United States presidential election in Illinois, 2012

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2012
November 6, 2012

 
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 20 0
Popular vote 3,019,512 2,135,216
Percentage 57.60% 40.73%
County Results
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

The 2012 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Illinois voters chose 20 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. The Obama/Biden ticket won Illinois with 57.60% of the popular vote to Romney/Ryan's 40.73%, thus winning the state's 20 electoral votes by a margin of 16.87%.[1]

Obama's victory in Illinois was due to an overwhelmingly strong vote total in Cook County, which includes Illinois' largest city, Chicago. Obama won Cook County with 74%, receiving 1,488,537 votes, compared to Romney who received only 24.6% of the votes in Cook County, or 495,542 votes.[2] The importance of the vote in Chicago and the rest of Cook County to Obama's victory in Illinois can be illustrated by a hypothetical scenario in which its votes are not included in the overall state total. Many counties in Southern Illinois that had voted for then Senator Obama in 2008, swung back to the GOP due to decreased enthusiasm for the Democratic incumbent. If one were to subtract all of the votes in Cook County from Illinois' total votes cast, Romney would have actually won Illinois, having received 1,629,863 votes (50.62%) in the rest of the state, compared to Obama, who received 1,524,886 votes (47.36%). This, despite Obama's good performance in the suburban collar counties, which are considered swing counties.

Obama's victory continued a Democratic winning streak in the state - the Democratic candidate has carried Illinois through the previous six election cycles. The last Republican to win Illinois in a Presidential Election was George H.W. Bush in 1988.

General Election

Results

While Obama only won 23% of the counties in Illinois, most of the counties he won were heavily populated. His 17-point victory can be largely attributed to his performance in Cook County, which encompasses the Chicago Metropolitan Area. He also won the once Republican favored collar counties. Obama won Dupage County, Will County, and Lake County. He also performed well in the East St. Louis area.

United States presidential election in Illinois, 2012
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Hussein Obama (Incumbent) Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Incumbent) 3,019,512 57.60% 20
Republican Willard Mitt Romney Paul Davis Ryan 2,135,216 40.73% 0
Libertarian Gary Earl Johnson Jim Gray 56,229 1.07% 0
Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 30,222 0.58% 0
Write-ins Write-ins 835 0.02% 0
Totals 5,242,014 100.00% 20

By county[3]

