# 1988 United States presidential election in Illinois

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The 1988 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1988. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1988 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Illinois was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas, who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President, and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
Illinois weighed in for this election as 5.4% more Democratic than the national average. Bush won the election in rapidly liberalizing Illinois with a narrow 2-point margin. Like the neighboring state of Missouri, Bush's performance here was far below that of President Ronald Reagan's just four years earlier. Bush's loss of many down-state rural counties, combined with Dukakis's stronger than normal performance across much of the state, especially in Cook County, which houses the Chicago area, made the election results in this state much closer than usual.
The presidential election of 1988 was a very partisan election for Illinois, with more than 99% of the electorate voting for either the Democratic or Republican parties, and only five political parties listed as options on the ballot statewide. As of the 2024 presidential election, this was the last time that Illinois voted Republican in a presidential election. 1988 is also the most recent election in which Peoria County and Champaign County voted for a Republican presidential candidate, as well as the last time a Republican candidate won more than 40% of the vote in Cook County, home to Chicago. This was the last time that Illinois was not the most Democratic state in the Midwest at the presidential level.

## Primaries

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress, as well as those for state offices.

### Turnout

Turnout during the state-run primaries was 39.82%, with 2,359,737 votes cast.
Turnout during the general election was 71.72%, 4,559,120 votes cast.

### Democratic

The 1988 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 15, 1988 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1988 presidential election.
1988 Illinois Democratic presidential primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Paul Simon | 635,219 | 42.32 |
| Jesse L. Jackson | 484,233 | 32.26 |
| Michael S. Dukakis | 245,289 | 16.34 |
| Al Gore | 77,265 | 5.15 |
| Dick Gephardt | 35,108 | 2.34 |
| Gary Hart withdrew | 12,769 | 0.85 |
| Lyndon H. LaRouche | 6,094 | 0.41 |
| Bruce Babbitt withdrew | 4,953 | 0.33 |
| Total | 1,500,930 | 100 |

#### Analysis

Senator Paul Simon was able to secure a victory in the Illinois Democratic primary. Simon was the favorite son candidate and used that to his advantage to secure Illinois's delegates. However, Jesse Jackson was able to obtain about 90% of the African-American vote in the primary, and despite Simon being supported by the withering Chicago Democratic machine, Jackson was able to win Cook county, home of Chicago, as a result. Which, secured Jackson's second place in the primary

### Republican

The 1988 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 15, 1988 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1988 presidential election.
1992 Illinois Republican presidential primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| George Bush | 469,151 | 54.64 |
| Bob Dole | 309,253 | 36.02 |
| Pat Robertson | 59,087 | 6.88 |
| Jack F. Kemp withdrew | 12,687 | 1.48 |
| Pete du Pont withdrew | 4,653 | 0.54 |
| Alexander M. Haig, Jr. withdrew | 3,806 | 0.44 |
| Total | 858,637 | 100 |

#### Analysis

George H.W. Bush won the Illinois Republican primary securing 61 delegates. Bush was the clear favorite to win in the Illinois primary, with him doing well among moderates, conservatives, and liberals. Bush also did well with many voters who positively viewed Reagan and his administration, however Bob Dole did well among voters who disapproved of Reagan's administration. The impact of this race further solidified Bush's supremacy in the Republican Primary and furthered his lead among his opponents.

### Illinois Solidarity

The 1988 Illinois Solidarity presidential primary was held on March 15, 1988, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Lenora Fulani won, running unopposed.
1988 Illinois Solidarity primary :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Lenora Fulani | 170 | 100 |
| Total | 170 | 100 |

## Results

1988 United States presidential election in Illinois :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Electoral votes |
| | Republican | George Bush | Dan Quayle | 2,310,939 | 50.69% | 24 |
| | Democratic | Michael Dukakis | Lloyd Bentsen | 2,215,940 | 48.60% | 0 |
| | Libertarian | Ron Paul | Andre Marrou | 14,944 | 0.33% | 0 |
| | Illinois Solidarity | Lenora Fulani | Joyce Dattner | 10,276 | 0.23% | 0 |
| | Socialist Equality Party | Edward Winn | Barry Porster | 7,021 | 0.15% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4,559,120 | 100.0% | 24 |

