Illinois 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Illinois 1972 presidential election with 2,788,179 votes (59.0%), a margin of R+18.5. Illinois's 19 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

40.5%

59.0%

1,913,472

Democratic Candidate (40.5%)

2,788,179

Republican Candidate (59.0%)

Total Votes: 4,723,236|Margin: R+18.5

County Results

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County Results (102 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Jackson County	D+2.9	R+0.9	R+5.8	25,594	D+4.4%
St. Clair County	R+4.0	D+4.0	D+1.2	98,097	R+20.1%
Rock Island County	R+7.1	R+6.6	D+6.7	70,330	R+13.0%
Cook County	R+7.4	D+12.4	D+2.6	2,311,037	R+16.9%
Gallatin County	R+7.6	R+0.6	D+5.5	4,001	R+11.8%
Franklin County	R+8.4	R+1.5	D+5.0	18,729	R+13.4%
Madison County	R+12.2	R+7.3	R+8.2	99,116	R+18.9%
Calhoun County	R+13.5	R+13.2	R+6.6	3,017	R+6.7%
Montgomery County	R+13.6	R+20.9	R+12.5	15,913	R+12.2%
Christian County	R+14.2	R+13.4	R+6.1	17,675	R+19.8%
Moultrie County	R+14.4	R+18.9	R+18.7	5,507	R+3.8%
Champaign County	R+15.3	R+18.8	R+17.9	58,679	D+0.4%
Macoupin County	R+16.8	R+13.5	R+7.3	23,407	R+18.8%
LaSalle County	R+18.6	R+22.0	R+14.2	52,687	R+12.5%
Macon County	R+18.6	R+11.1	R+8.9	50,029	R+23.3%
Saline County	R+18.8	R+11.1	R+8.6	12,918	R+12.1%
Union County	R+18.9	R+6.0	R+10.6	8,480	R+15.5%
Brown County	R+19.1	R+26.4	R+21.2	3,022	R+7.6%
Alexander County	R+19.1	D+4.8	D+5.5	6,209	R+24.7%
Pulaski County	R+19.1	R+3.1	R+5.4	4,193	R+26.4%
Jefferson County	R+19.2	R+13.5	R+14.5	15,905	R+13.4%
Putnam County	R+19.8	R+23.5	R+12.5	2,787	R+5.4%
Randolph County	R+20.5	R+17.8	R+19.3	16,215	R+9.2%
DeKalb County	R+20.8	R+24.6	R+29.7	31,384	D+12.1%
Williamson County	R+20.9	R+14.0	R+12.5	23,492	R+11.4%
Pike County	R+20.9	R+17.2	R+14.3	9,863	R+12.4%
Henderson County	R+21.3	R+19.6	R+7.5	4,436	R+7.1%
Marion County	R+21.3	R+21.3	R+19.5	17,754	R+19.1%
Jersey County	R+21.7	R+21.6	R+15.5	8,507	R+16.1%
Cumberland County	R+21.9	R+24.0	R+26.6	5,358	R+5.1%
Mercer County	R+22.1	R+19.5	R+10.4	8,940	R+2.3%
Fayette County	R+22.1	R+27.9	R+26.4	10,768	R+8.3%
Cass County	R+22.3	R+21.0	R+7.8	7,219	R+20.8%
Winnebago County	R+23.2	R+15.6	R+17.9	93,850	R+11.1%
Jasper County	R+23.8	R+30.3	R+35.3	5,657	R+7.4%
Fulton County	R+24.1	R+15.0	R+0.1	19,949	R+24.3%
Hamilton County	R+24.1	R+23.2	R+15.4	5,299	R+6.6%
Shelby County	R+24.3	R+22.5	R+19.2	11,626	R+15.7%
White County	R+24.4	R+20.0	R+22.7	9,746	R+9.1%
Greene County	R+24.6	R+22.7	R+22.4	7,521	R+13.6%
Bond County	R+24.7	R+20.8	R+19.2	7,183	R+8.0%
Clinton County	R+25.0	R+29.6	R+33.1	12,712	R+7.7%
Hardin County	R+25.3	R+13.1	R+16.7	3,062	R+15.1%
Mason County	R+25.6	R+25.5	R+10.1	7,810	R+18.8%
Perry County	R+26.1	R+14.6	R+12.1	11,064	R+17.6%
Coles County	R+26.2	R+25.4	R+32.3	21,751	R+10.4%
Vermilion County	R+26.5	R+20.4	R+16.2	39,425	R+14.6%