County Obama % Obama Votes Romney % Romney Votes Others % Others Votes Total Votes
Adams31.5%9,64866.7%20,4161.8%54330,607
Alexander56.1%1,96542.5%1,4871.4%493,501
Bond40.9%3,02055.5%4,0953.5%2607,375
Boone46.1%9,88351.8%11,0962.2%46221,441
Brown33.3%78764.0%1,5132.7%642,364
Bureau48.7%8,13448.9%8,1642.3%38816,686
Calhoun41.9%1,08055.9%1,4402.2%562,576
Carroll49.5%3,66548.0%3,5552.5%1867,406
Cass42.1%2,05355.5%2,7072.4%1184,878
Champaign51.9%40,83144.9%35,3123.1%2,46678,609
Christian37.3%5,49460.3%8,8852.4%34814,727
Clark32.9%2,59165.2%5,1441.9%1517,886
Clay26.8%1,58470.9%4,1902.3%1345,908
Clinton34.0%5,59663.9%10,5242.2%36116,481
Coles43.2%9,26254.3%11,6312.5%54421,437
Cook74.0%1,488,53724.6%495,5421.4%27,5192,011,598
Crawford33.1%2,85864.7%5,5852.2%1908,633
Cumberland31.0%1,64166.3%3,5092.7%1455,295
DeKalb51.6%21,20746.1%18,9342.3%95141,092
De Witt35.3%2,60162.1%4,5792.6%1887,368
Douglas30.8%2,43067.5%5,3341.7%1337,897
DuPage49.7%199,46048.6%195,0461.6%6,575401,081
Edgar32.7%2,56565.5%5,1321.8%1387,835
Edwards23.4%75474.5%2,4052.1%693,228
Effingham23.2%3,86175.2%12,5011.5%25116,613
Fayette31.7%2,85366.0%5,9512.3%2089,012
Ford27.5%1,65670.2%4,2292.3%1396,024
Franklin40.5%7,25457.3%10,2672.2%39317,914
Fulton54.0%8,32843.0%6,6322.9%45115,411
Gallatin40.0%1,02958.0%1,4922.0%522,573
Greene35.9%2,02361.2%3,4512.9%1635,637
Grundy44.3%9,45153.2%11,3432.4%51921,313
Hamilton32.2%1,26965.1%2,5662.7%1063,941
Hancock40.1%3,65057.9%5,2712.1%1909,111
Hardin31.8%74265.9%1,5352.3%532,330
Henderson55.4%1,97843.2%1,5411.4%493,568
Henry50.5%12,33247.5%11,5832.0%49024,405
Iroquois26.7%3,41371.3%9,1202.0%25112,784
Jackson55.3%13,31940.9%9,8643.8%92124,104
Jasper28.5%1,43669.7%3,5141.8%935,043
Jefferson37.3%6,08960.1%9,8112.6%42016,320
Jersey36.8%3,66760.6%6,0392.5%2539,959
Jo Daviess49.6%5,66748.4%5,5342.0%22811,429
Johnson27.7%1,57269.9%3,9632.4%1375,672
Kane49.7%90,33248.6%88,3351.6%2,981181,648
Kankakee47.3%21,59550.7%23,1362.0%92345,654
Kendall47.4%22,47150.7%24,0471.9%89247,410
Knox57.6%13,45140.3%9,4082.1%49723,356
Lake53.5%153,75745.1%129,7641.4%3,972287,493
LaSalle48.8%23,07349.2%23,2562.0%93047,259
Lawrence33.6%2,01164.4%3,8572.0%1215,989
Lee45.2%6,93752.5%8,0592.3%35215,348
Livingston33.3%5,02064.7%9,7532.0%30415,077
Logan33.0%3,97865.1%7,8441.9%23112,053
Macon46.5%22,78051.6%25,3091.9%94149,030
Macoupin44.9%9,46451.9%10,9463.2%67321,083
Madison48.1%58,92249.5%60,6082.4%2,943122,473
Marion39.3%6,22558.5%9,2482.234715,820
Marshall41.8%2,45556.1%3,2902.1%1245,869
Mason45.5%2,86751.9%3,2652.6%1646,296
Massac32.2%2,09265.9%4,2781.9%1256,495
McDonough47.9%5,96749.4%6,1472.7%34012,454
McHenry44.5%59,79753.3%71,5982.1%2,842134,237
McLean43.4%31,88354.4%39,9472.2%1,63973,469
Menard34.1%2,10064.2%3,9481.7%1036,151
Mercer52.6%4,50745.2%3,8762.2%1858,568
Monroe35.5%6,21562.3%10,8882.2%38717,490
Montgomery41.5%5,05855.6%6,7762.9%35412,188
Morgan41.1%5,80656.4%7,9722.6%36414,142
Moultrie35.3%2,14462.3%3,7842.4%1476,075
Ogle40.7%9,51457.4%13,4221.8%43123,367
Peoria51.3%40,20946.9%36,7741.8%1,42878,411
Perry39.8%3,81957.5%5,5072.7%2589,584
Piatt35.5%3,09062.2%5,4132.3%2048,707
Pike31.2%2,27866.6%4,8602.2%1647,302
Pope29.3%65068.0%1,5122.7%602,222
Pulaski46.1%1,38951.9%1,5642.0%593,012
Putnam49.6%1,55947.8%1,5022.6%823,143
Randolph39.9%5,75957.4%8,2902.7%38914,438
Richland32.4%2,36265.3%4,7562.3%1647,282
Rock Island60.0%39,15738.2%24,9341.7%1,12665,217
Saline34.5%3,70163.5%6,8062.0%21310,720
Sangamon44.7%42,10753.3%50,2252.1%1,96594,297
Schuyler44.3%1,72753.0%2,0692.7%1063,902
Scott35.4%91061.8%1,5872.8%712,568
Shelby32.0%3,34265.6%6,8432.4%25410,439
St. Clair56.2%67,28541.8%50,1252.0%2,417119,827
Stark41.1%1,09557.4%1,5281.5%392,662
Stephenson48.1%10,16549.8%10,5122.1%45121,128
Tazewell39.9%24,43857.7%35,3352.5%1,50961,282
Union37.7%3,13759.6%4,9572.7%2248,318
Vermilion42.4%12,87855.6%16,8922.1%63030,400
Wabash31.0%1,59067.7%3,4781.3%665,134
Warren51.7%4,04446.3%3,6182.0%1567,818
Washington33.0%2,45064.5%4,7922.6%1937,435
Wayne19.7%1,51477.8%5,9882.5%1957,697
White30.9%2,18866.8%4,7312.3%1637,082
Whiteside57.4%14,83340.5%10,4482.1%54725,828
Will51.9%144,22946.4%128,9691.8%4,964278,162
Williamson36.4%10,64761.2%17,9092.4%69829,254
Winnebago51.7%61,73246.2%55,1382.1%2,527119,397
Woodford29.4%5,57268.4%12,9612.1%40518,938
Illinois Total57.61%3,013,42340.63%2,125,4051.76%92,0245,230,852

Primaries

Democratic

There was no Democratic Primary election in Illinois as no one in the Democratic party chose to run against the incumbent Democratic President, Barack Obama.

Republican

Illinois Republican primary, 2012
March 20, 2012 (2012-03-20)

 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania
Delegate count 42 12
Popular vote 435,859 326,778
Percentage 46.69% 35.01%
 
Candidate Ron Paul Newt Gingrich
Home state Texas Georgia
Delegate count 0 0
Popular vote 87,044 74,482
Percentage 9.32% 7.98%
Illinois results by county
  Mitt Romney
  Rick Santorum

The Illinois Republican 2012 primary took place on March 20, 2012.[4][5]

Illinois Republican primary, 2012[6]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count
NYT CNN
[7]		 FOX
Mitt Romney 435,859 46.69% 42 41 42
Rick Santorum 326,778 35.01% 12 10 12
Ron Paul 87,044 9.32% 0 0 0
Newt Gingrich 74,482 7.98% 0 0 0
Rick Perry (withdrawn) 5,568 0.60% 0 0 0
Buddy Roemer (withdrawn) 3,723 0.40% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 3 0
Total: 933,454 100.00% 54 54 54

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Illinois Board of Elections". Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?fips=17&year=2012&off=0&elect=0&f=0
  3. ↑ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?fips=17&year=2012&off=0&elect=0&f=0
  4. ↑ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GP&ElectionID=32&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=5881&QueryType=Office&
  7. ↑ Illinois - CNN
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