### Results by county

| County | George H.W. Bush Republican | George H.W. Bush Republican | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Michael Dukakis Democratic | Ron Paul Libertarian | Ron Paul Libertarian | Leonora Fulani Illinois Solidarity | Leonora Fulani Illinois Solidarity | Edward Winn Independent | Edward Winn Independent | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Adams | 15,831 | 53.29% | 13,768 | 46.34% | 64 | 0.22% | 18 | 0.06% | 29 | 0.10% | 2,063 | 6.95% | 29,710 |
| Alexander | 1,954 | 41.90% | 2,693 | 57.75% | 4 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.09% | -739 | -15.85% | 4,663 |
| Bond | 3,608 | 50.78% | 3,459 | 48.68% | 18 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.15% | 149 | 2.10% | 7,105 |
| Boone | 6,923 | 61.69% | 4,234 | 37.73% | 30 | 0.27% | 14 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.19% | 2,689 | 23.96% | 11,222 |
| Brown | 1,373 | 51.89% | 1,267 | 47.88% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.08% | 106 | 4.01% | 2,646 |
| Bureau | 8,896 | 54.41% | 7,354 | 44.98% | 42 | 0.26% | 23 | 0.14% | 36 | 0.22% | 1,542 | 9.43% | 16,351 |
| Calhoun | 1,238 | 44.37% | 1,544 | 55.34% | 2 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.07% | -306 | -10.97% | 2,790 |
| Carroll | 4,464 | 59.42% | 2,990 | 39.80% | 20 | 0.27% | 24 | 0.32% | 14 | 0.19% | 1,474 | 19.62% | 7,512 |
| Cass | 2,916 | 46.53% | 3,316 | 52.91% | 8 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.13% | 19 | 0.30% | -400 | -6.38% | 6,267 |
| Champaign | 33,247 | 52.36% | 29,733 | 46.82% | 264 | 0.42% | 164 | 0.26% | 91 | 0.14% | 3,514 | 5.54% | 63,499 |
| Christian | 7,040 | 45.61% | 8,295 | 53.74% | 44 | 0.29% | 23 | 0.15% | 34 | 0.22% | -1,255 | -8.13% | 15,436 |
| Clark | 4,508 | 57.71% | 3,275 | 41.93% | 11 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,233 | 15.78% | 7,811 |
| Clay | 3,494 | 55.65% | 2,761 | 43.97% | 10 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.14% | 733 | 11.68% | 6,279 |
| Clinton | 7,681 | 56.15% | 5,935 | 43.38% | 27 | 0.20% | 22 | 0.16% | 15 | 0.11% | 1,746 | 12.77% | 13,680 |
| Coles | 11,043 | 56.62% | 8,327 | 42.69% | 58 | 0.30% | 36 | 0.18% | 40 | 0.21% | 2,716 | 13.93% | 19,504 |
| Cook | 878,582 | 43.36% | 1,129,973 | 55.77% | 7,776 | 0.38% | 6,244 | 0.31% | 3,569 | 0.18% | -251,391 | -12.41% | 2,026,144 |
| Crawford | 4,951 | 57.76% | 3,555 | 41.48% | 32 | 0.37% | 19 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.16% | 1,396 | 16.28% | 8,571 |
| Cumberland | 2,667 | 57.98% | 1,904 | 41.39% | 9 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.26% | 763 | 16.59% | 4,600 |
| DeKalb | 17,182 | 58.86% | 11,811 | 40.46% | 122 | 0.42% | 37 | 0.13% | 38 | 0.13% | 5,371 | 18.40% | 29,190 |
| DeWitt | 3,942 | 59.32% | 2,660 | 40.03% | 22 | 0.33% | 12 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.14% | 1,282 | 19.29% | 6,645 |
| Douglas | 4,378 | 57.62% | 3,184 | 41.91% | 9 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.11% | 19 | 0.25% | 1,194 | 15.71% | 7,598 |
| DuPage | 217,907 | 69.39% | 94,285 | 30.02% | 1,180 | 0.38% | 360 | 0.11% | 322 | 0.10% | 123,622 | 39.37% | 314,054 |
| Edgar | 5,538 | 58.55% | 3,880 | 41.02% | 19 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.13% | 1,658 | 17.53% | 9,459 |
| Edwards | 2,212 | 64.12% | 1,218 | 35.30% | 5 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.17% | 994 | 28.82% | 3,450 |