Jo Daviess County	R+26.9	R+28.0	R+27.2	9,097	R+2.1%
Henry County	R+27.7	R+27.0	R+15.1	23,185	R+9.8%
Peoria County	R+29.6	R+23.4	R+10.6	78,032	R+21.3%
Edgar County	R+29.7	R+30.9	R+35.4	11,116	R+5.4%
Knox County	R+29.8	R+23.5	R+10.9	26,766	R+12.7%
Clay County	R+30.0	R+25.6	R+28.7	8,138	R+10.6%
Pope County	R+30.1	R+25.3	R+24.3	2,218	R+4.7%
De Witt County	R+30.5	R+32.5	R+31.6	7,705	R+12.4%
Crawford County	R+30.7	R+26.0	R+33.2	10,055	R+6.1%
Lawrence County	R+30.9	R+18.1	R+23.1	8,181	R+10.7%
Clark County	R+31.6	R+30.2	R+27.3	8,680	R+8.3%
Will County	R+31.8	R+22.7	R+26.9	99,218	R+18.1%
Lake County	R+31.9	R+29.2	R+37.2	139,812	R+10.9%
Scott County	R+32.1	R+34.5	R+35.2	3,376	R+11.8%
Sangamon County	R+32.1	R+23.5	R+22.6	77,075	R+22.6%
Schuyler County	R+32.2	R+30.4	R+24.2	4,534	R+4.3%
Morgan County	R+32.3	R+29.0	R+33.1	16,789	R+16.3%
Effingham County	R+32.8	R+35.3	R+42.8	13,193	R+14.4%
Kankakee County	R+33.3	R+22.5	R+21.6	40,373	R+18.7%
Tazewell County	R+34.4	R+32.9	R+18.7	47,613	R+29.7%
McDonough County	R+34.5	R+33.6	R+34.4	15,738	D+1.9%
Marshall County	R+35.0	R+36.4	R+25.8	6,602	R+13.4%
Bureau County	R+35.1	R+30.8	R+25.7	18,952	R+8.8%
Hancock County	R+35.3	R+29.1	R+25.4	11,129	R+7.7%
McLean County	R+35.3	R+33.5	R+33.8	45,955	R+10.1%
Piatt County	R+35.7	R+31.3	R+27.4	7,468	R+14.0%
Stephenson County	R+35.9	R+22.5	R+35.6	20,019	R+11.9%
Wabash County	R+36.9	R+27.3	R+33.8	6,306	R+16.8%
Richland County	R+37.0	R+34.2	R+44.2	8,125	R+8.9%
Whiteside County	R+37.1	R+39.1	R+19.6	25,301	R+8.4%
Johnson County	R+37.2	R+33.0	R+35.0	4,123	R+5.4%
Monroe County	R+37.2	R+32.2	R+36.0	9,466	R+12.5%
Douglas County	R+37.4	R+33.3	R+32.6	8,506	R+11.3%
Lee County	R+37.8	R+53.1	R+47.9	15,489	R+5.8%
Washington County	R+37.9	R+41.2	R+36.8	7,522	R+2.2%
Boone County	R+38.1	R+30.3	R+33.8	10,165	R+5.2%
Adams County	R+39.1	R+28.9	R+32.3	29,846	R+20.7%
Menard County	R+39.3	R+36.7	R+36.4	5,263	R+12.5%
Wayne County	R+39.6	R+28.8	R+41.1	9,175	R+12.3%
Logan County	R+40.0	R+40.1	R+41.9	14,692	R+11.4%
Kane County	R+40.1	R+33.8	R+38.8	92,377	R+8.6%
Carroll County	R+40.2	R+36.5	R+37.1	8,631	R+7.4%
Massac County	R+40.3	R+20.1	R+9.0	6,162	R+14.8%
Warren County	R+40.5	R+32.1	R+27.5	10,008	R+12.0%
Grundy County	R+41.7	R+33.5	R+34.4	12,341	R+12.8%
Stark County	R+43.4	R+45.9	R+34.8	3,540	R+11.6%
Livingston County	R+44.2	R+44.2	R+45.7	18,339	R+7.2%
Woodford County	R+45.9	R+47.4	R+41.5	13,203	R+15.6%
Ogle County	R+47.9	R+44.9	R+47.3	18,290	R+3.9%
Edwards County	R+48.1	R+40.4	R+44.8	4,081	R+10.9%
Ford County	R+49.0	R+44.6	R+46.6	7,591	R+11.3%
McHenry County	R+49.7	R+41.4	R+53.0	48,312	R+10.0%
DuPage County	R+50.2	R+39.8	R+51.9	229,739	R+9.4%
Iroquois County	R+52.4	R+51.4	R+54.7	15,784	R+8.8%
Kendall County	R+57.5	R+48.1	R+48.1	11,917	R+8.9%

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