Election Results for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	222,607	11.6
Deaths:	199,785	10.4
Net Migration:	-237,107	-12.3
Net Immigration:	36,729	1.9

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2024 vs. 2020	R +40,505	R +422,820	R + 7.8%
D -382,315
2024 vs. 2016	R +278,121	R +350,037	R + 10.5%
D -71,916
2020 vs. 2016	R +237,616	D +72,783	R + 2.7%
D +310,399
2024 vs. 2012	R +203,477	R +111,918	R + 5.0%
D +91,559

2016 vs. 2008	R -17,829	R +77,542	R + 1.0%
D -95,371
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2024	56%	Kamala Harris (D)	2,500,700	60.7%	Donald Trump (R)	1,516,115	36.8%	102,314 [+]	2.5%	4,119,129	-13	2.65%
[-] Other candidates in 2024: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I) 52,315 (1.3%); Jill Stein (Grn) 28,774 (0.7%); Chase Oliver (Lbt) 2,046 (0.0%);
2020	61%	Joe Biden (D)	2,883,015	64.8%	Donald Trump* (R)	1,475,610	33.2%	89,808 [+]	2.0%	4,448,433	-14	2.81%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 45,074 (1.0%);
2016	56%	Hillary Clinton (D)	2,572,616	63.4%	Donald Trump (R)	1,237,994	30.5%	249,194 [+]	6.1%	4,059,804	-15	2.96%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 142,647 (3.5%); Jill Stein (Grn) 55,464 (1.4%); Evan McMullin (I) 411 (0.0%);
2012	53%	Barack Obama* (D)	2,409,141	63.7%	Mitt Romney (R)	1,312,638	34.7%	60,652 [+]	1.6%	3,782,431	-12	2.93%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 36,211 (1.0%);
2008	57%	Barack Obama (D)	2,667,987	67.2%	John McCain (R)	1,255,823	31.6%	46,683 [+]	1.2%	3,970,493	-14	3.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 17,198 (0.4%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 14,428 (0.4%);
2004	54%	John Kerry (D)	2,225,659	60.0%	George W. Bush* (R)	1,460,759	39.4%	25,752 [+]	0.7%	3,712,170	-11	3.04%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 393 (0.0%);
2000	50%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	1,944,782	58.9%	George W. Bush (R)	1,264,938	38.3%	90,317 [+]	2.7%	3,300,037	-10	3.13%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 71,388 (2.2%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 9,046 (0.3%);
1996	46%	Bill Clinton* (D)	1,708,439	57.9%	Robert Dole (R)	1,001,216	33.9%	240,675 [+]	8.2%	2,950,330	-7	3.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 215,252 (7.3%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 16,655 (0.6%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 374 (0.0%);
1992	57%	Bill Clinton (D)	1,755,994	50.2%	George Bush* (R)	1,168,939	33.4%	574,390 [+]	16.4%	3,499,323	-4	3.35%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 558,060 (15.9%);
1988	53%	Michael Dukakis (D)	1,574,855	49.6%	George Bush (R)	1,573,392	49.6%	24,397 [+]	0.8%	3,172,644	-4	3.46%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 11,033 (0.3%);
1984	57%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	1,804,072	54.0%	Walter Mondale (D)	1,518,404	45.4%	18,974	0.6%	3,341,450	-5	3.61%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	57%	Ronald Reagan (R)	1,503,598	45.8%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	1,488,363	45.4%	289,788 [+]	8.8%	3,281,749	-5	3.79%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 241,974 (7.4%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 27,032 (0.8%);
1976	61%	Jimmy Carter (D)	1,604,197	49.2%	Gerald Ford* (R)	1,594,302	48.9%	62,074 [+]	1.9%	3,260,573	1	4.00%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 39,405 (1.2%);
1972	62%	Richard Nixon* (R)	1,878,061	57.3%	George McGovern (D)	1,379,525	42.1%	17,884 [+]	0.5%	3,275,470	-3	4.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 966 (0.0%);
1968	68%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	1,488,799	46.4%	Richard Nixon (R)	1,428,199	44.5%	291,965 [+]	9.1%	3,208,963	1	4.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 280,471 (8.7%);
1964	72%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	1,978,525	60.4%	Barry Goldwater (R)	1,294,208	39.5%	1,125	0.0%	3,273,858	1	4.63%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	75%	John Kennedy (D)	1,738,914	53.5%	Richard Nixon (R)	1,503,484	46.2%	8,623	0.3%	3,251,021	-3	4.72%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	68%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	1,744,566	59.0%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,205,898	40.8%	7,470	0.3%	2,957,934	2	4.77%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	74%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	1,568,380	52.4%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	1,417,898	47.3%	8,533	0.3%	2,994,811	-3	4.85%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	72%	Harry Truman* (D)	1,421,147	52.1%	Thomas Dewey (R)	1,286,313	47.1%	22,360 [+]	0.8%	2,729,820	2	5.59%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 4,299 (0.2%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	75%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,489,436	55.5%	Thomas Dewey (R)	1,186,031	44.2%	8,355	0.3%	2,683,822	-2	5.59%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	77%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,386,255	53.3%	Wendell Willkie (R)	1,205,880	46.3%	10,625	0.4%	2,602,760	2	5.21%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	78%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,475,128	60.4%	Alf Landon (R)	899,720	36.8%	68,065 [+]	2.8%	2,442,913	0	5.35%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 60,299 (2.5%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 4,913 (0.2%);
1932	67%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	1,103,856	53.7%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	885,292	43.1%	67,032 [+]	3.3%	2,056,180	3	5.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 46,713 (2.3%);
1928	67%	Herbert Hoover (R)	1,036,045	54.8%	Al Smith (D)	839,383	44.4%	14,566 [+]	0.8%	1,889,994	-3	5.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 10,818 (0.6%);
1924	53%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	840,045	62.6%	John Davis (D)	259,694	19.3%	242,705 [+]	18.1%	1,342,444	9	4.61%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 239,318 (17.8%);
1920	49%	Warren Harding (R)	788,860	72.3%	James Cox (D)	230,182	21.1%	71,784 [+]	6.6%	1,090,826	12	4.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 57,823 (5.3%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 9,571 (0.9%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 2,031 (0.2%);
1916	51%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	551,958	53.4%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	438,263	42.4%	42,606 [+]	4.1%	1,032,827	7	5.57%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 36,555 (3.5%); James Hanly (Proh) 4,559 (0.4%);
1912	30%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	213,814	39.7%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	160,630	29.8%	163,824 [+]	30.4%	538,268	-5	3.58%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 100,463 (18.7%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 56,572 (10.5%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 4,183 (0.8%);
1908	33%	William Taft (R)	300,224	57.4%	William J. Bryan (D)	184,754	35.3%	38,096 [+]	7.3%	523,074	6	3.51%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 21,236 (4.1%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 9,118 (1.7%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 6,667 (1.3%);
1904	35%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	296,958	60.8%	Alton Parker (D)	124,715	25.5%	66,722 [+]	13.7%	488,395	4	3.61%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 51,393 (10.5%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 8,009 (1.6%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 3,936 (0.8%);
1900	40%	William McKinley* (R)	266,875	53.5%	William J. Bryan (D)	219,073	43.9%	12,928 [+]	2.6%	498,876	2	3.57%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: Eugene Debs (Soc) 7,125 (1.4%); John Woolley (Proh) 5,457 (1.1%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

