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1876–2024
Douglas County, Illinois
Douglas County·Illinois

Douglas County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Illinois's most Republican-leaning rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Douglas County, Illinois · Dual Freq · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+46
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
19,751
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cass County
MO · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 8,410 votes cast
Trump · R+46
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−46.1%
2,1986,0768,410
2020R
−44.4%
2,3356,2278,760
2016R
−45.7%
1,9495,6988,195
2012R
−36.7%
2,4305,3347,921
2008R
−21.3%
3,2285,0058,356
2004R
−34.4%
2,7675,7028,540
2000R
−18.6%
3,2154,7348,152
1996R
−4.5%
2,9553,2727,013
1992D
+0.4%
3,3413,3098,276
1988R
−15.7%
3,1844,3787,598
1984R
−32.6%
2,8865,6918,604
1980R
−33.3%
2,5645,3308,294
1976R
−9.5%
3,8264,6358,522
1972R
−37.4%
2,6565,8408,506
1968R
−26.2%
2,8245,0588,537
1964D
+5.3%
4,6954,2238,918
1960R
−24.0%
3,5325,7619,299
1956R
−33.4%
2,7745,5598,339
1952R
−34.3%
2,7065,5308,241
1948R
−18.1%
2,8934,1817,129
1944R
−16.9%
3,3234,6848,035
1940R
−9.4%
4,5135,45110,031
1936D
+4.4%
5,0294,6069,694
1932D
+22.4%
4,9543,1088,236
1928R
−37.0%
2,2394,8907,171
1924R
−23.8%
2,3154,0467,270
1920R
−34.4%
2,3084,8857,491
1916R
−9.1%
3,7684,5648,741
1912D
+5.5%
1,6331,3864,467
1908R
−15.4%
1,9172,6564,800
1904R
−18.1%
1,6852,5184,595
1900R
−12.7%
2,1062,7334,928
1896R
−10.8%
2,1402,6664,867
1892R
−5.6%
1,9992,2464,449
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Italian
0.9%
African American
1.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
24.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
17.0%
Methodist
8.1%
Baptist
7.2%
Mainline Protestant
4.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Douglas County, anchored by Tuscola in east-central Illinois, has shifted steadily toward lopsided Republican margins over two decades, reflecting the broader rural realignment across the Midwest's agricultural flatlands.

The Republican margin in Douglas County reached its widest at forty-six points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was forty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Douglas County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,320, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 19,751 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cass County and Phelps County.