Gerald Ford carried Illinois R+2.0.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Illinois, 1976. The state ran 4.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)

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Illinois result

4,718,833 votes counted

Carter (D)

2,271,295

48.1%

Ford (R)

2,364,269

50.1%

All others

83,269

1.8%

Margin

R+2.0

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1976 presidential election

Illinois, 1976

FordR+2.0

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	50.1%	2,364,269
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.1%	2,271,295
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	83,269

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1976

102 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−20.5%	11,926	18,189	30,485
Alexander County	D	+15.9%	3,246	2,349	5,658
Bond County	R	−0.5%	3,682	3,716	7,478
Boone County	R	−18.2%	4,458	6,470	11,082
Brown County	D	+0.5%	1,533	1,519	3,103
Bureau County	R	−17.6%	7,566	10,854	18,648
Calhoun County	D	+6.3%	1,549	1,364	2,943
Carroll County	R	−19.8%	3,372	5,059	8,526
Cass County	D	+0.9%	3,589	3,524	7,144
Champaign County	R	−12.2%	26,858	34,546	63,107
Christian County	D	+11.0%	9,306	7,445	16,960
Clark County	R	−5.0%	4,071	4,506	8,622
Clay County	R	−0.3%	3,837	3,860	7,729
Clinton County	R	−7.1%	6,275	7,245	13,671
Coles County	R	−11.8%	8,639	11,021	20,162
Cook County	D	+8.7%	1,180,814	987,498	2,209,748
Crawford County	R	−4.8%	5,007	5,522	10,622
Cumberland County	D	+4.4%	2,752	2,518	5,344
De Witt County	R	−8.6%	3,477	4,137	7,666
DeKalb County	R	−21.7%	11,535	18,193	30,728
Douglas County	R	−9.5%	3,826	4,635	8,522
DuPage County	R	−40.4%	72,137	175,055	254,547
Edgar County	R	−7.1%	5,058	5,842	11,021
Edwards County	R	−18.0%	1,648	2,379	4,066
Effingham County	R	−9.3%	5,952	7,194	13,391
Fayette County	D	+0.7%	5,128	5,059	10,255
Ford County	R	−27.9%	2,690	4,801	7,553
Franklin County	D	+26.6%	12,818	7,420	20,324
Fulton County	R	−1.4%	9,314	9,588	19,090
Gallatin County	D	+27.0%	2,611	1,499	4,123
Greene County	D	+4.5%	4,057	3,706	7,827
Grundy County	R	−15.5%	5,534	7,581	13,201
Hamilton County	D	+11.0%	3,036	2,433	5,498
Hancock County	R	−12.1%	4,730	6,043	10,881
Hardin County	D	+6.9%	1,602	1,393	3,017
Henderson County	R	−1.3%	2,152	2,210	4,407
Henry County	R	−13.2%	9,822	12,849	22,934
Iroquois County	R	−32.1%	5,167	10,129	15,481
Jackson County	D	+11.6%	12,940	10,152	24,122
Jasper County	R	−0.4%	2,772	2,794	5,650
Jefferson County	D	+9.5%	8,989	7,422	16,520
Jersey County	D	+3.9%	4,625	4,273	8,983
Jo Daviess County	R	−15.6%	3,979	5,478	9,628
Johnson County	R	−5.1%	2,182	2,417	4,628
Kane County	R	−26.4%	34,057	59,275	95,374
Kankakee County	R	−10.9%	18,394	23,003	42,108
Kendall County	R	−36.0%	4,202	9,011	13,349
Knox County	R	−10.0%	11,525	14,123	25,967
Lake County	R	−22.6%	57,741	92,231	152,894
LaSalle County	R	−4.1%	23,105	25,114	48,865
Lawrence County	R	−3.6%	4,044	4,345	8,442
Lee County	R	−17.2%	6,076	8,674	15,076
Livingston County	R	−31.5%	5,174	10,097	15,640
Logan County	R	−20.4%	5,686	8,623	14,386
Macon County	D	+6.3%	28,243	24,893	53,599
Macoupin County	D	+7.4%	11,910	10,242	22,486
Madison County	D	+12.0%	56,457	44,183	101,998
Marion County	D	+5.9%	9,834	8,729	18,720
Marshall County	R	−21.7%	2,570	4,017	6,662
Mason County	D	+1.3%	3,947	3,847	7,849
Massac County	D	+6.3%	3,666	3,226	6,937
McDonough County	R	−27.2%	5,464	9,683	15,534
McHenry County	R	−36.9%	16,799	37,115	54,989
McLean County	R	−25.9%	16,601	28,493	45,879
Menard County	R	−15.3%	2,301	3,137	5,479
Mercer County	R	−8.1%	4,090	4,816	8,982
Monroe County	R	−16.7%	3,984	5,602	9,716
Montgomery County	D	+6.0%	8,322	7,379	15,848
Morgan County	R	−9.0%	7,403	8,885	16,489
Moultrie County	D	+8.6%	3,332	2,803	6,169
Ogle County	R	−25.9%	6,463	11,073	17,797
Peoria County	R	−14.5%	34,606	46,526	82,123
Perry County	D	+6.1%	5,976	5,286	11,395
Piatt County	R	−11.6%	3,509	4,442	8,020
Pike County	D	+0.3%	5,006	4,975	10,110
Pope County	R	−5.1%	1,070	1,187	2,275
Pulaski County	D	+15.0%	2,489	1,836	4,345
Putnam County	R	−7.7%	1,344	1,572	2,959
Randolph County	D	+3.0%	8,693	8,190	17,038
Richland County	R	−11.8%	3,485	4,434	8,057
Rock Island County	D	+2.8%	35,994	34,007	71,261
Saline County	D	+11.1%	7,472	5,970	13,493
Sangamon County	R	−6.4%	38,017	43,309	82,910
Schuyler County	R	−13.3%	2,014	2,635	4,669
Scott County	R	−11.3%	1,424	1,789	3,232
Shelby County	D	+8.2%	6,172	5,234	11,493
St. Clair County	D	+18.6%	59,177	40,333	101,065
Stark County	R	−30.2%	1,146	2,191	3,459
Stephenson County	R	−23.4%	7,192	11,678	19,137
Tazewell County	R	−11.7%	22,821	28,951	52,503
Union County	D	+17.2%	5,003	3,531	8,578
Vermilion County	R	−3.4%	18,438	19,751	38,546
Wabash County	R	−9.7%	2,781	3,388	6,227
Warren County	R	−20.5%	3,808	5,822	9,826
Washington County	R	−16.1%	3,222	4,485	7,844
Wayne County	R	−9.5%	4,303	5,211	9,581
White County	D	+7.1%	5,306	4,600	9,933
Whiteside County	R	−11.8%	11,255	14,308	25,854
Will County	R	−9.3%	51,103	61,784	114,727
Williamson County	D	+11.8%	13,600	10,703	24,553
Winnebago County	R	−10.6%	42,399	52,736	97,387
Woodford County	R	−29.3%	4,819	8,899	13,904