2,883,015

64.8%

Donald Trump* (R)

1,475,610

33.2%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

45,074

1.0%

Other

44,734

1.0%

TOTAL

4,448,433

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -14

2016 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

2,572,616

63.4%

Donald Trump (R)

1,237,994

30.5%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

142,647

3.5%

Jill Stein (Grn)

55,464

1.4%

Evan McMullin (I)

411

0.0%

Other

50,672

1.2%

TOTAL

4,059,804

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -15

2012 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

2,409,141

63.7%

Mitt Romney (R)

1,312,638

34.7%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

36,211

1.0%

Other

24,441

0.6%

TOTAL

3,782,431

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -12

2008 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

2,667,987

67.2%

John McCain (R)

1,255,823

31.6%

Ralph Nader (I)

17,198

0.4%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

14,428

0.4%

Other

15,057

0.4%

TOTAL

3,970,493

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -14

2004 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

1,460,759

39.4%

John Kerry (D)

2,225,659

60.0%

Ralph Nader (I)

393

0.0%

Other

25,359

0.7%

TOTAL

3,712,170

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): -11

2000 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

1,264,938

38.3%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

1,944,782

58.9%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

71,388

2.2%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

9,046

0.3%

Other

9,883

0.3%

TOTAL

3,300,037

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): -10

1996 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

1,708,439

57.9%

Robert Dole (R)

1,001,216

33.9%

Ross Perot (Ref)

215,252

7.3%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

374

0.0%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

16,655

0.6%

Other

8,394

0.3%

TOTAL

2,950,330

Turnout: 46%	Diff (US): -7

1992 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

1,755,994

50.2%

George Bush* (R)

1,168,939

33.4%

Ross Perot (I)

558,060

15.9%

Other

16,330

0.5%

TOTAL

3,499,323

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -4

1988 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

1,573,392

49.6%

Michael Dukakis (D)

1,574,855

49.6%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

11,033

0.3%

Other

13,364

0.4%

TOTAL

3,172,644

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -4

1984 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

1,804,072

54.0%

Walter Mondale (D)

