Illinois's 2nd Congressional District - Presidential Voting

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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