8.27%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,137
Template:Party shading/Republican|Jo Daviess	Template:Party shading/Democratic|5,311	Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.85%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,174	Template:Party shading/Republican|53.30%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|99	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.85%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -863	Template:Party shading/Republican| -7.45%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,584
Template:Party shading/Republican|Johnson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,813	Template:Party shading/Democratic|30.91%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,997	Template:Party shading/Republican|68.15%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|55	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.94%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,184	Template:Party shading/Republican| -37.24%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,865
Template:Party shading/Republican|Kane	Template:Party shading/Democratic|73,813	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.12%	Template:Party shading/Republican|92,065	Template:Party shading/Republican|55.03%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1,419	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.85%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -18,252	Template:Party shading/Republican| -10.91%	Template:Party shading/Republican|167,297
Template:Party shading/Republican|Kankakee	Template:Party shading/Democratic|20,003	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.42%	Template:Party shading/Republican|24,739	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.93%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|294	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.65%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4,736	Template:Party shading/Republican| -10.52%	Template:Party shading/Republican|45,036
Template:Party shading/Republican|Kendall	Template:Party shading/Democratic|12,497	Template:Party shading/Democratic|38.42%	Template:Party shading/Republican|19,776	Template:Party shading/Republican|60.80%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|254	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.78%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -7,279	Template:Party shading/Republican| -22.38%	Template:Party shading/Republican|32,527
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Knox	Template:Party shading/Democratic|13,403	Template:Party shading/Democratic|54.25%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,111	Template:Party shading/Republican|44.97%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|194	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.79%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 2,292	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 9.28%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|24,708
Template:Party shading/Republican|Lake	Template:Party shading/Democratic|134,352	Template:Party shading/Democratic|48.80%	Template:Party shading/Republican|139,081	Template:Party shading/Republican|50.52%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1,862	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4,729	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1.72%	Template:Party shading/Republican|275,295
Template:Party shading/Republican|LaSalle	Template:Party shading/Democratic|24,263	Template:Party shading/Democratic|47.83%	Template:Party shading/Republican|26,101	Template:Party shading/Republican|51.45%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|365	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.72%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,838	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3.62%	Template:Party shading/Republican|50,729
Template:Party shading/Republican|Lawrence	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,518	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.42%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,162	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.85%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|49	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.73%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,644	Template:Party shading/Republican| -24.43%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,729
Template:Party shading/Republican|Lee	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,416	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.41%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,307	Template:Party shading/Republican|58.62%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|153	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.96%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,891	Template:Party shading/Republican| -18.21%	Template:Party shading/Republican|15,876
Template:Party shading/Republican|Livingston	Template:Party shading/Democratic|5,632	Template:Party shading/Democratic|35.11%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,316	Template:Party shading/Republican|64.32%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|91	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.57%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4,684	Template:Party shading/Republican| -29.20%	Template:Party shading/Republican|16,039
Template:Party shading/Republican|Logan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,273	Template:Party shading/Democratic|31.73%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,112	Template:Party shading/Republican|67.66%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|82	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.61%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4,839	Template:Party shading/Republican| -35.93%	Template:Party shading/Republican|13,467
Template:Party shading/Republican|Macon	Template:Party shading/Democratic|23,341	Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.11%	Template:Party shading/Republican|28,118	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.34%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|287	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.55%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4,777	Template:Party shading/Republican| -9.23%	Template:Party shading/Republican|51,746
Template:Party shading/Republican|Macoupin	Template:Party shading/Democratic|11,193	Template:Party shading/Democratic|49.12%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,413	Template:Party shading/Republican|50.09%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|179	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.79%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -220	Template:Party shading/Republican| -0.97%	Template:Party shading/Republican|22,785
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Madison	Template:Party shading/Democratic|63,399	Template:Party shading/Democratic|51.26%	Template:Party shading/Republican|59,384	Template:Party shading/Republican|48.02%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|895	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.72%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 4,015	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 3.25%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|123,678
Template:Party shading/Republican|Marion	Template:Party shading/Democratic|7,694	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.67%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,413	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.65%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|117	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,719	Template:Party shading/Republican| -9.98%	Template:Party shading/Republican|17,224
Template:Party shading/Republican|Marshall	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,806	Template:Party shading/Democratic|42.62%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,734	Template:Party shading/Republican|56.71%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|44	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.67%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -928	Template:Party shading/Republican| -14.09%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,584
