ILLINOIS | 22 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State Board of Elections)
Illinois has: 102 counties. Five largest counties: Cook (5.2 million), DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane. Five largest cities: Chicago (2.7 million), Rockford, Aurora, Springfield, Peoria. Government
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State
of Illinois
State Board of Elections Democratic
Party of IL
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Past
Results
1996
1992
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Results
2000
Turnout
as a percentage of voting age population was 52.79%. (U.S. avg. 53.76%)...l
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Overview
Illinois remained solidly in the Democratic column as the Gore-Lieberman ticket won with a plurality of 569,605 votes (12.02 percentage points). Gore carried a total of 24 counties to Bush's 78. Cook County, which accounted for 39% of the votes cast in the race for president (1,865,907 of 4,742,123) provided a plurality of 746,005 votes for Gore. |
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