| Effingham | 8,431 | 64.53% | 4,553 | 34.85% | 38 | 0.29% | 18 | 0.14% | 26 | 0.20% | 3,878 | 29.68% | 13,066 |
| Fayette | 5,452 | 53.88% | 4,632 | 45.78% | 15 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.09% | 820 | 8.10% | 10,118 |
| Ford | 4,059 | 66.05% | 2,026 | 32.97% | 22 | 0.36% | 20 | 0.33% | 18 | 0.29% | 2,033 | 33.08% | 6,145 |
| Franklin | 7,677 | 40.87% | 11,023 | 58.69% | 34 | 0.18% | 26 | 0.14% | 23 | 0.12% | -3,346 | -17.82% | 18,783 |
| Fulton | 6,999 | 43.45% | 9,046 | 56.16% | 24 | 0.15% | 22 | 0.14% | 17 | 0.11% | -2,047 | -12.71% | 16,108 |
| Gallatin | 1,580 | 38.89% | 2,455 | 60.42% | 8 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.27% | -875 | -21.53% | 4,063 |
| Greene | 3,136 | 50.56% | 3,020 | 48.69% | 15 | 0.24% | 16 | 0.26% | 16 | 0.26% | 116 | 1.87% | 6,203 |
| Grundy | 8,743 | 60.88% | 5,525 | 38.47% | 41 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.15% | 30 | 0.21% | 3,218 | 22.41% | 14,361 |
| Hamilton | 2,622 | 49.89% | 2,618 | 49.81% | 5 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 5,256 |
| Hancock | 4,568 | 48.71% | 4,740 | 50.54% | 37 | 0.39% | 16 | 0.17% | 17 | 0.18% | -172 | -1.83% | 9,378 |
| Hardin | 1,504 | 53.26% | 1,308 | 46.32% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.25% | 196 | 6.94% | 2,824 |
| Henderson | 1,726 | 45.17% | 2,085 | 54.57% | 5 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.10% | -359 | -9.40% | 3,821 |
| Henry | 11,358 | 49.28% | 11,594 | 50.30% | 45 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.10% | 28 | 0.12% | -236 | -1.02% | 23,048 |
| Iroquois | 9,596 | 69.11% | 4,221 | 30.40% | 24 | 0.17% | 21 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.17% | 5,375 | 38.71% | 13,886 |
| Jackson | 9,687 | 45.73% | 11,334 | 53.50% | 81 | 0.38% | 54 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.14% | -1,647 | -7.77% | 21,185 |
| Jasper | 3,024 | 58.28% | 2,135 | 41.14% | 15 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.19% | 889 | 17.14% | 5,189 |
| Jefferson | 7,624 | 49.42% | 7,729 | 50.10% | 34 | 0.22% | 18 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.14% | -105 | -0.68% | 15,426 |
| Jersey | 4,343 | 49.62% | 4,376 | 50.00% | 15 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.14% | -33 | -0.38% | 8,752 |
| Jo Daviess | 4,923 | 53.88% | 4,141 | 45.32% | 40 | 0.44% | 17 | 0.19% | 16 | 0.18% | 782 | 8.56% | 9,137 |
| Johnson | 2,797 | 59.61% | 1,872 | 39.90% | 8 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.09% | 925 | 19.71% | 4,692 |
| Kane | 66,283 | 64.10% | 36,366 | 35.17% | 432 | 0.42% | 170 | 0.16% | 161 | 0.16% | 29,917 | 28.93% | 103,412 |
| Kankakee | 20,316 | 56.82% | 15,147 | 42.36% | 55 | 0.15% | 202 | 0.56% | 35 | 0.10% | 5,169 | 14.46% | 35,755 |
| Kendall | 10,653 | 70.62% | 4,347 | 28.82% | 39 | 0.26% | 26 | 0.17% | 19 | 0.13% | 6,306 | 41.80% | 15,084 |
| Knox | 10,842 | 45.75% | 12,752 | 53.81% | 44 | 0.19% | 31 | 0.13% | 31 | 0.13% | -1,910 | -8.06% | 23,700 |
| Lake | 114,115 | 63.53% | 64,327 | 35.81% | 709 | 0.39% | 287 | 0.16% | 195 | 0.11% | 49,788 | 27.72% | 179,633 |
| LaSalle | 22,166 | 49.64% | 22,271 | 49.88% | 89 | 0.20% | 59 | 0.13% | 65 | 0.15% | -105 | -0.24% | 44,650 |
| Lawrence | 3,655 | 53.57% | 3,140 | 46.02% | 9 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.13% | 515 | 7.55% | 6,823 |
