Galesburg, IL, Illinois
Akashic| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 53.7% | 11,917 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 44.3% | 9,838 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent | 2.0% | 436 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Knox County, IL | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 44.3%Harris9,838 | 53.7%Trump11,917 | 2.0%Kennedy436 | 22,191 | ||
| R | 46.1%Biden10,703 | 51.7%Trump12,009 | 2.1%Jorgensen496 | 23,208 | ||
| R | 44.8%Clinton10,083 | 47.7%Trump10,737 | 7.5%Johnson1,683 | 22,503 | ||
| D | 57.6%Obama13,451 | 40.3%Romney9,408 | 2.1%Johnson497 | 23,356 | ||
| D | 59.2%Obama14,191 | 39.3%McCain9,419 | 1.6%Nader378 | 23,988 | ||
| D | 54.2%Kerry13,403 | 45.0%Bush11,111 | 0.8%Badnarik194 | 24,708 | ||
| D | 54.3%Gore12,572 | 42.8%Bush9,912 | 3.0%Nader690 | 23,174 | ||
| D | 55.4%Clinton12,487 | 34.7%Dole7,822 | 9.9%Perot2,239 | 22,548 | ||
| D | 49.5%Clinton12,524 | 32.9%Bush8,331 | 17.6%Perot4,441 | 25,296 | ||
| D | 53.8%Dukakis12,752 | 45.7%Bush10,842 | 0.4%Paul106 | 23,700 | ||
| R | 44.3%Mondale12,027 | 55.2%Reagan14,974 | 0.4%Bergland121 | 27,122 | ||
| R | 33.4%Carter8,749 | 56.9%Reagan14,907 | 9.7%Anderson2,542 | 26,198 | ||
| R | 44.4%Carter11,525 | 54.4%Ford14,123 | 1.2%McCarthy319 | 25,967 | ||
| R | 34.9%McGovern9,333 | 64.7%Nixon17,315 | 0.4%Schmitz118 | 26,766 | ||
| R | 36.8%Humphrey9,707 | 53.9%Nixon14,216 | 9.4%Wallace2,473 | 26,396 | ||
| D | 53.9%Johnson15,000 | 46.1%Goldwater12,850 | 0.0% | 27,850 | ||
| R | 39.8%Kennedy11,889 | 60.1%Nixon17,938 | 0.1%Byrd23 | 29,850 | ||
| R | 33.8%Stevenson9,558 | 66.0%Eisenhower18,656 | 0.1%Andrews37 | 28,251 | ||
| R | 35.8%Stevenson10,354 | 64.2%Eisenhower18,569 | 0.1%Hallinan17 | 28,940 | ||
| R | 39.2%Truman9,772 | 60.2%Dewey15,016 | 0.7%Thurmond164 | 24,952 | ||
| R | 38.5%Roosevelt10,070 | 61.0%Dewey15,964 | 0.5%Thomas126 | 26,160 | ||
| R | 41.7%Roosevelt12,597 | 57.8%Willkie17,459 | 0.6%Thomas168 | 30,224 | ||
| R | 47.0%Roosevelt13,697 | 50.5%Landon14,712 | 2.5%Lemke715 | 29,124 | ||
| D | 49.3%Roosevelt12,282 | 49.1%Hoover12,244 | 1.6%Thomas392 | 24,918 | ||
| R | 26.8%Smith5,993 | 72.3%Hoover16,151 | 0.8%Thomas186 | 22,330 | ||
| R | 13.3%Davis2,617 | 65.9%Coolidge12,968 | 20.8%La Follette4,095 | 19,680 | ||
| R | 16.8%Cox2,852 | 73.9%Harding12,559 | 9.4%Debs1,594 | 17,005 | ||
| R | 36.6%Wilson6,785 | 58.8%Hughes10,918 | 4.6%Benson852 | 18,555 | ||
| O | 26.3%Wilson2,758 | 16.7%Taft1,750 | 56.9%Roosevelt5,959 | 10,467 | ||
| R | 29.5%Bryan3,277 | 63.8%Taft7,084 | 6.6%Debs737 | 11,098 | ||
| R | 18.0%Parker1,849 | 73.8%Roosevelt7,566 | 8.1%Debs832 | 10,247 | ||
| R | 28.6%Bryan3,299 | 67.6%McKinley7,810 | 3.8%Woolley440 | 11,549 | ||
| R | 30.5%Bryan3,480 | 67.4%McKinley7,681 | 2.1%Palmer236 | 11,397 | ||
| R | 32.1%Cleveland3,073 | 60.5%Harrison5,800 | 7.5%Weaver715 | 9,588 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −28.4% |
| 1896 | −36.9% |
| 1900 | −39.1% |
| 1904 | −55.8% |
| 1908 | −34.3% |
| 1912 | +9.6% |
| 1916 | −22.3% |
| 1920 | −57.1% |
| 1924 | −52.6% |
| 1928 | −45.5% |
| 1932 | +0.2% |
| 1936 | −3.5% |
| 1940 | −16.1% |
| 1944 | −22.5% |
| 1948 | −21.0% |
| 1952 | −28.4% |
| 1956 | −32.2% |
| 1960 | −20.3% |
| 1964 | +7.7% |
| 1968 | −17.1% |
| 1972 | −29.8% |
| 1976 | −10.0% |
| 1980 | −23.5% |
| 1984 | −10.9% |
| 1988 | +8.1% |
| 1992 | +16.6% |
| 1996 | +20.7% |
| 2000 | +11.5% |
| 2004 | +9.3% |
| 2008 | +19.9% |
| 2012 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | −2.9% |
| 2020 | −5.6% |
| 2024 | −9.4% |
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 16,520 |
| 2018 | 15,272 |
| 2020 | 15,323 |
| 2022 | 14,112 |
| 2024 | 14,656 |
Galesburg anchors Knox County, which swung sharply toward Republicans after Maytag's 2004 plant closure eliminated roughly 1,600 jobs and accelerated a demographic shift toward older, working-class white voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.7 points in 1996 and a Republican high of 57.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 49,046, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,030 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Burlington, IA-IL and Aberdeen, WA.
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