2000 United States presidential election in Illinois

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election in Illinois Illinois presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in Illinois 1996 2004 United States presidential election in Illinois 2004 November 7, 2000 x200px Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee Joe Lieberman 22 2,589,026 54.60% GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 0 2,019,421 42.58% 180px County results 180px Congressional district results Gore #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% Bush #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 66.52% The 2000 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was easily won by sitting Vice President Al Gore of the State of Tennessee, unlike other states in the Midwest, such as nearby Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, which Gore won, albeit by much smaller margins. George W. Bush, Republican of Texas, did not perform terribly at the county level, as he obtained less than forty percent of the vote in only three counties. Gore's key to victory was Cook County, home of Chicago, by far the most populous county in the state and one of the most populated counties in the nation. Gore won that county with almost seventy percent of the vote, his best performance in any county in the state.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections The election marked the first time since 1976 that Illinois did not vote for the winning presidential nominee and marked an end to Illinois’ status as a bellwether state, as it had voted for the winning candidate all but two times in the 20th-century, making it tied with Missouri as having the most consistent streak of backing the winner in that century. Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Illinois; he also became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Champaign, Peoria, or Whiteside Counties.County winners, 1836-2016 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZmDRzvm83BYurKX7LsrET-C7tcIsE5Em42Wt-gTydXk/edit?usp=embed_facebook 2020-11-30 Google Docs en-US It was additionally the first election in which the Republicans outperformed in Southern Illinois, a previous Democratic stronghold. This was also the first time since 1848 that a Democrat would carry Illinois without winning the presidency. Illinois was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for president in 1988 that didn't back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004. Primaries The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices. Turnout 2000 Illinois elections#Turnout For the state-run primaries (Democratic and Republican), turnout was 22.92%, with 1,546,588 votes cast.Voter Turnout https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/VoterTurnout.aspx www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 24 March 2020 30 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210530142655/https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/VoterTurnout.aspx dead Election Results https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx www.elections.il.gov Illinois State Board of Elections 24 March 2020 22 February 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200222093629/https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/ElectionVoteTotals.aspx dead For the general election, turnout was 66.52%, with 4,742,123 votes cast. Democratic 2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary no 