Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic43.3%719TrumpRepublican54.5%906OtherAll other candidates2.2%36
R+11.3
Lead
187
Total
1,661
vs nation
R+9.8
BidenDemocratic43.6%746TrumpRepublican54.2%927OtherAll other candidates2.2%37
R+10.6
Lead
181
Total
1,710
vs nation
R+15.0
ClintonDemocratic37.8%580TrumpRepublican55.1%845OtherAll other candidates7.1%109
R+17.3
Lead
265
Total
1,534
vs nation
R+19.4
ObamaDemocratic42.0%595RomneyRepublican55.9%791OtherAll other candidates2.1%30
R+13.8
Lead
196
Total
1,416
vs nation
R+17.7
ObamaDemocratic47.2%808McCainRepublican51.0%873OtherAll other candidates1.9%32
R+3.8
Lead
65
Total
1,713
vs nation
R+11.1
KerryDemocratic40.9%683BushRepublican58.6%979OtherAll other candidates0.5%9
R+17.7
Lead
296
Total
1,671
vs nation
R+15.3
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+11.3MIT Election Lab
Population
3,7492024 5-year
Population density
446 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
8.4 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$74,6552024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
63.2%2024 5-year
Black
11.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
16.6%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+17.7 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
57.3%1,654 participants ÷ 2,889 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+20.6 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
-1.5 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
36.6%–44.6%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%100%
52.3%
52.9%
20042008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,654
2,889 ± 381
57.3%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,204
2,278 ± 356
52.9%
Audited
E/D
1,728
2,352 ± 347
73.5%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,220
2,331 ± 221
52.3%
Audited
E/A
1,534
2,687 ± 248
57.1%
Audited
E/A
1,416
2,585
54.8%
Derived
—
1,713
2,276
75.3%
Derived
—
1,671
1,967 extrapolated
85.0%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
presidential history
Party record book
Cherry Valley, IL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
47.2%
808 votes · R+3.8
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 43.6%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
58.6%
979 votes · R+17.7
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 55.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
808votes
47.2% of the vote · R+3.8
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 746 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
979votes
58.6% of the vote · R+17.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 927 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−9.8pts D vs U.S.
Place R+11.3 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · −11.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+19.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.3 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +17.7 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Cherry Valley · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Cherry Valley, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Tucked along the Rock River corridor southeast of Rockford, Cherry Valley draws working- and middle-class households whose voting patterns track closely with Winnebago County's competitive suburban margins rather than either party's base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 17.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.3 points.
A population of 3,749, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,655 describe the city.
In 2024, Cherry Valley, Illinois voted Republican by 11.3 points (R+11.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,661 votes cast, 719 went Democratic and 906 went Republican.
How many people live in Cherry Valley, Illinois?
Cherry Valley, Illinois has a population of 3,749 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cherry Valley, Illinois?
Median household income in Cherry Valley, Illinois is $74,655 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Cherry Valley, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cherry Valley, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
