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1876–2024
Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County·Illinois

Kendall County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Once a reliably red exurb, Kendall County now splits nearly even

18762024·38 elections
Kendall County, Illinois · IvoShandor · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+2
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
137,675
2024 ACS
Most similar
Virginia Beach city
VA · similarity 0.98
78 precincts · 66,397 votes cast
Harris · D+2
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+1.5%
32,97731,97066,397
2020D
+5.7%
33,16829,49264,205
2016R
−0.1%
24,88424,96154,055
2012R
−3.3%
22,47124,04747,418
2008D
+7.2%
24,74221,38046,631
2004R
−22.4%
12,49719,77632,527
2000R
−23.0%
8,44413,68822,769
1996R
−13.9%
6,4998,95817,672
1992R
−16.8%
5,4238,52118,406
1988R
−41.8%
4,34710,65315,084
1984R
−48.1%
3,78910,87214,730
1980R
−48.1%
3,14310,02814,327
1976R
−36.0%
4,2029,01113,349
1972R
−57.5%
2,5259,37311,917
1968R
−48.6%
2,2287,18410,198
1964R
−24.9%
3,4305,7109,140
1960R
−45.4%
2,2425,9758,228
1956R
−56.4%
1,4075,0576,471
1952R
−54.3%
1,4764,9826,461
1948R
−44.0%
1,5173,9255,469
1944R
−41.2%
1,6734,0225,701
1940R
−35.9%
1,9784,2006,196
1936R
−13.4%
2,3743,1385,720
1932R
−6.7%
2,3982,7495,209
1928R
−51.2%
1,1543,5894,752
1924R
−69.9%
4323,5134,409
1920R
−76.8%
4393,4593,931
1916R
−52.5%
1,0083,3164,399
1912R
−0.1%
5315342,651
1908R
−52.8%
5561,9482,637
1904R
−63.1%
4232,1202,689
1900R
−47.8%
7132,1212,944
1896R
−45.5%
7742,1282,976
1892R
−29.6%
8481,6912,844
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%
African American
6.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
17.6%
Mainline Protestant
4.3%
Other Christian
2.1%
Methodist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.1%
Non-Christian
0.4%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 72.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rapid suburban growth southwest of Chicago has transformed Kendall from a lopsided Republican stronghold into a genuine tossup, with the 2024 presidential margin settling at just 1.5 points Democratic.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached seven points in 2008; the Republican margin reached seventy-seven points in 1920. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Kendall County's demographics — a population of 137,675, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $111,601 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Virginia Beach city and Duval County.