1996 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1996 2004 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 2004 190 Democratic National Convention delegates (161 pledged, 29 unpledged)The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote presidential Illinois 2000 03 21 Al Gore File:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (1).jpg 150x150px 3333FF Tennessee 682,932 84.35% 149 File:Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) (1).jpg Bill Bradleywithdrawn FA8320 New Jersey 115,320 14.24% 12 280px The 2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on March 21, 2000, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2000 presidential election.Illinois Democrat Delegation 2000 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/IL-D.html www.thegreenpapers.com The Green Papers 24 March 2020 161 of the state's 190 delegates were pledged delegates elected in the primary (the remaining 29 delegates were superdelegates). Of the 161 pledged delegates, 35 were elected based upon the statewide popular vote, with the remaining 126 being elected based upon congressional district popular votes. In order to receive delegates from either the popular vote of either the state at-large of the popular vote of a congressional district, a candidate needed to reach the threshold of 15% or more of said vote. 2000 Illinois Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes%Delegates Al Gore682,93284.35149Bill Bradley withdrew115,32014.2412Lyndon LaRouche 11,415 1.410Total809,667100%161 Republican 2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary Illinois presidential no 1996 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1996 2004 Illinois Republican presidential primary 2004 2000 03 21 74 Republican National Convention delegates (64 pledged, 10 unpledged)Pledged delegates directly-elected in vote separate from statewide presidential preference vote File:GeorgeWBush (1).jpg 150x150px George W. Bush Texas 64 496,685 67.40% FF3333 Image:John McCain (1).jpg John McCainwithdrawn ffff00 Arizona 158,768 21.54% 0 File:Alan Keyes (1).jpg Alan Keyes 812939 Maryland 66,066 8.97% 0 100px2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary The 2000 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 21, 2000, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 2000 presidential election. Illinois assigned 60 directly elected delegates (the state had another 10 delegates that were not directly elected by voters).Illinois Republican Delegation 2000 http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/IL-R.html www.thegreenpapers.com The Green Papers 24 March 2020 The Illinois primary was a so-called "Loophole" primary. This meant that the statewide presidential preference vote was a "beauty contest", from which no delegates would be assigned. Instead, the delegates were assigned by separate direct-votes on delegate candidates (whose proclaimed presidential preferences were listed beside their names on the ballot). These delegates were noted voted on at-large by a state vote, but rather by congressional district votes. The number of delegates each congressional district would be able to elect had been decided based upon the strength of that district's vote for the Republican nominee (Bob Dole) in the previous 1996 election. The remaining ten delegates not directly elected by congressional district were selected at the Illinois Republican Party Convention, and were unpledged delegates. 