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Illinois 2012 vs 2016: county swing

93 of 102 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 11 changed hands.

Bond County: swing R+22.8Brown County: swing R+24.8Champaign County: swing D+11.3Coles County: swing R+15.0Cumberland County: swing R+21.8Effingham County: swing R+7.9Franklin County: swing R+28.0Hamilton County: swing R+24.8Henry County: swing R+23.9Jackson County: swing R+11.1Jasper County: swing R+18.2Kane County: swing D+9.4Lee County: swing R+12.5Logan County: swing R+7.2Marion County: swing R+24.7Menard County: swing R+6.9Moultrie County: swing R+20.2Perry County: swing R+26.9Putnam County: swing R+21.7Schuyler County: swing R+29.0Stark County: swing R+21.1Tazewell County: swing R+10.1Washington County: swing R+23.9Woodford County: swing R+1.7Alexander County: swing R+21.9Boone County: swing R+8.7Bureau County: swing R+19.4Carroll County: swing R+28.2Clark County: swing R+14.8Crawford County: swing R+17.4DeKalb County: swing R+2.4Douglas County: swing R+9.2DuPage County: swing D+13.4Edwards County: swing R+18.9Fayette County: swing R+23.4Ford County: swing R+5.1Fulton County: swing R+26.0Grundy County: swing R+14.3Mercer County: swing R+27.8Jefferson County: swing R+20.0Kankakee County: swing R+9.7Kendall County: swing D+3.2LaSalle County: swing R+14.0Lawrence County: swing R+22.2Livingston County: swing R+9.1McDonough County: swing R+10.0McHenry County: swing D+1.2Macoupin County: swing R+27.1Mason County: swing R+25.1Massac County: swing R+15.5Monroe County: swing R+9.9Morgan County: swing R+14.2Ogle County: swing R+9.3Peoria County: swing R+1.3Piatt County: swing R+6.4Pulaski County: swing R+20.2Richland County: swing R+21.2Saline County: swing R+21.1Sangamon County: swing R+0.6Stephenson County: swing R+14.7Vermilion County: swing R+16.4Wayne County: swing R+13.3Whiteside County: swing R+23.7Will County: swing D+0.9Adams County: swing R+12.1Cass County: swing R+17.7Clay County: swing R+18.9De Witt County: swing R+15.1Edgar County: swing R+16.1Greene County: swing R+27.2Hardin County: swing R+23.3Henderson County: swing R+40.7Iroquois County: swing R+10.8Johnson County: swing R+15.4Knox County: swing R+20.4McLean County: swing D+9.7Marshall County: swing R+19.2Montgomery County: swing R+25.4Pope County: swing R+22.1St. Clair County: swing R+8.6Warren County: swing R+22.0Williamson County: swing R+15.8Gallatin County: swing R+29.4Hancock County: swing R+29.2Jersey County: swing R+22.3Jo Daviess County: swing R+15.8Lake County: swing D+11.8Macon County: swing R+12.5Madison County: swing R+13.8Calhoun County: swing R+24.2Christian County: swing R+19.4Clinton County: swing R+18.7Cook County: swing D+4.3Pike County: swing R+22.2Randolph County: swing R+28.8Rock Island County: swing R+13.5Scott County: swing R+28.4Shelby County: swing R+20.3Union County: swing R+17.7Wabash County: swing R+16.3White County: swing R+21.6Winnebago County: swing R+5.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Henderson County flipped D+12.2 R+28.5 R+40.7 3,568 3,518
Gallatin County R+18.0 R+47.4 R+29.4 2,573 2,707
Hancock County R+17.8 R+47.0 R+29.2 9,111 9,121
Schuyler County R+8.8 R+37.8 R+29.0 3,890 3,828
Randolph County R+17.6 R+46.4 R+28.8 14,392 14,194
Scott County R+26.5 R+54.9 R+28.4 2,555 2,608
Carroll County flipped D+1.5 R+26.7 R+28.2 7,386 7,445
Franklin County R+16.8 R+44.8 R+28.0 17,914 18,711
Mercer County flipped D+7.4 R+20.4 R+27.8 8,534 8,525
Greene County R+25.4 R+52.6 R+27.2 5,622 5,585
Macoupin County R+7.1 R+34.2 R+27.1 21,010 22,360
Perry County R+17.7 R+44.6 R+26.9 9,549 9,853
Fulton County flipped D+11.0 R+15.0 R+26.0 15,356 15,797
Montgomery County R+14.1 R+39.5 R+25.4 12,133 12,978
Mason County R+6.4 R+31.5 R+25.1 6,272 6,486
Brown County R+30.7 R+55.5 R+24.8 2,364 2,379
Hamilton County R+32.9 R+57.7 R+24.8 3,941 4,166
Marion County R+19.2 R+43.9 R+24.7 15,764 17,074
Calhoun County R+14.0 R+38.2 R+24.2 2,576 2,571
Henry County flipped D+3.1 R+20.8 R+23.9 24,322 24,643
