Illinois 1st Congressional District: Florida Surge district. In 2024, voted D+32%. Democratic peak: D+60 in 2008.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Florida SurgeAkashic typology
- Population
- 857,6632024 5-year
- Median household income
- $94,3762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 23.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Predecessors: RUSH, Bobby L. (2021–2023), RUSH, Bobby L. (2019–2021), RUSH, Bobby L. (2017–2019), RUSH, Bobby L. (2015–2017)
| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 65.1% | 213,637 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 33.3% | 109,361 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.6% | 5,339 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 2008 | +59.5% |
| 2012 | +55.8% |
| 2016 | +48.0% |
| 2020 | +42.4% |
| 2024 | +31.8% |
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 213,637 | 109,361 | 328,337 | ||
| D | 260,612 | 103,926 | 369,672 | ||
| D | 258,525 | 86,095 | 359,459 | ||
| D | 280,086 | 79,420 | 359,506 | ||
| D | 306,517 | 76,440 | 386,461 |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | D % | R % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | O | 0.0% | 41.5% | 4,098,896 |
| 2020 | D | 54.9% | 38.9% | 5,968,901 |
| 2016 | D | 54.9% | 39.8% | 5,491,878 |
| 2014 | D | 53.5% | 42.7% | 3,603,519 |
| 2010 | R | 46.4% | 48.0% | 3,704,473 |
| 2008 | D | 67.8% | 28.5% | 5,329,884 |
| 2004 | D | 70.0% | 27.0% | 5,141,520 |
| 2002 | D | 60.3% | 38.0% | 3,486,851 |
| 1998 | R | 47.4% | 50.3% | 3,394,521 |
| 1996 | D | 56.1% | 40.7% | 4,250,722 |
| 1992 | D | 53.3% | 43.1% | 4,939,558 |
| 1990 | D | 65.1% | 34.9% | 3,251,005 |
| 1986 | D | 65.1% | 33.7% | 3,122,883 |
| 1984 | D | 50.1% | 48.2% | 4,787,335 |
| 1980 | D | 56.0% | 42.5% | 4,580,029 |
| 1978 | R | 45.5% | 53.3% | 3,184,764 |
Demographics
Illinois's 1st congressional district covers most of Chicago's South Side and the inner south suburbs, stretching from Hyde Park and Bronzeville south through Englewood, Beverly, and into Cook County's south end. About 858,000 people live in the district; it has been majority Black for the entirety of its modern boundaries and was the first Black-majority district drawn in the United States after the 1992 redistricting cycle, though Black voters had already held a numerical majority in earlier maps. The district has not voted Republican for president since the 1928 race. Democratic margins have hovered between D+22 and D+36 over the last six cycles, with the largest in 2008 (D+36) and the narrowest in 2004 and 2024 (both D+22). Turnout in 2024 reached 368,432, down from 401,758 in 2020 and 354,891 in 2016. Bobby Rush represented the district from 1993 through 2023; Jonathan Jackson succeeded him in 2023.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of sixty points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved eleven points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was thirty-two points.
A population of 857,663, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,376 describe the district.
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Congressional District 1, Illinois. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cd/1701/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.