2000 Illinois Republican presidential primaryCandidateVotes%DelegatesGeorge W. Bush 496,685 67.4064John McCain withdrawn 158,768 21.540Alan Keyes 66,066 8.970Steve Forbes withdrawn 10,334 1.400Gary Bauer withdrawn 5,068 0.690Total736,921100%64 Results 2000 United States presidential election in IllinoisPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Al Gore Joe Lieberman 2,589,026 54.6% 22 Republican George W. Bush Dick Cheney 2,019,421 42.6% 0 Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 103,759 2.2% 0 Reform Pat Buchanan Ezola Foster 16,106 0.3% 0 Libertarian Harry Browne Wayne Allyn Root 11,623 0.3% 0 Natural Law John Hagelin Mary Alice Herbert 2,127 0.0% 0 Constitution Howard Phillips Michael Peroutka 57 0.0% 0 Write In David McReynolds - 4 0.0% 0 Totals 4,742,123 100.00% 22 Voter turnout (Voting age/Registered) 52%/67% Results by county CountyAl GoreDemocraticGeorge W. BushRepublicanRalph NaderGreenVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%#% Adams 12,197 40.51% 17,331 57.56% 371 1.23% 210 0.70% -5,134 -17.05% 30,109 Alexander 2,357 58.60% 1,588 39.48% 28 0.70% 49 1.22% 769 19.12% 4,022 Bond 3,060 43.52% 3,804 54.10% 113 1.61% 55 0.78% -744 -10.58% 7,032 Boone 6,481 41.75% 8,617 55.51% 325 2.09% 100 0.64% -2,136 -13.76% 15,523 Brown 1,077 40.49% 1,529 57.48% 29 1.09% 25 0.94% -452 -16.99% 2,660 Bureau 7,754 46.09% 8,526 50.68% 363 2.16% 180 1.07% -772 -4.59% 16,823 Calhoun 1,310 50.35% 1,229 47.23% 42 1.61% 21 0.81% 81 3.12% 2,602 Carroll 3,113 43.37% 3,835 53.43% 154 2.15% 75 1.05% -722 -10.06% 7,177 Cass 2,789 47.28% 2,968 50.31% 94 1.59% 48 0.81% -179 -3.03% 5,899 Champaign 35,515 47.81% 34,645 46.64% 3,543 4.77% 582 0.78% 870 1.17% 74,285 Christian 6,799 46.03% 7,537 51.03% 269 1.82% 166 1.12% -738 -5.00% 14,771 Clark 2,932 39.03% 4,398 58.55% 126 1.68% 56 0.75% -1,466 -19.52% 7,512 Clay 2,212 36.06% 3,789 61.76% 78 1.27% 56 0.91% -1,577 -25.70% 6,135 Clinton 6,436 41.72% 8,588 55.67% 295 1.91% 108 0.70% -2,152 -13.95% 15,427 Coles 8,904 44.31% 10,495 52.23% 507 2.52% 187 0.93% -1,591 -7.92% 20,093 Cook 1,280,547 68.63% 534,542 28.65% 42,068 2.25% 8,750 0.47% 746,005 39.98% 1,865,907 Crawford 3,333 39.21% 4,974 58.52% 118 1.39% 75 0.88% -1,641 -19.31% 8,500 Cumberland 1,870 37.59% 2,964 59.58% 72 1.45% 69 1.39% -1,094 -21.99% 4,975 DeKalb 14,798 44.53% 17,139 51.57% 1,032 3.11% 264 0.79% -2,341 -7.04% 33,233 DeWitt 2,870 40.70% 3,968 56.28% 133 1.89% 80 1.13% -1,098 -15.58% 7,051 Douglas 3,215 39.44% 4,734 58.07% 132 1.62% 71 0.87% -1,519 -18.63% 8,152 DuPage 152,550 41.87% 201,037 55.18% 8,711 2.39% 2,064 0.57% -48,487 -13.31% 364,362 Edgar 3,216 39.07% 4,833 58.71% 113 1.37% 70 0.85% -1,617 -19.64% 8,232 Edwards 978 30.00% 2,212 67.85% 42 1.29% 28 0.86% -1,234 -37.85% 3,260 Effingham 4,225 29.17% 9,855 68.04% 213 1.47% 192 1.33% -5,630 -38.87% 14,485 Fayette 3,886 41.61% 5,200 55.69% 122 1.31% 130 1.39% -1,314 -14.08% 9,338 Ford 2,090 33.97% 3,889 63.20% 116 1.89% 58 0.94% -1,799 -29.23% 6,153 Franklin 10,201 53.10% 8,490 44.19% 347 1.81% 174 0.91% 1,711 8.91% 19,212 Fulton 8,940 54.92% 6,936 42.61% 276 1.70% 125 0.77% 2,004 12.31% 16,277 Gallatin 1,878 52.78% 1,591 44.72% 40 1.12% 49 1.38% 287 8.06% 3,558 Greene 2,490 43.18% 3,129 54.26% 93 1.61% 55 0.95% -639 -11.08% 5,767 Grundy 7,516 45.32% 8,709 52.51% 257 1.55% 102 0.62% -1,193 -7.19% 16,584 Hamilton 1,943 42.36% 2,519 54.92% 75 1.64% 50 1.09% -576 -12.56% 4,587 Hancock 4,256 43.92% 5,134 52.98% 161 1.66% 140 1.44% -878 -9.06% 9,691 Hardin 1,184 44.90% 1,366 51.80% 