1,518,404

45.4%

Other

18,974

0.6%

TOTAL

3,341,450

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -5

1980 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

1,503,598

45.8%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

1,488,363

45.4%

John Anderson (I)

241,974

7.4%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

27,032

0.8%

Other

20,782

0.6%

TOTAL

3,281,749

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -5

1976 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

1,604,197

49.2%

Gerald Ford* (R)

1,594,302

48.9%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

39,405

1.2%

Other

22,669

0.7%

TOTAL

3,260,573

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 1

1972 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

1,878,061

57.3%

George McGovern (D)

1,379,525

42.1%

John Schmitz (Amer)

966

0.0%

Other

16,918

0.5%

TOTAL

3,275,470

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -3

1968 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

1,428,199

44.5%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

1,488,799

46.4%

George Wallace (AIP)

280,471

8.7%

Other

11,494

0.4%

TOTAL

3,208,963

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 1

1964 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

1,978,525

60.4%

Barry Goldwater (R)

1,294,208

39.5%

Other

1,125

0.0%

TOTAL

3,273,858

Turnout: 72%	Diff (US): 1

1960 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

1,738,914

53.5%

Richard Nixon (R)

1,503,484

46.2%

Other

8,623

0.3%

TOTAL

3,251,021

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): -3

1956 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

1,744,566

59.0%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

1,205,898

40.8%

Other

7,470

0.3%

TOTAL

2,957,934

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 2

1952 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

1,568,380

52.4%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

1,417,898

47.3%

Other

8,533

0.3%

TOTAL

2,994,811

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): -3

1948 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

1,421,147

52.1%

Thomas Dewey (R)

1,286,313

47.1%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

4,299

0.2%

Other

18,061

0.7%

TOTAL

2,729,820

Turnout: 72%	Diff (US): 2

1944 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

1,489,436

55.5%

Thomas Dewey (R)

1,186,031

44.2%

Other

8,355

0.3%

TOTAL

2,683,822

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): -2

1940 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

1,386,255

53.3%

Wendell Willkie (R)

1,205,880

46.3%

Other

10,625

0.4%

TOTAL

2,602,760

Turnout: 77%	Diff (US): 2

1936 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

1,475,128

60.4%

Alf Landon (R)

899,720

36.8%

William Lemke (Union)

60,299

2.5%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

4,913

0.2%

Other

2,853

0.1%

TOTAL

2,442,913

Turnout: 78%	Diff (US): 0

1932 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

1,103,856

53.7%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

885,292

43.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

46,713

2.3%

Other

20,319

1.0%

TOTAL

2,056,180

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): 3

1928 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

1,036,045

54.8%

Al Smith (D)

839,383

44.4%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

10,818

0.6%

Other

3,748

0.2%

TOTAL

1,889,994

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -3

1924 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

840,045

62.6%

John Davis (D)

259,694

19.3%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

239,318

17.8%

Other

3,387

0.3%

TOTAL

1,342,444

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): 9

1920 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

788,860

72.3%

James Cox (D)

230,182

21.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

57,823

5.3%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

9,571

0.9%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

2,031

0.2%

Other

2,359

0.2%

TOTAL

1,090,826

Turnout: 49%	Diff (US): 12

1916 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

438,263

42.4%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

551,958

53.4%

Allan Benson (Soc)

36,555

3.5%

James Hanly (Proh)

4,559

0.4%

Other

1,492

0.1%

TOTAL

1,032,827

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): 7

1912 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

160,630

29.8%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

213,814

39.7%

William Taft* (R)

100,463

18.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

56,572

10.5%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

4,183

0.8%

Other

2,606

0.5%

TOTAL

538,268

Turnout: 30%	Diff (US): -5

1908 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

300,224

57.4%

William J. Bryan (D)

184,754

35.3%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

21,236

4.1%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

9,118

1.7%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

6,667

1.3%

Other

1,075

0.2%

TOTAL

523,074

Turnout: 33%	Diff (US): 6

1904 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

296,958

60.8%

Alton Parker (D)

124,715

25.5%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

51,393

10.5%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

8,009

1.6%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

3,936

0.8%

Other

3,384

0.7%

TOTAL

488,395

Turnout: 35%	Diff (US): 4

1900 President, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

266,875

53.5%

William J. Bryan (D)

219,073

43.9%

John Woolley (Proh)

5,457

1.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

7,125

1.4%

Other

346

0.1%

TOTAL

498,876

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): 2

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	4,825,547	51.11%	7.3%
Black:	1,530,851	16.21%	5.1%
Indian:	12,217	0.13%	4.4%
Asian:	704,206	7.46%	33.2%
2+ races:	159,520	1.69%	21.5%
Hispanic:	2,209,616	23.40%	12.9%

Total non-White:	4,616,410	48.89%	8.5%

Change in White population:	-378,942	-4.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	359,794	3.8

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area