Template:Party shading/Republican|Mason	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,215	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,907	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.39%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|61	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.85%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -692	Template:Party shading/Republican| -9.63%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,183
Template:Party shading/Republican|Massac	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,805	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.78%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,578	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.66%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|41	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.55%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,773	Template:Party shading/Republican| -23.88%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,424
Template:Party shading/Republican|McDonough	Template:Party shading/Democratic|7,119	Template:Party shading/Democratic|47.69%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,656	Template:Party shading/Republican|51.28%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|154	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.03%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -537	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3.60%	Template:Party shading/Republican|14,929
Template:Party shading/Republican|McHenry	Template:Party shading/Democratic|50,330	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.34%	Template:Party shading/Republican|76,412	Template:Party shading/Republican|59.72%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1,206	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.94%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -26,082	Template:Party shading/Republican| -20.38%	Template:Party shading/Republican|127,948
Template:Party shading/Republican|McLean	Template:Party shading/Democratic|29,877	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41.72%	Template:Party shading/Republican|41,276	Template:Party shading/Republican|57.63%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|467	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.65%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -11,399	Template:Party shading/Republican| -15.92%	Template:Party shading/Republican|71,620
Template:Party shading/Republican|Menard	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,137	Template:Party shading/Democratic|32.51%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,408	Template:Party shading/Republican|67.05%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|29	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.44%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,271	Template:Party shading/Republican| -34.55%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,574
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Mercer	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,512	Template:Party shading/Democratic|50.28%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,405	Template:Party shading/Republican|49.09%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|57	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.64%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 107	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 1.19%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|8,974
Template:Party shading/Republican|Monroe	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,788	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41.47%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,468	Template:Party shading/Republican|57.84%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|114	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.70%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,680	Template:Party shading/Republican| -16.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|16,370
Template:Party shading/Republican|Montgomery	Template:Party shading/Democratic|5,979	Template:Party shading/Democratic|46.24%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,851	Template:Party shading/Republican|52.99%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|100	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.77%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -872	Template:Party shading/Republican| -6.74%	Template:Party shading/Republican|12,930
Template:Party shading/Republican|Morgan	Template:Party shading/Democratic|5,650	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.22%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,392	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.87%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|138	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.91%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,742	Template:Party shading/Republican| -24.65%	Template:Party shading/Republican|15,180
Template:Party shading/Republican|Moultrie	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,388	Template:Party shading/Democratic|36.93%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,028	Template:Party shading/Republican|62.30%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|50	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.77%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,640	Template:Party shading/Republican| -25.36%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,466
Template:Party shading/Republican|Ogle	Template:Party shading/Democratic|9,018	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.43%	Template:Party shading/Republican|14,918	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.92%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|155	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.64%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -5,900	Template:Party shading/Republican| -24.49%	Template:Party shading/Republican|24,091
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Peoria	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41,121	Template:Party shading/Democratic|49.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican|41,051	Template:Party shading/Republican|49.60%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|599	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.72%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|70	Template:Party shading/Democratic|0.08%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|82,771
Template:Party shading/Republican|Perry	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,770	Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,589	Template:Party shading/Republican|53.61%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|66	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.63%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -819	Template:Party shading/Republican| -7.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,425
Template:Party shading/Republican|Piatt	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,124	Template:Party shading/Democratic|36.38%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,392	Template:Party shading/Republican|62.80%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|70	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.82%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,268	Template:Party shading/Republican| -26.42%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,586
Template:Party shading/Republican|Pike	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,849	Template:Party shading/Democratic|35.70%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,032	Template:Party shading/Republican|63.06%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|99	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.24%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,183	Template:Party shading/Republican| -27.36%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,980
Template:Party shading/Republican|Pope	Template:Party shading/Democratic|918	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,500	Template:Party shading/Republican|61.58%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|18	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.74%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -582	Template:Party shading/Republican| -23.89%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,436
