Illinois presidential election results 2012

Barack Obama carried Illinois by 16.87 points (884,296 votes), winning 20 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 20
Votes counted: 5,242,014
IL result: D+16.9
Compared with the nation: 13.0 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2008: 8.3 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	3,019,512	57.60%	20
Mitt Romney	Republican	2,135,216	40.70%	—
Total votes		5,242,014

Sources: IL.xls · 2012

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	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	9,648	20,416	543	30,607	35.2
Alexander	1,965	1,487	49	3,501	13.7
Bond	3,020	4,095	221	7,336	14.7
Boone	9,883	11,096	386	21,365	5.7
Brown	787	1,513	64	2,364	30.7
Bureau	8,134	8,164	333	16,631	0.2
Calhoun	1,080	1,440	56	2,576	14.0
Carroll	3,665	3,555	166	7,386	1.5
Cass	2,053	2,707	102	4,862	13.5
Champaign	40,831	35,312	2,216	78,359	7.0
Christian	5,494	8,885	322	14,701	23.1
Clark	2,591	5,144	125	7,860	32.5
Clay	1,584	4,190	134	5,908	44.1
Clinton	5,596	10,524	330	16,450	30.0
Coles	9,262	11,631	465	21,358	11.1
Cook	1,488,537	495,542	27,518	2,011,597	49.4
Crawford	2,858	5,585	166	8,609	31.7
Cumberland	1,641	3,509	145	5,295	35.3
De Witt	2,601	4,579	165	7,345	26.9
DeKalb	21,207	18,934	951	41,092	5.5
Douglas	2,430	5,334	133	7,897	36.8
DuPage	199,460	195,046	6,573	401,079	1.1
Edgar	2,565	5,132	122	7,819	32.8
Edwards	754	2,405	69	3,228	51.1
Effingham	3,861	12,501	251	16,613	52.0
Fayette	2,853	5,951	167	8,971	34.5
Ford	1,656	4,229	121	6,006	42.8
Franklin	7,254	10,267	393	17,914	16.8
Fulton	8,328	6,632	396	15,356	11.0
Gallatin	1,029	1,492	52	2,573	18.0
Greene	2,023	3,451	148	5,622	25.4
Grundy	9,451	11,343	450	21,244	8.9
Hamilton	1,269	2,566	106	3,941	32.9
Hancock	3,650	5,271	190	9,111	17.8
Hardin	742	1,535	53	2,330	34.0
Henderson	1,978	1,541	49	3,568	12.2
Henry	12,332	11,583	407	24,322	3.1
Iroquois	3,413	9,120	251	12,784	44.6
Jackson	13,319	9,864	829	24,012	14.4
Jasper	1,436	3,514	93	5,043	41.2
Jefferson	6,089	9,811	420	16,320	22.8
Jersey	3,667	6,039	253	9,959	23.8
Jo Daviess	5,667	5,534	228	11,429	1.2
Johnson	1,572	3,963	137	5,672	42.2
Kane	90,332	88,335	2,975	181,642	1.1
Kankakee	21,595	23,136	778	45,509	3.4
Kendall	22,471	24,047	777	47,295	3.3
Knox	13,451	9,408	419	23,278	17.4
LaSalle	23,073	23,256	930	47,259	0.4
Lake	153,757	129,764	3,972	287,493	8.3
Lawrence	2,011	3,857	121	5,989	30.8
Lee	6,937	8,059	305	15,301	7.3
Livingston	5,020	9,753	266	15,039	31.5
Logan	3,978	7,844	231	12,053	32.1
Macon	22,780	25,309	810	48,899	5.2
Macoupin	9,464	10,946	600	21,010	7.1
Madison	58,922	60,608	2,943	122,473	1.4
Marion	6,225	9,248	291	15,764	19.2
Marshall	2,455	3,290	105	5,850	14.3
Mason	2,867	3,265	140	6,272	6.3
Massac	2,092	4,278	125	6,495	33.7
McDonough	5,967	6,147	340	12,454	1.4
McHenry	59,797	71,598	2,449	133,844	8.8
McLean	31,883	39,947	1,552	73,382	11.0
Menard	2,100	3,948	103	6,151	30.0
Mercer	4,507	3,876	151	8,534	7.4
Monroe	6,215	10,888	329	17,432	26.8
Montgomery	5,058	6,776	299	12,133	14.2
Morgan	5,806	7,972	318	14,096	15.4
Moultrie	2,144	3,784	129	6,057	27.1
Ogle	9,514	13,422	431	23,367	16.7
Peoria	40,209	36,774	1,428	78,411	4.4
Perry	3,819	5,507	223	9,549	17.7
Piatt	3,090	5,413	204	8,707	26.7
Pike	2,278	4,860	148	7,286	35.4
Pope	650	1,512	60	2,222	38.8
Pulaski	1,389	1,564	50	3,003	5.8
Putnam	1,559	1,502	74	3,135	1.8
Randolph	5,759	8,290	343	14,392	17.6
Richland	2,362	4,756	164	7,282	32.9
Rock Island	39,157	24,934	925	65,016	21.9
Saline	3,701	6,806	213	10,720	29.0
Sangamon	42,107	50,225	1,965	94,297	8.6
Schuyler	1,727	2,069	94	3,890	8.8
Scott	910	1,587	58	2,555	26.5
Shelby	3,342	6,843	210	10,395	33.7
St. Clair	67,285	50,125	2,056	119,466	14.4
Stark	1,095	1,528	39	2,662	16.3
Stephenson	10,165	10,512	378	21,055	1.6
Tazewell	24,438	35,335	1,275	61,048	17.8
Union	3,137	4,957	188	8,282	22.0
Vermilion	12,878	16,892	544	30,314	13.2
Wabash	1,590	3,478	66	5,134	36.8
Warren	4,044	3,618	131	7,793	5.5
Washington	2,450	4,792	163	7,405	31.6
Wayne	1,514	5,988	178	7,680	58.3
White	2,188	4,731	145	7,064	36.0
Whiteside	14,833	10,334	487	25,654	17.5
Will	144,229	128,969	4,189	277,387	5.5
Williamson	10,647	17,909	587	29,143	24.9
Winnebago	61,732	55,138	2,114	118,984	5.5
Woodford	5,572	12,961	341	18,874	39.1

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 2012?

Barack Obama won Illinois by 16.87 percentage points (884,296 votes).

How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 2012?

Illinois cast 20 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Illinois in 2012?

5,242,014 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Illinois in 2012?

Mitt Romney 79, Barack Obama 23 (out of 102 counties with results).

How did Illinois change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 8.3 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 25.1 points to Democratic by 16.9 points.

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