41 1.55% 46 1.74% -182 -6.90% 2,637 Henderson 2,030 52.51% 1,708 44.18% 74 1.91% 54 1.40% 322 8.33% 3,866 Henry 11,921 50.79% 10,896 46.43% 428 1.82% 225 0.96% 1,025 4.36% 23,470 Iroquois 4,397 32.75% 8,685 64.70% 229 1.71% 113 0.84% -4,288 -31.95% 13,424 Jackson 11,773 50.99% 9,823 42.54% 1,228 5.32% 266 1.15% 1,950 8.45% 23,090 Jasper 1,815 36.15% 3,119 62.12% 50 1.00% 37 0.74% -1,304 -25.97% 5,021 Jefferson 6,685 43.52% 8,362 54.44% 211 1.37% 102 0.66% -1,677 -10.92% 15,360 Jersey 4,355 46.27% 4,699 49.92% 231 2.45% 128 1.36% -344 -3.65% 9,413 Jo Daviess 4,585 44.42% 5,304 51.39% 314 3.04% 119 1.15% -719 -6.97% 10,322 Johnson 1,928 35.96% 3,285 61.26% 83 1.55% 66 1.23% -1,357 -25.30% 5,362 Kane 60,127 42.52% 76,996 54.45% 3,274 2.32% 1,008 0.71% -16,869 -11.93% 141,405 Kankakee 19,180 47.73% 20,049 49.89% 713 1.77% 241 0.60% -869 -2.16% 40,183 Kendall 8,444 37.09% 13,688 60.12% 481 2.11% 156 0.69% -5,244 -23.03% 22,769 Knox 12,572 54.25% 9,912 42.77% 455 1.96% 235 1.01% 2,660 11.48% 23,174 Lake 115,058 47.51% 120,988 49.96% 4,843 2.00% 1,275 0.53% -5,930 -2.45% 242,164 LaSalle 23,355 50.76% 21,276 46.25% 992 2.16% 384 0.83% 2,079 4.51% 46,007 Lawrence 2,822 42.90% 3,594 54.64% 101 1.54% 61 0.93% -772 -11.74% 6,578 Lee 6,111 41.80% 8,069 55.19% 320 2.19% 120 0.82% -1,958 -13.39% 14,620 Livingston 5,829 37.80% 9,187 59.57% 285 1.85% 120 0.78% -3,358 -21.77% 15,421 Logan 4,600 35.21% 8,141 62.31% 208 1.59% 116 0.89% -3,541 -27.10% 13,065 Macon 24,262 49.02% 23,830 48.14% 982 1.98% 425 0.86% 432 0.88% 49,499 Macoupin 11,015 51.50% 9,749 45.58% 426 1.99% 199 0.93% 1,266 5.92% 21,389 Madison 59,077 53.17% 48,821 43.94% 2,359 2.12% 847 0.76% 10,256 9.23% 111,104 Marion 8,068 48.42% 8,240 49.45% 238 1.43% 117 0.70% -172 -1.03% 16,663 Marshall 2,570 43.51% 3,145 53.24% 134 2.27% 58 0.98% -575 -9.73% 5,907 Mason 3,192 47.14% 3,411 50.37% 117 1.73% 52 0.77% -219 -3.23% 6,772 Massac 2,912 43.18% 3,676 54.51% 83 1.23% 73 1.08% -764 -11.33% 6,744 McDonough 6,080 46.73% 6,465 49.68% 364 2.80% 103 0.79% -385 -2.95% 13,012 McHenry 40,698 38.33% 62,112 58.49% 2,751 2.59% 624 0.59% -21,414 -20.16% 106,185 McLean 24,936 40.95% 34,008 55.84% 1,546 2.54% 408 0.67% -9,072 -14.89% 60,898 Menard 2,164 34.89% 3,862 62.27% 135 2.18% 41 0.66% -1,698 -27.38% 6,202 Mercer 4,400 52.90% 3,688 44.34% 156 1.88% 74 0.89% 712 8.56% 8,318 Monroe 5,797 42.02% 7,632 55.32% 262 1.90% 105 0.76% -1,835 -13.30% 13,796 Montgomery 6,542 49.97% 6,226 47.55% 191 1.46% 134 1.02% 316 2.42% 13,093 Morgan 5,899 41.15% 8,058 56.22% 253 1.77% 124 0.87% -2,159 -15.07% 14,334 Moultrie 2,529 44.17% 3,058 53.41% 78 1.36% 60 1.05% -529 -9.24% 5,725 Ogle 7,673 37.25% 12,325 59.83% 467 2.27% 136 0.66% -4,652 -22.58% 20,601 Peoria 38,604 50.26% 36,398 47.39% 1,332 1.73% 478 0.62% 2,206 2.87% 76,812 Perry 4,862 48.90% 4,802 48.30% 173 1.74% 105 1.06% 60 0.60% 9,942 Piatt 3,488 41.60% 4,619 55.09% 217 2.59% 61 0.73% -1,131 -13.49% 8,385 Pike 3,198 39.42% 4,706 58.01% 115 1.42% 93 1.15% -1,508 -18.59% 8,112 Pope 927 39.79% 1,346 57.77% 31 1.33% 26 1.12% -419 -17.98% 2,330 Pulaski 1,518 50.33% 1,430 47.41% 31 1.03% 37 1.23% 88 2.92% 3,016 Putnam 1,657 52.12% 1,437 45.20% 58 1.82% 27 0.85% 220 6.92% 3,179 Randolph 6,794 47.55% 7,127 49.88% 229 1.60% 137 0.96% -333 -2.33% 14,287 Richland 2,491 33.54% 4,718 63.52% 134 1.80% 85 1.14% -2,227 -29.98% 7,428 Rock Island 37,957 58.31% 25,194 38.70% 1,364 2.10% 580 0.89% 12,763 19.61% 65,095 Saline 5,427 46.58% 5,933 50.93% 181 1.55% 109 0.94% -506 -4.35% 11,650 