Template:Party shading/Republican|Pulaski	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,372	Template:Party shading/Democratic|44.14%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,720	Template:Party shading/Republican|55.34%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|16	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.51%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -348	Template:Party shading/Republican| -11.20%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,108
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Putnam	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,704	Template:Party shading/Democratic|50.84%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,623	Template:Party shading/Republican|48.42%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|25	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.75%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 81	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 2.42%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,352
Template:Party shading/Republican|Randolph	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,771	Template:Party shading/Democratic|45.27%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,076	Template:Party shading/Republican|54.00%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|109	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.73%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,305	Template:Party shading/Republican| -8.73%	Template:Party shading/Republican|14,956
Template:Party shading/Republican|Richland	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,529	Template:Party shading/Democratic|32.64%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,153	Template:Party shading/Republican|66.50%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|67	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,624	Template:Party shading/Republican| -33.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,749
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Rock Island	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39,880	Template:Party shading/Democratic|56.99%	Template:Party shading/Republican|29,663	Template:Party shading/Republican|42.39%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|429	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.61%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|10,217	Template:Party shading/Democratic|14.60%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|69,972
Template:Party shading/Republican|Saline	Template:Party shading/Democratic|4,697	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican|7,057	Template:Party shading/Republican|59.73%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|60	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.51%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,360	Template:Party shading/Republican| -19.98%	Template:Party shading/Republican|11,814
Template:Party shading/Republican|Sangamon	Template:Party shading/Democratic|38,630	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.50%	Template:Party shading/Republican|55,904	Template:Party shading/Republican|58.61%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|841	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.88%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -17,274	Template:Party shading/Republican| -18.11%	Template:Party shading/Republican|95,375
Template:Party shading/Republican|Schuyler	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,594	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.54%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,403	Template:Party shading/Republican|59.61%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|34	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.84%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -809	Template:Party shading/Republican| -20.07%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,031
Template:Party shading/Republican|Scott	Template:Party shading/Democratic|927	Template:Party shading/Democratic|35.17%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,696	Template:Party shading/Republican|64.34%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|13	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.49%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -769	Template:Party shading/Republican| -29.17%	Template:Party shading/Republican|2,636
Template:Party shading/Republican|Shelby	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,744	Template:Party shading/Democratic|35.40%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,753	Template:Party shading/Republican|63.85%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|80	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,009	Template:Party shading/Republican| -28.45%	Template:Party shading/Republican|10,577
Template:Party shading/Democratic |St. Clair	Template:Party shading/Democratic|62,410	Template:Party shading/Democratic|55.14%	Template:Party shading/Republican|50,203	Template:Party shading/Republican|44.35%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|576	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.51%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 12,207	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 10.78%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|113,189
Template:Party shading/Republican|Stark	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,189	Template:Party shading/Democratic|38.84%	Template:Party shading/Republican|1,841	Template:Party shading/Republican|60.14%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|31	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1.01%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -652	Template:Party shading/Republican| -21.30%	Template:Party shading/Republican|3,061
Template:Party shading/Republican|Stephenson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|8,913	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41.81%	Template:Party shading/Republican|12,212	Template:Party shading/Republican|57.28%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|195	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.91%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,299	Template:Party shading/Republican| -15.47%	Template:Party shading/Republican|21,320
Template:Party shading/Republican|Tazewell	Template:Party shading/Democratic|25,814	Template:Party shading/Democratic|41.41%	Template:Party shading/Republican|36,058	Template:Party shading/Republican|57.84%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|466	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.75%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -10,244	Template:Party shading/Republican| -16.43%	Template:Party shading/Republican|62,338
Template:Party shading/Republican|Union	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,735	Template:Party shading/Democratic|40.96%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,333	Template:Party shading/Republican|58.48%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|51	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.56%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,598	Template:Party shading/Republican| -17.52%	Template:Party shading/Republican|9,119
Template:Party shading/Republican|Vermilion	Template:Party shading/Democratic|14,726	Template:Party shading/Democratic|43.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican|18,731	Template:Party shading/Republican|55.56%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|257	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.76%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -4,005	Template:Party shading/Republican| -11.88%	Template:Party shading/Republican|33,714
Template:Party shading/Republican|Wabash	Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,752	Template:Party shading/Democratic|29.17%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,212	Template:Party shading/Republican|70.13%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|42	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.70%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,460	Template:Party shading/Republican| -40.96%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,006