| Lee | 8,903 | 65.48% | 4,608 | 33.89% | 38 | 0.28% | 25 | 0.18% | 22 | 0.16% | 4,295 | 31.59% | 13,596 |
| Livingston | 10,324 | 67.02% | 5,009 | 32.52% | 37 | 0.24% | 18 | 0.12% | 17 | 0.11% | 5,315 | 34.50% | 15,405 |
| Logan | 8,490 | 63.90% | 4,727 | 35.58% | 33 | 0.25% | 15 | 0.11% | 21 | 0.16% | 3,763 | 28.32% | 13,286 |
| Macon | 23,862 | 48.22% | 25,364 | 51.25% | 132 | 0.27% | 66 | 0.13% | 65 | 0.13% | -1,502 | -3.03% | 49,489 |
| Macoupin | 9,362 | 43.20% | 12,195 | 56.28% | 50 | 0.23% | 30 | 0.14% | 32 | 0.15% | -2,833 | -13.08% | 21,669 |
| Madison | 44,907 | 45.04% | 54,175 | 54.34% | 268 | 0.27% | 219 | 0.22% | 126 | 0.13% | -9,268 | -9.30% | 99,695 |
| Marion | 8,695 | 50.05% | 8,592 | 49.46% | 35 | 0.20% | 24 | 0.14% | 27 | 0.16% | 103 | 0.59% | 17,373 |
| Marshall | 3,588 | 56.35% | 2,742 | 43.07% | 21 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.16% | 846 | 13.28% | 6,367 |
| Mason | 3,424 | 49.95% | 3,406 | 49.69% | 8 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.26% | 6,855 |
| Massac | 3,507 | 51.86% | 3,227 | 47.72% | 5 | 0.07% | 18 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.09% | 280 | 4.14% | 6,763 |
| McDonough | 7,173 | 57.42% | 5,247 | 42.00% | 28 | 0.22% | 26 | 0.21% | 19 | 0.15% | 1,926 | 15.42% | 12,493 |
| McHenry | 46,135 | 70.44% | 18,919 | 28.88% | 251 | 0.38% | 81 | 0.12% | 113 | 0.17% | 27,216 | 41.56% | 65,499 |
| McLean | 30,572 | 61.75% | 18,659 | 37.69% | 117 | 0.24% | 99 | 0.20% | 64 | 0.13% | 11,913 | 24.06% | 49,511 |
| Menard | 3,560 | 62.40% | 2,103 | 36.86% | 19 | 0.33% | 17 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,457 | 25.54% | 5,705 |
| Mercer | 3,683 | 46.45% | 4,204 | 53.02% | 18 | 0.23% | 9 | 0.11% | 15 | 0.19% | -521 | -6.57% | 7,929 |
| Monroe | 6,275 | 57.83% | 4,529 | 41.74% | 18 | 0.17% | 13 | 0.12% | 16 | 0.15% | 1,746 | 16.09% | 10,851 |
| Montgomery | 6,388 | 46.43% | 7,293 | 53.01% | 40 | 0.29% | 17 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.15% | -905 | -6.58% | 13,759 |
| Morgan | 8,808 | 59.17% | 6,032 | 40.52% | 29 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.06% | 2,776 | 18.65% | 14,886 |
| Moultrie | 3,167 | 50.98% | 3,013 | 48.50% | 14 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.10% | 12 | 0.19% | 154 | 2.48% | 6,212 |
| Ogle | 11,644 | 66.94% | 5,641 | 32.43% | 61 | 0.35% | 25 | 0.14% | 23 | 0.13% | 6,003 | 34.51% | 17,394 |
| Peoria | 37,605 | 51.35% | 35,253 | 48.14% | 172 | 0.23% | 117 | 0.16% | 83 | 0.11% | 2,352 | 3.21% | 73,230 |
| Perry | 4,576 | 46.78% | 5,167 | 52.83% | 9 | 0.09% | 13 | 0.13% | 16 | 0.16% | -591 | -6.05% | 9,781 |
| Piatt | 4,137 | 56.85% | 3,099 | 42.59% | 15 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.19% | 1,038 | 14.26% | 7,277 |
| Pike | 3,965 | 46.11% | 4,614 | 53.66% | 13 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | -649 | -7.55% | 8,599 |
| Pope | 1,202 | 54.44% | 996 | 45.11% | 5 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.14% | 206 | 9.33% | 2,208 |
| Pulaski | 1,666 | 47.90% | 1,793 | 51.55% | 5 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.06% | -127 | -3.65% | 3,478 |
| Putnam | 1,516 | 48.30% | 1,601 | 51.00% | 6 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.19% | 10 | 0.32% | -85 | -2.70% | 3,139 |
| Randolph | 7,396 | 48.28% | 7,844 | 51.21% | 31 | 0.20% | 27 | 0.18% | 20 | 0.13% | -448 | -2.93% | 15,318 |
