Illinois 1st Congressional District, Illinois: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+22%. Republican peak: R+51 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Urban anchorAkashic typology
- Population
- 857,6632024 5-year
- Median household income
- $94,3762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 23.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Predecessors: RUSH, Bobby L. (2021–2023), RUSH, Bobby L. (2019–2021), RUSH, Bobby L. (2017–2019), RUSH, Bobby L. (2015–2017)
Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 221,064 | 139,191 | 368,432 | ||
| D | 258,051 | 135,531 | 401,301 | ||
| D | 230,851 | 113,789 | 365,856 | ||
| D | 215,765 | 115,530 | 336,836 | ||
| D | 237,600 | 111,453 | 352,838 | ||
| D | 197,132 | 126,159 | 325,356 | ||
| D | 168,715 | 101,763 | 277,883 | ||
| D | 145,476 | 77,123 | 241,990 | ||
| D | 149,535 | 88,513 | 283,808 | ||
| D | 133,061 | 122,274 | 257,419 | ||
| R | 129,090 | 142,120 | 272,733 | ||
| D | 128,469 | 118,757 | 269,343 | ||
| D | 138,920 | 127,004 | 270,832 | ||
| R | 118,309 | 152,300 | 272,096 | ||
| D | 128,414 | 114,769 | 268,667 | ||
| D | 171,767 | 105,605 | 277,371 | ||
| D | 152,023 | 123,516 | 276,267 | ||
| R | 105,683 | 147,111 | 253,393 | ||
| R | 126,394 | 133,510 | 260,581 | ||
| D | 128,629 | 111,624 | 241,842 | ||
| D | 134,449 | 103,804 | 239,000 | ||
| D | 125,987 | 106,339 | 233,219 | ||
| D | 133,172 | 79,774 | 219,530 | ||
| D | 100,877 | 78,807 | 185,516 | ||
| R | 78,958 | 90,791 | 171,099 | ||
| R | 23,858 | 77,696 | 124,678 | ||
| R | 21,594 | 72,205 | 100,186 | ||
| R | 42,084 | 52,320 | 97,941 | ||
| O | 14,966 | 9,136 | 49,867 | ||
| R | 17,535 | 27,644 | 48,614 | ||
| R | 11,547 | 27,432 | 45,532 | ||
| R | 21,155 | 24,975 | 47,329 | ||
| R | 18,047 | 26,201 | 44,862 | ||
| D | 17,174 | 14,324 | 32,257 | ||
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U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | D % | R % | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | O | 0.0% | 41.5% | 4,098,896 |
| 2020 | D | 54.9% | 38.9% | 5,968,901 |
| 2016 | D | 54.9% | 39.8% | 5,491,878 |
| 2014 | D | 53.5% | 42.7% | 3,603,519 |
| 2010 | R | 46.4% | 48.0% | 3,704,473 |
| 2008 | D | 67.8% | 28.5% | 5,329,884 |
| 2004 | D | 70.0% | 27.0% | 5,141,520 |
| 2002 | D | 60.3% | 38.0% | 3,486,851 |
| 1998 | R | 47.4% | 50.3% | 3,394,521 |
| 1996 | D | 56.1% | 40.7% | 4,250,722 |
| 1992 | D | 53.3% | 43.1% | 4,939,558 |
| 1990 | D | 65.1% | 34.9% | 3,251,005 |
| 1986 | D | 65.1% | 33.7% | 3,122,883 |
| 1984 | D | 50.1% | 48.2% | 4,787,335 |
| 1980 | D | 56.0% | 42.5% | 4,580,029 |
| 1978 | R | 45.5% | 53.3% | 3,184,764 |
Demographics
Illinois's 1st congressional district covers most of Chicago's South Side and the inner south suburbs, stretching from Hyde Park and Bronzeville south through Englewood, Beverly, and into Cook County's south end. About 858,000 people live in the district; it has been majority Black for the entirety of its modern boundaries and was the first Black-majority district drawn in the United States after the 1992 redistricting cycle, though Black voters had already held a numerical majority in earlier maps. The district has not voted Republican for president since the 1928 race. Democratic margins have hovered between D+22 and D+36 over the last six cycles, with the largest in 2008 (D+36) and the narrowest in 2004 and 2024 (both D+22). Turnout in 2024 reached 368,432, down from 401,758 in 2020 and 354,891 in 2016. Bobby Rush represented the district from 1993 through 2023; Jonathan Jackson succeeded him in 2023.
The Democratic margin in Illinois 1st Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-six points in 2008; the 2024 margin was twenty-two points, still in line with the district's long pattern.
Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $94,376, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.
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