Washington County R+31.6 R+55.5 R+23.9 7,405 7,427
Whiteside County flipped D+17.5 R+6.2 R+23.7 25,654 25,582
Fayette County R+34.5 R+57.9 R+23.4 8,971 9,585
Hardin County R+34.1 R+57.4 R+23.3 2,330 2,148
Bond County R+14.6 R+37.4 R+22.8 7,336 7,530
Jersey County R+23.8 R+46.1 R+22.3 9,959 10,991
Lawrence County R+30.8 R+53.0 R+22.2 5,989 6,094
Pike County R+35.4 R+57.6 R+22.2 7,286 7,530
Pope County R+38.7 R+60.8 R+22.1 2,222 2,142
Warren County flipped D+5.5 R+16.5 R+22.0 7,793 7,807
Alexander County flipped D+13.6 R+8.3 R+21.9 3,501 2,846
Cumberland County R+35.3 R+57.1 R+21.8 5,295 5,567
Putnam County flipped D+1.8 R+19.9 R+21.7 3,135 3,111
White County R+36.0 R+57.6 R+21.6 7,064 7,335
Richland County R+32.9 R+54.1 R+21.2 7,282 7,684
Saline County R+29.0 R+50.1 R+21.1 10,720 11,384
Stark County R+16.3 R+37.4 R+21.1 2,662 2,743
Knox County flipped D+17.4 R+3.0 R+20.4 23,278 22,243
Shelby County R+33.6 R+53.9 R+20.3 10,395 11,010
Moultrie County R+27.1 R+47.3 R+20.2 6,057 6,283
Pulaski County R+5.8 R+26.0 R+20.2 3,003 2,735
Jefferson County R+22.8 R+42.8 R+20.0 16,320 16,999
Bureau County R+0.2 R+19.6 R+19.4 16,631 16,571
Christian County R+23.0 R+42.4 R+19.4 14,701 15,459
Marshall County R+14.2 R+33.4 R+19.2 5,850 5,984
Clay County R+44.1 R+63.0 R+18.9 5,908 6,350
Edwards County R+51.1 R+70.0 R+18.9 3,228 3,347
Clinton County R+30.0 R+48.7 R+18.7 16,450 17,419
Jasper County R+41.2 R+59.4 R+18.2 5,043 5,136
Cass County R+13.5 R+31.2 R+17.7 4,862 5,124
Union County R+22.0 R+39.7 R+17.7 8,282 8,537
Crawford County R+31.7 R+49.1 R+17.4 8,609 8,728
Vermilion County R+13.2 R+29.6 R+16.4 30,314 30,570
Wabash County R+36.7 R+53.0 R+16.3 5,134 5,464
Edgar County R+32.8 R+48.9 R+16.1 7,819 7,873
Jo Daviess County flipped D+1.2 R+14.6 R+15.8 11,429 11,334
Williamson County R+25.0 R+40.8 R+15.8 29,143 31,852
Massac County R+33.7 R+49.2 R+15.5 6,495 6,683
Johnson County R+42.2 R+57.6 R+15.4 5,672 6,089
De Witt County R+26.9 R+42.0 R+15.1 7,345 7,543
Coles County R+11.1 R+26.1 R+15.0 21,358 21,863
Clark County R+32.4 R+47.2 R+14.8 7,860 7,928
Stephenson County R+1.6 R+16.3 R+14.7 21,055 20,343
Grundy County R+8.9 R+23.2 R+14.3 21,244 23,237
Morgan County R+15.4 R+29.6 R+14.2 14,096 14,800
LaSalle County R+0.4 R+14.4 R+14.0 47,259 49,743
Madison County R+1.4 R+15.2 R+13.8 122,473 130,179
Rock Island County D+21.8 D+8.3 R+13.5 65,016 63,994
Wayne County R+58.3 R+71.6 R+13.3 7,680 8,261
Lee County R+7.4 R+19.9 R+12.5 15,301 15,489
Macon County R+5.2 R+17.7 R+12.5 48,899 48,060
Adams County R+35.2 R+47.3 R+12.1 30,607 31,951
Jackson County D+14.4 D+3.3 R+11.1 24,012 24,617
Iroquois County R+44.6 R+55.4 R+10.8 12,784 13,064
Tazewell County R+17.9 R+28.0 R+10.1 61,048 64,400
McDonough County R+1.5 R+11.5 R+10.0 12,454 13,092
Monroe County R+26.8 R+36.7 R+9.9 17,432 19,354
Kankakee County R+3.3 R+13.0 R+9.7 45,509 47,305
Ogle County R+16.7 R+26.0 R+9.3 23,367 24,193
Douglas County R+36.7 R+45.9 R+9.2 7,897 8,169
Livingston County R+31.5 R+40.6 R+9.1 15,039 15,269
Boone County R+5.6 R+14.3 R+8.7 21,365 23,001
St. Clair County D+14.3 D+5.7 R+8.6 119,466 120,580
Effingham County R+52.0 R+59.9 R+7.9 16,613 17,609
Logan County R+32.1 R+39.3 R+7.2 12,053 12,401
Menard County R+30.1 R+37.0 R+6.9 6,151 6,515
Piatt County R+26.7 R+33.1 R+6.4 8,707 9,008
Winnebago County D+5.6 D+0.1 R+5.5 118,984 118,376
Ford County R+42.8 R+47.9 R+5.1 6,006 6,396
DeKalb County D+5.5 D+3.1 R+2.4 41,092 43,600
Woodford County R+39.2 R+40.9 R+1.7 18,874 19,864
Peoria County D+4.4 D+3.1 R+1.3 78,411 78,503
Sangamon County R+8.6 R+9.2 R+0.6 94,297 98,373
Will County D+5.5 D+6.4 D+0.9 277,387 300,904
McHenry County R+8.8 R+7.6 D+1.2 133,844 141,750
Kendall County R+3.3 R+0.1 D+3.2 47,295 53,447
Cook County D+49.4 D+53.7 D+4.3 2,011,597 2,158,615
Kane County D+1.1 D+10.5 D+9.4 181,642 199,314
McLean County R+11.0 R+1.3 D+9.7 73,382 79,835
Champaign County D+7.0 D+18.3 D+11.3 78,359 91,628
Lake County D+8.4 D+20.2 D+11.8 287,493 303,520
DuPage County D+1.1 D+14.5 D+13.4 401,079 428,769

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data