| Richland | 4,264 | 59.61% | 2,863 | 40.03% | 9 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,401 | 19.58% | 7,153 |
| Rock Island | 27,412 | 40.37% | 40,174 | 59.17% | 155 | 0.23% | 70 | 0.10% | 90 | 0.13% | -12,762 | -18.80% | 67,901 |
| Saline | 5,798 | 46.31% | 6,676 | 53.32% | 17 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.10% | 18 | 0.14% | -878 | -7.01% | 12,521 |
| Sangamon | 50,175 | 56.76% | 37,729 | 42.68% | 228 | 0.26% | 146 | 0.17% | 125 | 0.14% | 12,446 | 14.08% | 88,403 |
| Schuyler | 2,178 | 53.57% | 1,866 | 45.89% | 7 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.20% | 312 | 7.68% | 4,066 |
| Scott | 1,535 | 55.02% | 1,243 | 44.55% | 4 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.14% | 292 | 10.47% | 2,790 |
| Shelby | 5,370 | 53.28% | 4,650 | 46.14% | 19 | 0.19% | 15 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.24% | 720 | 7.14% | 10,078 |
| St. Clair | 41,439 | 42.58% | 55,465 | 57.00% | 180 | 0.18% | 133 | 0.14% | 96 | 0.10% | -14,026 | -14.42% | 97,313 |
| Stark | 1,841 | 58.39% | 1,274 | 40.41% | 19 | 0.60% | 9 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.32% | 567 | 17.98% | 3,153 |
| Stephenson | 11,342 | 59.87% | 7,460 | 39.38% | 74 | 0.39% | 39 | 0.21% | 30 | 0.16% | 3,882 | 20.49% | 18,945 |
| Tazewell | 28,861 | 53.72% | 24,603 | 45.79% | 119 | 0.22% | 69 | 0.13% | 75 | 0.14% | 4,258 | 7.93% | 53,727 |
| Union | 4,244 | 50.05% | 4,197 | 49.50% | 18 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.15% | 47 | 0.55% | 8,479 |
| Vermilion | 16,943 | 48.32% | 17,918 | 51.10% | 75 | 0.21% | 67 | 0.19% | 64 | 0.18% | -975 | -2.78% | 35,067 |
| Wabash | 3,453 | 60.30% | 2,241 | 39.14% | 12 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.21% | 1,212 | 21.16% | 5,726 |
| Warren | 4,584 | 55.54% | 3,617 | 43.82% | 18 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.16% | 967 | 11.72% | 8,254 |
| Washington | 4,127 | 60.04% | 2,689 | 39.12% | 18 | 0.26% | 25 | 0.36% | 15 | 0.22% | 1,438 | 20.92% | 6,874 |
| Wayne | 5,481 | 63.29% | 3,135 | 36.20% | 11 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.12% | 23 | 0.27% | 2,346 | 27.09% | 8,660 |
| White | 4,354 | 51.04% | 4,144 | 48.58% | 13 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.15% | 210 | 2.46% | 8,531 |
| Whiteside | 12,978 | 53.05% | 11,328 | 46.31% | 74 | 0.30% | 37 | 0.15% | 45 | 0.18% | 1,650 | 6.74% | 24,462 |
| Will | 73,129 | 59.10% | 49,816 | 40.26% | 363 | 0.29% | 259 | 0.21% | 164 | 0.13% | 23,313 | 18.84% | 123,731 |
| Williamson | 12,274 | 48.84% | 12,712 | 50.58% | 58 | 0.23% | 62 | 0.25% | 24 | 0.10% | -438 | -1.74% | 25,130 |
| Winnebago | 55,699 | 54.69% | 45,280 | 44.46% | 568 | 0.56% | 137 | 0.13% | 166 | 0.16% | 10,419 | 10.23% | 101,850 |
| Woodford | 9,474 | 66.93% | 4,604 | 32.53% | 44 | 0.31% | 13 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.14% | 4,870 | 34.40% | 14,155 |
| Totals | 2,310,939 | 50.69% | 2,215,940 | 48.60% | 14,944 | 0.33% | 10,276 | 0.23% | 7,021 | 0.15% | 94,999 | 2.09% | 4,559,120 |

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Calhoun
* Cass
* Christian
* Fulton
* Hancock
* Henderson
* Henry
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Jersey
* Knox
* LaSalle
* Macon
* Macoupin
* Madison
* Mercer
* Montgomery
* Perry
* Pike
* Pulaski
* Putnam
* Randolph
* Saline
* Vermilion
* Williamson