Al Gore carried Illinois D+12.0.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Illinois, 2000. The state ran 10.6 points more Democratic than the nation (D+1.4 nationally).

Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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Illinois result

4,742,123 votes counted

Gore (D)

2,589,026

54.6%

Bush (R)

2,019,421

42.6%

All others

133,676

2.8%

Margin

D+12.0

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2000 presidential election

Illinois, 2000

GoreD+12.0

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

Al Gore ✓Democratic	54.6%	2,589,026
George W. BushRepublican	42.6%	2,019,421
Ralph NaderGreen	2.8%	133,676

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 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 — 2000

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−17.1%	12,197	17,331	30,109
Alexander County	D	+19.1%	2,357	1,588	4,022
Bond County	R	−10.6%	3,060	3,804	7,032
Boone County	R	−13.8%	6,481	8,617	15,523
Brown County	R	−17.0%	1,077	1,529	2,660
Bureau County	R	−4.6%	7,754	8,526	16,823
Calhoun County	D	+3.1%	1,310	1,229	2,602
Carroll County	R	−10.1%	3,113	3,835	7,177
Cass County	R	−3.0%	2,789	2,968	5,899
Champaign County	D	+1.2%	35,515	34,645	74,285
Christian County	R	−5.0%	6,799	7,537	14,771
Clark County	R	−19.5%	2,932	4,398	7,512
Clay County	R	−25.7%	2,212	3,789	6,135
Clinton County	R	−13.9%	6,436	8,588	15,427
Coles County	R	−7.9%	8,904	10,495	20,093
Cook County	D	+40.0%	1,280,547	534,542	1,865,907
Crawford County	R	−19.3%	3,333	4,974	8,500
Cumberland County	R	−22.0%	1,870	2,964	4,975
De Witt County	R	−15.6%	2,870	3,968	7,051
DeKalb County	R	−7.0%	14,798	17,139	33,233
Douglas County	R	−18.6%	3,215	4,734	8,152
DuPage County	R	−13.3%	152,550	201,037	364,362
Edgar County	R	−19.6%	3,216	4,833	8,232
Edwards County	R	−37.9%	978	2,212	3,260
Effingham County	R	−38.9%	4,225	9,855	14,485
Fayette County	R	−14.1%	3,886	5,200	9,338
Ford County	R	−29.2%	2,090	3,889	6,153
Franklin County	D	+8.9%	10,201	8,490	19,212
Fulton County	D	+12.3%	8,940	6,936	16,277
Gallatin County	D	+8.1%	1,878	1,591	3,558
Greene County	R	−11.1%	2,490	3,129	5,767
Grundy County	R	−7.2%	7,516	8,709	16,584
Hamilton County	R	−12.6%	1,943	2,519	4,587
Hancock County	R	−9.1%	4,256	5,134	9,691
Hardin County	R	−6.9%	1,184	1,366	2,637
Henderson County	D	+8.3%	2,030	1,708	3,866
Henry County	D	+4.4%	11,921	10,896	23,470
Iroquois County	R	−31.9%	4,397	8,685	13,424
Jackson County	D	+8.4%	11,773	9,823	23,090
Jasper County	R	−26.0%	1,815	3,119	5,021
Jefferson County	R	−10.9%	6,685	8,362	15,360
Jersey County	R	−3.7%	4,355	4,699	9,413
Jo Daviess County	R	−7.0%	4,585	5,304	10,322
Johnson County	R	−25.3%	1,928	3,285	5,362
Kane County	R	−11.9%	60,127	76,996	141,405
Kankakee County	R	−2.2%	19,180	20,049	40,183
Kendall County	R	−23.0%	8,444	13,688	22,769
Knox County	D	+11.5%	12,572	9,912	23,174
Lake County	R	−2.4%	115,058	120,988	242,164
LaSalle County	D	+4.5%	23,355	21,276	46,007
Lawrence County	R	−11.7%	2,822	3,594	6,578
Lee County	R	−13.4%	6,111	8,069	14,620
Livingston County	R	−21.8%	5,829	9,187	15,421
Logan County	R	−27.1%	4,600	8,141	13,065
Macon County	D	+0.9%	24,262	23,830	49,499
Macoupin County	D	+5.9%	11,015	9,749	21,389
Madison County	D	+9.2%	59,077	48,821	111,104
Marion County	R	−1.0%	8,068	8,240	16,663
Marshall County	R	−9.7%	2,570	3,145	5,907
Mason County	R	−3.2%	3,192	3,411	6,772
Massac County	R	−11.3%	2,912	3,676	6,744
McDonough County	R	−3.0%	6,080	6,465	13,012
McHenry County	R	−20.2%	40,698	62,112	106,185
McLean County	R	−14.9%	24,936	34,008	60,898
Menard County	R	−27.4%	2,164	3,862	6,202
Mercer County	D	+8.6%	4,400	3,688	8,318
Monroe County	R	−13.3%	5,797	7,632	13,796
Montgomery County	D	+2.4%	6,542	6,226	13,093
Morgan County	R	−15.1%	5,899	8,058	14,334
Moultrie County	R	−9.2%	2,529	3,058	5,725
Ogle County	R	−22.6%	7,673	12,325	20,601
Peoria County	D	+2.9%	38,604	36,398	76,812
Perry County	D	+0.6%	4,862	4,802	9,942
Piatt County	R	−13.5%	3,488	4,619	8,385
Pike County	R	−18.6%	3,198	4,706	8,112
Pope County	R	−18.0%	927	1,346	2,330
Pulaski County	D	+2.9%	1,518	1,430	3,016
Putnam County	D	+6.9%	1,657	1,437	3,179
Randolph County	R	−2.3%	6,794	7,127	14,287
Richland County	R	−30.0%	2,491	4,718	7,428
Rock Island County	D	+19.6%	37,957	25,194	65,095
Saline County	R	−4.3%	5,427	5,933	11,650
Sangamon County	R	−13.1%	38,414	50,374	91,485
Schuyler County	R	−13.0%	1,587	2,077	3,772
Scott County	R	−20.4%	954	1,458	2,469
Shelby County	R	−18.0%	4,018	5,851	10,163
St. Clair County	D	+13.6%	55,961	42,299	100,393
Stark County	R	−16.2%	1,211	1,694	2,989
Stephenson County	R	−13.7%	8,062	10,715	19,378
Tazewell County	R	−10.6%	25,379	31,537	58,348
Union County	R	−4.8%	3,982	4,397	8,660
Vermilion County	R	−1.2%	15,406	15,783	32,100
Wabash County	R	−25.8%	1,987	3,406	5,508
Warren County	R	−4.9%	3,524	3,899	7,631
Washington County	R	−24.0%	2,638	4,353	7,138
Wayne County	R	−40.8%	2,209	5,347	7,693
White County	R	−20.5%	2,958	4,521	7,637
Whiteside County	D	+6.6%	12,886	11,252	24,837
Will County	R	−2.6%	90,902	95,828	191,670
Williamson County	R	−6.8%	12,192	14,012	26,939
Winnebago County	R	−1.7%	51,981	53,816	109,297
Woodford County	R	−32.0%	5,529	10,905	16,793