Presidential Voting
This table indicates how the 2nd District has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today. The candidate who received the most votes in the district is listed first; the candidate who won the election nationally is in CAPS, and the candidate who won the state of Illinois is indicated with a †.
| Election | District winner | Runnerup | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | PIERCE† (D), 8,021 (49%) | Scott (W), 5,882 (36%) | Hale (Free Soil), 2,500 (15%) |
| 1856 | Frémont (R), 21,556 (67%) | BUCHANAN† (D), 9,843 (30%) | Fillmore (American), 966 (3%) |
| 1860 | LINCOLN† (R), 30,856 (64%) | Douglas (D), 16,993 (35%) | Bell (Constitutional Union), 192 (0.4%); Breckinridge (D), 128 (0.3%) |
| 1864 | LINCOLN† (R), 18,305 (78%) | McClellan (D), 5,231 (22%) | |
| 1868 | GRANT† (R), 20,946 (77%) | Seymour (D), 6,270 (23%) | |
| 1952 | Stevenson (D), 94,905 (51%) | EISENHOWER† (R), 91,522 (49%) | |
| 1956 | Stevenson (D), 81,570 (50%) | EISENHOWER† (R), 81,296 (50%) | |
| 1968 | Humphrey (D), 103,924 (59%) | NIXON† (R), 52,311 (30%) | Wallace (AIP), 18,896 (11%) |
| 1972 | McGovern (D), 116,534 (66%) | NIXON† (R), 60,220 (34%) | |
| 1976 | CARTER (D), 137,384 (83%) | Ford† (R), 28,498 (17%) | |
| 1980 | Carter (D), 145,205 (84%) | REAGAN† (R), 20,946 (12%) | Anderson (Indep.), 3,612 (2%) |
| 1984 | Mondale (D), 168,174 (84%) | REAGAN† (R), 32,693 (16%) | |
| 1988 | Dukakis (D), 150,387 (84%) | BUSH† (R), 25,896 (15%) | |
| 1992 | CLINTON† (D), 194,639 (80%) | Bush (R), 31,634 (13%) | Perot (Indep.), 16,950 (7%) |
| 1996 | CLINTON† (D), 170,819 (85%) | Dole (R), 22,204 (11%) | Perot (Reform), 6,395 (3%) |
| 2000 | Gore† (D), 188,289 (89%) | BUSH (R), 21,838 (10%) | Nader (Green), 1,626 (1%) |
| 2004 | Kerry† (D), 230,613 (84%) | BUSH (R), 43,822 (16%) | |
| 2008 | OBAMA† (D), 260,869 (90%) | McCain (R), 28,676 (10%) | |
| 2012 | OBAMA† (D), (81%) | Romney (R), (19%) |
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