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A specific Illinois state legislative district profiled by its presidential vote history relative to Illinois and the nation.
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House District 62 voted R+40.5 in 2024, a 39.1-point gap to the national R+1.4 that's been opened almost entirely by a single-cycle break: the district swung 16.6 points right between 2012 and 2016, on top of 13.1 points right from 2008→2012. The cumulative arc is 33.9 points over 16 years, and the last two cycles have added only 2.3 and 1.9 points — the realignment landed in 2016 and has held. The district is 90.1% non-Hispanic white across 94,000 residents, and it now runs 1.4 points to the right of Indiana as a whole despite sitting inside a state that voted R+1.7.
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Where the answer lives
State House District 62, a custom area drawn over Pennsylvania.
Cycle-by-cycle arc
IL-HD-62 broke hard in 2016, when the presidential margin swung 16.6 points right in a single cycle from R+19.8 to R+36.4. That inflection drives a cumulative 33.9-point rightward arc across 16 years, with the district moving from R+6.7 in 2008 to R+40.5 in 2024. The 2008→2012 cycle had already pulled it 13.1 points right, setting up the 2016 break. Since then the drift has flattened — 2.3 points right into 2020, another 1.9 into 2024 — with the district holding its Trump-era floor.
Shifted 33.9 pts left across 16 years.
Population, income, education
IL-HD-62 is 91.8% white across 93,695 people, with a non-Hispanic white share near 90.1%. Black residents make up 2.8% and Hispanic residents 1.7%, leaving the district demographically homogeneous relative to Illinois. Voting-age population sits at 77,229.
Against county, state, and national
| Geography | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Change since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State House District 62 | R+36.4 | R+38.7 | R+40.5 | -33.9 pts |
| Indiana | R+35.0 | R+37.5 | R+39.1 | -4.1 pts |
| Pennsylvania | R+0.7 | D+1.2 | R+1.7 | -1.0 pts |
| PA-14 | R+32.1 | R+31.5 | R+33.4 | -1.3 pts |
| United States | D+2.1 | D+4.5 | R+1.4 | -3.5 pts |
Akashic Atlas, "A specific Illinois state legislative district profiled by its presidential vote history relative to Illinois and the nation", answer ID uWIJ5ikD8KWZ, generated 2026-04-29, retrieved 2026-04-30. https://akashicedge.com/atlas/a/uWIJ5ikD8KWZ
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