Sangamon 38,414 41.99% 50,374 55.06% 2,001 2.19% 696 0.76% -11,960 -13.07% 91,485 Schuyler 1,587 42.07% 2,077 55.06% 72 1.91% 36 0.95% -490 -12.99% 3,772 Scott 954 38.64% 1,458 59.05% 31 1.26% 26 1.05% -504 -20.41% 2,469 Shelby 4,018 39.54% 5,851 57.57% 162 1.59% 132 1.30% -1,833 -18.03% 10,163 St. Clair 55,961 55.74% 42,299 42.13% 1,569 1.56% 564 0.56% 13,662 13.61% 100,393 Stark 1,211 40.52% 1,694 56.67% 55 1.84% 29 0.97% -483 -16.15% 2,989 Stephenson 8,062 41.60% 10,715 55.29% 476 2.46% 125 0.65% -2,653 -13.69% 19,378 Tazewell 25,379 43.50% 31,537 54.05% 1,022 1.75% 410 0.70% -6,158 -10.55% 58,348 Union 3,982 45.98% 4,397 50.77% 189 2.18% 92 1.06% -415 -4.79% 8,660 Vermilion 15,406 47.99% 15,783 49.17% 605 1.88% 306 0.95% -377 -1.18% 32,100 Wabash 1,987 36.07% 3,406 61.84% 75 1.36% 40 0.73% -1,419 -25.77% 5,508 Warren 3,524 46.18% 3,899 51.09% 130 1.70% 78 1.02% -375 -4.91% 7,631 Washington 2,638 36.96% 4,353 60.98% 96 1.34% 51 0.71% -1,715 -24.02% 7,138 Wayne 2,209 28.71% 5,347 69.50% 77 1.00% 60 0.78% -3,138 -40.79% 7,693 White 2,958 38.73% 4,521 59.20% 113 1.48% 45 0.59% -1,563 -20.47% 7,637 Whiteside 12,886 51.88% 11,252 45.30% 515 2.07% 184 0.74% 1,634 6.58% 24,837 Will 90,902 47.43% 95,828 50.00% 3,769 1.97% 1,171 0.61% -4,926 -2.57% 191,670 Williamson 12,192 45.26% 14,012 52.01% 476 1.77% 259 0.96% -1,820 -6.75% 26,939 Winnebago 51,981 47.56% 53,816 49.24% 2,637 2.41% 863 0.79% -1,835 -1.68% 109,297 Woodford 5,529 32.92% 10,905 64.94% 263 1.57% 96 0.57% -5,376 -32.02% 16,793Totals2,589,02654.60%2,019,42142.58%103,7592.19%29,9170.63%569,60512.02%4,742,123 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Bond (largest city: Greenville) Bureau (largest city: Princeton) Cass (largest city: Beardstown) Christian (largest city: Taylorville) Clay (largest city: Flora) Clinton (largest city: Breese) Coles (largest city: Charleston) DeKalb (largest city: DeKalb) Fayette (largest city: Vandalia) Greene (largest city: Carrollton) Grundy (largest city: Morris) Hamilton (largest city: McLeansboro) Hancock (largest city: Hamilton) Hardin (largest city: Rosiclare) Jefferson (largest city: Mount Vernon) Jersey (largest city: Jerseyville) Jo Daviess (largest city: Galena) Kankakee (largest city: Kankakee) Lake (largest city: Waukegan) Lawrence (largest city: Lawrenceville) Marion (largest city: Centralia) Marshall (largest city: Henry) Mason (largest city: Havana) Massac (largest city: Metropolis) McDonough (largest city: Macomb) Moultrie (largest city: Sullivan) Piatt (largest city: Monticello) Pike (largest city: Pittsfield) Pope (largest city: Golconda) Randolph (largest city: Chester) Saline (largest city: Harrisburg) Schuyler (largest city: Rushville) Shelby (largest city: Shelbyville) Union (largest city: Anna) Vermilion (largest city: Danville) Warren (largest city: Monmouth) White (largest city: Carmi) Will (largest city: Joliet) Williamson (largest city: Marion) Winnebago (largest city: Rockford) right 160px Swing by county Legend #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 160px Trend by county Legend #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 160px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Gore won 11 of 20 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.2000 Presidential General Election Data - Illinois. By Congressional District US Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=17&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 December 11, 2022 District Gore Bush Representative