Template:Party shading/Republican|Warren	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,938	Template:Party shading/Democratic|46.56%	Template:Party shading/Republican|4,474	Template:Party shading/Republican|52.90%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|45	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.53%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -536	Template:Party shading/Republican| -6.34%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,457
Template:Party shading/Republican|Washington	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,986	Template:Party shading/Democratic|36.85%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,072	Template:Party shading/Republican|62.59%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|46	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.57%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,086	Template:Party shading/Republican| -25.74%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,104
Template:Party shading/Republican|Wayne	Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,139	Template:Party shading/Democratic|25.81%	Template:Party shading/Republican|6,102	Template:Party shading/Republican|73.63%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|46	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.56%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -3,963	Template:Party shading/Republican| -47.82%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,287
Template:Party shading/Republican|White	Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,071	Template:Party shading/Democratic|37.00%	Template:Party shading/Republican|5,180	Template:Party shading/Republican|62.40%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|50	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.60%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -2,109	Template:Party shading/Republican| -25.41%	Template:Party shading/Republican|8,301
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Whiteside	Template:Party shading/Democratic|13,723	Template:Party shading/Democratic|51.07%	Template:Party shading/Republican|12,959	Template:Party shading/Republican|48.22%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|191	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.71%	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 764	Template:Party shading/Democratic| 2.84%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|26,873
Template:Party shading/Republican|Will	Template:Party shading/Democratic|117,172	Template:Party shading/Democratic|46.94%	Template:Party shading/Republican|130,728	Template:Party shading/Republican|52.37%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|1,709	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.68%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -13,556	Template:Party shading/Republican| -5.43%	Template:Party shading/Republican|249,609
Template:Party shading/Republican|Williamson	Template:Party shading/Democratic|11,685	Template:Party shading/Democratic|39.00%	Template:Party shading/Republican|18,086	Template:Party shading/Republican|60.37%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|189	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.63%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -6,401	Template:Party shading/Republican| -21.37%	Template:Party shading/Republican|29,960
Template:Party shading/Republican|Winnebago	Template:Party shading/Democratic|59,740	Template:Party shading/Democratic|49.20%	Template:Party shading/Republican|60,782	Template:Party shading/Republican|50.06%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|903	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.74%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -1,042	Template:Party shading/Republican| -0.86%	Template:Party shading/Republican|121,425
Template:Party shading/Republican|Woodford	Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,005	Template:Party shading/Democratic|31.94%	Template:Party shading/Republican|12,698	Template:Party shading/Republican|67.54%	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|99	Template:Party shading/Libertarian|0.53%	Template:Party shading/Republican| -6,693	Template:Party shading/Republican| -35.60%	Template:Party shading/Republican|18,802
Totals	2,891,550	54.82%	2,345,946	44.48%	36,826	0.70%	545,604	10.34%	5,274,322

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Franklin (Largest city: West Frankfort)
• Gallatin (Largest city: Shawneetown)
• Henry (Largest city: Kewanee)
• LaSalle (Largest city: Ottawa)
• Macon (Largest city: Decatur)
• Macoupin (Largest city: Carlinville)
• Montgomery (Largest city: Litchfield)
• Perry (Largest city: Du Quoin)
• Pulaski (Largest city: Mounds)

By congressional district

Kerry won ten of 19 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

District	Kerry	Bush	Representative
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	83%	17%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bobby Rush
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	84%	16%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jesse Jackson Jr.
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	59%	41%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Bill Lipinski
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Dan Lipinski
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	79%	21%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Luis Gutierrez
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	67%	33%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Rahm Emanuel
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	47%	53%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Henry Hyde
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	83%	17%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Danny K. Davis
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	44%	56%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Phil Crane
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Melissa Bean
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	68%	32%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jan Schakowsky
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	53%	47%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Mark Kirk
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	46%	53%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Jerry Weller
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	52%	48%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Jerry Costello
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	45%	55%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Judy Biggert
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	44%	55%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Dennis Hastert
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	41%	59%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Timothy V. Johnson
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	44%	55%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Donald Manzullo
Template:Party shading/Democratic|Template:Ushr	51%	48%	Template:Party shading/Democratic|Lane Evans
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	42%	58%	Template:Party shading/Republican|Ray LaHood
Template:Party shading/Republican|Template:Ushr	39%	61%	Template:Party shading/Republican|John Shimkus

Electors

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Technically the voters of Illinois cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Illinois is allocated 21 electors because it has 19 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 21 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 21 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from Illinois. All were pledged to and voted for Kerry and Edwards:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1. Constance A. Howard
2. Carrie Austin
3. Shirley R. Madigan
4. Tony Munoz
5. James DeLeo
6. Joan Brennan
7. Vera Davis
8. Linda Pasternak
9. William Marovitz
10. Dan Pierce
11. Debbie Halvorson
12. Molly McKenzie
13. Beth Ann May
14. Mary Lou Kearns
15. Lynn Foster
16. John Nelson
17. Mary Boland
18. Shirley McCombs
19. Jerry Sinclair
20. Barbara Flynn Currie
21. John Daley