Illinois presidential election results 2004

John Kerry carried Illinois by 10.34 points (545,604 votes), winning 21 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 21
Votes counted: 5,274,322
IL result: D+10.3
Compared with the nation: 12.7 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2000: 1.7 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John Kerry	Democratic	2,891,550	54.80%	21
George W. Bush	Republican	2,345,946	44.50%	—
Total votes		5,274,322

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	10,511	20,834	132	31,477	32.8
Alexander	2,016	1,831	26	3,873	4.8
Bond	3,228	4,068	73	7,369	11.4
Boone	8,286	11,132	123	19,541	14.6
Brown	895	1,679	11	2,585	30.3
Bureau	7,961	9,822	119	17,902	10.4
Calhoun	1,367	1,317	22	2,706	1.8
Carroll	3,537	4,534	64	8,135	12.3
Cass	2,492	3,163	45	5,700	11.8
Champaign	41,524	39,896	1,014	82,434	2.0
Christian	6,112	9,044	111	15,267	19.2
Clark	2,877	5,082	48	8,007	27.5
Clay	2,101	4,416	37	6,554	35.3
Clinton	6,797	10,219	115	17,131	20.0
Coles	9,566	13,015	199	22,780	15.1
Cook	1,439,724	597,405	12,305	2,049,434	41.1
Crawford	3,194	6,083	55	9,332	31.0
Cumberland	1,862	3,497	57	5,416	30.2
De Witt	2,836	4,920	42	7,798	26.7
DeKalb	19,263	21,095	410	40,768	4.5
Douglas	2,767	5,702	71	8,540	34.4
DuPage	180,097	218,902	3,447	402,446	9.6
Edgar	3,093	5,258	78	8,429	25.7
Edwards	930	2,412	22	3,364	44.1
Effingham	4,388	11,774	116	16,278	45.4
Fayette	3,571	5,880	98	9,549	24.2
Ford	1,912	4,511	56	6,479	40.1
Franklin	8,816	10,388	148	19,352	8.1
Fulton	9,080	7,818	137	17,035	7.4
Gallatin	1,573	1,619	33	3,225	1.4
Greene	2,457	3,559	52	6,068	18.2
Grundy	8,463	11,198	170	19,831	13.8
Hamilton	1,814	2,653	47	4,514	18.6
Hancock	3,975	5,837	87	9,899	18.8
Hardin	923	1,501	13	2,437	23.7
Henderson	2,269	1,857	27	4,153	9.9
Henry	11,877	13,212	152	25,241	5.3
Iroquois	3,832	9,914	89	13,835	44.0
Jackson	14,300	11,190	336	25,826	12.0
Jasper	1,781	3,529	26	5,336	32.8
Jefferson	6,713	10,160	75	16,948	20.3
Jersey	4,597	5,435	105	10,137	8.3
Jo Daviess	5,311	6,174	99	11,584	7.4
Johnson	1,813	3,997	55	5,865	37.2
Kane	75,922	94,359	1,434	171,715	10.7
Kankakee	20,003	24,739	294	45,036	10.5
Kendall	12,374	19,774	254	32,402	22.8
Knox	13,403	11,111	194	24,708	9.3
LaSalle	24,263	26,101	365	50,729	3.6
Lake	134,352	139,081	1,862	275,295	1.7
Lawrence	2,518	4,162	49	6,729	24.4
Lee	6,416	9,307	153	15,876	18.2
Livingston	5,632	10,316	91	16,039	29.2
Logan	4,273	9,112	82	13,467	35.9
Macon	23,341	28,118	287	51,746	9.2
Macoupin	11,193	11,413	179	22,785	1.0
Madison	63,399	59,384	895	123,678	3.2
Marion	7,694	9,413	117	17,224	10.0
Marshall	2,806	3,734	44	6,584	14.1
Mason	3,215	3,907	61	7,183	9.6
Massac	2,805	4,578	41	7,424	23.9
McDonough	7,119	7,656	154	14,929	3.6
McHenry	50,330	76,412	1,206	127,948	20.4
McLean	29,877	41,276	467	71,620	15.9
Menard	2,137	4,408	29	6,574	34.5
Mercer	4,512	4,405	57	8,974	1.2
Monroe	6,788	9,468	114	16,370	16.4
Montgomery	5,979	6,851	100	12,930	6.7
Morgan	5,650	9,392	138	15,180	24.7
Moultrie	2,388	4,028	50	6,466	25.4
Ogle	9,018	14,918	155	24,091	24.5
Peoria	41,121	41,051	599	82,771	0.1
Perry	4,770	5,589	66	10,425	7.9
Piatt	3,124	5,392	70	8,586	26.4
Pike	2,849	5,032	99	7,980	27.4
Pope	918	1,500	18	2,436	23.9
Pulaski	1,372	1,720	16	3,108	11.2
Putnam	1,704	1,623	25	3,352	2.4
Randolph	6,771	8,076	109	14,956	8.7
Richland	2,529	5,153	67	7,749	33.9
Rock Island	39,880	29,663	429	69,972	14.6
Saline	4,697	7,057	60	11,814	20.0
Sangamon	38,630	55,904	841	95,375	18.1
Schuyler	1,594	2,403	34	4,031	20.1
Scott	927	1,696	13	2,636	29.2
Shelby	3,744	6,753	80	10,577	28.4
St. Clair	62,410	50,203	576	113,189	10.8
Stark	1,189	1,841	31	3,061	21.3
Stephenson	8,913	12,212	195	21,320	15.5
Tazewell	25,814	36,058	466	62,338	16.4
Union	3,735	5,333	51	9,119	17.5
Vermilion	14,726	18,731	257	33,714	11.9
Wabash	1,752	4,212	42	6,006	41.0
Warren	3,938	4,474	45	8,457	6.3
Washington	2,986	5,072	46	8,104	25.7
Wayne	2,139	6,102	46	8,287	47.8
White	3,071	5,180	50	8,301	25.4
Whiteside	13,723	12,959	191	26,873	2.8
Will	115,625	129,098	1,686	246,409	5.5
Williamson	11,685	18,086	189	29,960	21.4
Winnebago	59,740	60,782	903	121,425	0.9
Woodford	6,005	12,698	99	18,802	35.6

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Illinois in 2004?

John Kerry won Illinois by 10.34 percentage points (545,604 votes).

How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 2004?

Illinois cast 21 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Illinois in 2004?

5,274,322 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Illinois in 2004?

George W. Bush 87, John Kerry 15 (out of 102 counties with results).

How did Illinois change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 1.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 12.0 points to Democratic by 10.3 points.

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