Illinois 1 1st87% 11% Bobby Rush Illinois 2 2nd88% 11% Jesse Jackson Jr. Illinois 3 3rd55% 41% Bill Lipinski Illinois 4 4th78% 18% Luis Gutierrez Illinois 5 5th63% 33% Rod Blagojevich Illinois 6 6th 45% 52% Henry Hyde Illinois 7 7th83% 15% Danny K. Davis Illinois 8 8th 42% 55% Phil Crane Illinois 9 9th70% 26% Jan Schakowsky Illinois 10 10th53%45% John Porter Mark Kirk Illinois 11 11th53% 45% Jerry Weller Illinois 12 12th55% 42% Jerry Costello Illinois 13 13th 42% 55% Judy Biggert Illinois 14 14th 42% 55% Dennis Hastert Illinois 15 15th44%52% Thomas W. Ewing Timothy V. Johnson Illinois 16 16th 43% 54% Donald Manzullo Illinois 17 17th51% 46% Lane Evans Illinois 18 18th 43% 55% Ray LaHood Illinois 19 19th 43% 54% David D. Phelps Illinois 20 20th 45% 52% John Shimkus Analysis Vice President Al Gore easily defeated Texas Governor George W. Bush in the “Land of Lincoln”. Illinois was once reckoned as a swing state or slightly Republican-leaning, but, since Bill Clinton's election in 1992, it swung heavily for the Democrats at the presidential level, remaining heavily Democratic in 1996. The blue trend can chiefly be traced to the explosive increase in the Democratic margins in Cook County, which encompasses Chicago and its inner suburbs and is the second-largest county in the country. In 1996, Bill Clinton reached 66.8% of the vote in Cook County, a level exceeding any nominee's in the county since Warren G. Harding in 1920, and Gore improved on Clinton's vote share in the county still further. Secondarily, although Bush still retained the famously Republican Chicago collar counties, he underperformed recent competitive Republicans in them. He won DuPage County, the largest collar county, by only 13.3%, as compared to Gerald Ford's 40.5% margin in the county in 1976, and his father's 39.4% margin in 1988 (in both of which DuPage County provided the Republican's entire statewide margin). Bush did do well in much of rural Illinois, although Gore retained a number of counties in the Forgottonia region that had begun going Democratic in 1988. Gore also did well in Metro East, whereas Bush held moderately-populated Sangamon County (Springfield) and McLean County (Bloomington). Ultimately, Gore's overwhelming strength in Cook County was decisive in handing Gore a more than five hundred thousand vote (or 12%) advantage in the state, which was among the first Midwestern states to be called on election night. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Franklin County and Perry County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Illinois cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. For this election, Illinois is allocated 22 electors because it has 20 congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 22 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 22 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Gore and Lieberman:http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html President Elect - 2000 2009-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html 2012-02-12 dead Joan Brennan Dave Bybee Vilma Colom Barbara Flynn Currie John P. Daley Vera Davis James DeLeo Marge Friedman Charles A. Hartke Tinker Harvey Carolyn Brown Hodge Constance A. Howard Mary Lou Kearns Michael J. Madigan William Marovitz Shirley McCombs Molly McKenzie Victory McNamara John Nelson Donald Pedro Dan Pierce Jerry Sinclair See also United States presidential elections in Illinois References 2000 Illinois Category:2000 Illinois elections